(MENAFN) China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that during the first quarter, the country's production of gold rose 10 percent from a year earlier, reported Xinhua News.The ministry stated that the volume in the period reached 80...

(SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) -- Shanghai Construction Group Co., Ltd. (shse:600170) announced on December 27 that its board allowed China Shanghai (Group) Corporation for Foreign Economic & Technological Cooperation (China SFECO Group)...

(MENAFN) The World Gold Council (WGC) said that in 2011, China's total gold demand would grow to reach 750 tons, driven by high demand in investment and jewelry, reported Xinhua News.The WGC added that during the year's third quarter, demand fo...

(MENAFN) China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said that in 2011's first nine months, the country's consumption of coal grew 10.3 percent to 2.28 billion metric tons, reported Xinhua News. The country's top economic ...

(MENAFN Press) Against the economic instability in neighbouring Europe, Turkey remains a strong regional economy. Indeed, the International Monetary Fund ("IMF") recently revised the forecast growth for Turkey's economy upwardly to 7.5 pe...

Energy services company, Hunting PLC has acquired a provider of specialist precision machining services, Dearborn Precision Tubular Products Inc, for a total of USD83.5m cash , the company disclosed on Friday.

Hiroko Kumagai will never forget the day in 1998 when she first stepped inside the red-brick building at the entrance to the closed and shuttered Miyahara shaft in the Miike coal mine. Image from YouTube

Horsehead Holding Corp. said Wednesday it's going ahead with plans for a lower cost, environmentally friendly zinc production plant.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures gained Monday on continuing concerns about Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis and as investors eschewed investments considered riskier, such as U.S. stocks. Gold for August delivery added $13.20, or 0.9%, to