Industrial News
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Facing public outrage over the July 23 train crash in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, in which 39 people were killed, China’s rail minister ordered a two-month review of railway safety operations, Reuters reported. As the government sought to assuage public fury and suspicion, minister Sheng Guangzu apologised for the accident, three middle-level officials...
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A reservoir in Hebei province was opened to send 120 million cubic metres of water to Beijing, China Daily reported. For the third time, water from the Huangbizhuang reservoir is being diverted to the capital through a canal that is part of the unfinished middle route of China’s South-North Water Diversion Project. Official figures suggest the city’s...
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A Chinese conglomerate supplying leading brands has discharged hormone-disrupting chemicals and other toxins into the country's major water systems, according to a new Greenpeace report. A year-long investigation analysed samples of wastewater discharge from the Youngor garment factory, based on the Yangtze river delta, and the Well Dyeing factory based...
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Youngor Group -- a Chinese conglomerate supplying Nike, Adidas, Puma and other leading brands -- has discharged hormone-disrupting chemicals and other toxins into China’s major water systems, according to a new Greenpeace report, The Guardian said. Greenpeace also linked hazardous textile plants in the Yangtze and Pearl River deltas to other international...
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Eleven environmental groups sent an open letter to ConocoPhillips China and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) calling for a “full apology for the concealment of recent oil leaks and their failure to immediately disclose the specifics of the incidents”, China Daily said. The letter says the CNOOC concealed spills in Bohai...
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Sembcorp Utilities signed three memoranda of understanding (MOUs) during the Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) China Business Forum to explore further expansion of its water business in China. Also during the SIWW, Sembcorp signed a MOU with the Xinmin government regarding a 120,000 cubic metres per day WWTP for the new industrial zone of Xinmin...
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More than 350 million people are expected to move to Chinese towns and cities in the coming years, boosting China’s urban population to one billion by 2030, according to the consultancy firm McKinsey & Company, Agence France-Presse said. According to McKinsey, the migration would more than double the number of cities with one million residents,...
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UV disinfection specialist Berson, Netherlands, has appointed Mark Cui as its Area Sales Manager for China. In his new role he will be responsible for developing the UV disinfection market for Berson in China as well as managing the company’s growing distributor network. Mark has strong technical background in municipal drinking water treatment, wastewater...
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Flood-hit areas of central, southern and eastern China braced for more heavy rains, The Washington Post reported. Hundreds of reservoirs are at risk of overflowing and algal blooms coat the Han River, a Yangtze tributary. In Beijing, downpours flooded a large part of the city. [See a slideshow here.] Following recent changes to Inner Mongolia’s...
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The Yangtze River in eastern China is at its highest level in more than 50 years, the Associated Press reported. Flooding over the past two weeks has left more than 170 people dead or missing and forced thousands from their homes. In the south-west, thousands of train passengers were stranded after landslides buried parts of the Chengdu-Kunming railway,...
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