04-01-2022 Column China’s secondhand business is booming Used goods, from apparel to appliances, have finally lost their stigma. It’s a big market. China’s consumers have grown increasingly…
25-12-2021 Plastics Technology Plastics industry aims to comply with China’s dual carbon targets China has embarked on a road towards a dual carbon target where it commits to reach its carbon peak by…
22-10-2021 Business Steel demand picks up after Covid – except in China The World Steel Association (worldsteel) believes that demand for steel this year will grow by 4.5%, a significant rise on…
26-08-2021 Business China steel production eases Production of crude steel globally rose 3.3% in July, year-on-year, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel). The July total…
05-08-2021 Business China has 320 shredders After seven decades and 144 physical events, the 145th convention of the Bureau of International Recycling from 31 May until…
03-06-2021 BIR Convention China’s stainless steel recovery masks wider decline in 2020 The rebounding of China’s economy after the pandemic has ensured the contraction in contraction in global stainless steel consumption last…
02-06-2021 BIR Convention China’s scrap drive boost for recyclers Worldwide demand for ferrous scrap as economies bounce back from the pandemic, coupled with China’s recent willingness to import certain…
09-04-2021 Plastics Rubber Counting down to CHINAPLAS 2021 2020 was an unprecedented year for the world. The plastics and rubber industries have undergone rapid changes, and the downstream…
05-04-2021 Business Plastics Chinaplas+ looks to accelerate the recovering Asian market A US$1 trillion (EUR 850 billion) loss from the pandemic, estimated by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development,…
04-03-2021 Business Non-Ferrous Metals China not planning on reducing rare earth exports China’s rare earth metals are being undersold due to ‘vicious competition’ domestically and face low resource utilisation, announced the country’s…
