The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has donated $820 million to fund about 100 environmental protection projects in China, GEF CEO and Chairperson Monique Barbut said here Tuesday.
Two more local environmental officials have been detained for their inadequate supervision in the recent toxic wastewater leakage at a copper mine in Shanghang county of East China's Fujian province, local prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Bangchui island, a popular holiday resort east of Dalian, was closed to tourists indefinitely on Tuesday morning following an oil spill caused by an offshore pipeline explosion last week.
Zijin Mining Group Co, China's biggest gold producer, rose by the maximum 10 percent limit in Shanghai as Great Wall Securities Co and Shenyin & Wanguo Securities Co said the company's recent losses were excessive.
A pipeline explosion at a port in northeastern China which led to an oil spill covering more than 60 square kilometers (23 square miles) was caused after a "catalyst" was added to a crude-oil storage tank, the government said.
Chinese automakers have begun to ramp up efforts to develop hybrid autos, a move which industry experts said is crucial for China to transform from being a "big nation" to a "powerful nation" within the auto industry.
Dalian Port (PDA) Co, China's largest crude-oil terminal operator, witnessed its sharpest share price drop in two months on Monday after a pipeline explosion caused a major oil spill off the coast.
China seals oil port after spill; PetroChina cuts runs
Scramble to contain oil pipeline spill in Dalian
China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Corp will start work on a nuclear power plant in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region later this month.
China's stainless steel industry is facing severe overcapacity due to sluggish demand and lack of high-end product manufacturers, the China Business Daily reported Monday.
Workers rushed to contain an oil spill covering up to 50 square kilometers from seeping further into the Yellow Sea on Sunday, two days after an explosion at an oil storage port in Dalian, Liaoning province.
Zijin Mining Group Co, China's largest gold producer, said that it is required to close a copper plant in Shanghang, Fujian province, after a "substantial leakage of waste water" was discovered by a government team of investigators.
While Chinese auto makers are busy expanding their share in the world's largest auto market, industrial experts have already begun to worry whether China's market would one day face overcapacity problems
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