China and Europe lashed out against new U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs, while officials and executives from several American allies caught in the crossfire reacted more cautiously, embracing what the White House promised would be some...
Arguing that America is harmed by other countries’ trade practices, President Donald Trump said on March 1 that the U.S. will impose a new 25 percent tariff on imported steel and 10 percent tariff on imported aluminum. “People have no idea how...
The city of Handan in the top steelmaking province of Hebei has ordered steel mills to halve output a month earlier than expected, according to media reports, the latest city to ramp up efforts to reduce the smog that blankets northern China...
Last week, United States President Donald Trump suggested that he is considering leveraging tariffs on Chinese steel...
Despite extensive efforts by the Chinese government to improve air quality, including the introduction of the State Council’s “...
In the middle of northern Brazil’s Amazon jungle, Chinese-made digging equipment rasps at the bottom of a giant iron ore mine. Here in the municipality of Canaã dos Carajás in the Serra dos Carajás in Brazil’s Pará state, some 1,...
As President Trump talked up his plans to help American coal and steel workers in his address to Congress, a top official thousands of miles away in Beijing was detailing China’s plans to cut half a million jobs in heavy industries this year.
China’s cuts in steel capacity last year primarily targeted mills that were already idle, doing little to reduce the exports that have fueled trade tensions or address the blight of toxic smog, a study has found.
China loomed large in the US senate’s confirmation hearing today of Wilbur Ross for commerce secretary.
Kevin Frayer's photographs of illegal Chinese steel factories look like postcards from the dawn of the Industrial Revolution
Beijing revives push to consolidate heavy industry
China is increasingly relying on coking-coal shipments from abroad due to a local shortage.
The United States warned China on Thursday that it had not done enough to qualify for market economy status.
U.S. Steel Corp has accused Chinese steel producers of breaking trade rules, and it wants the U.S. International Trade Commission to investigate.
Steel mills in Tangshan sent prices rocketing by nearly 20%, ahead of an enforced shutdown later this year.
A growing number of Chinese companies are looking to outsource production overseas in a bid to lower costs and meet Beijing’s increasingly stringent environmental laws. Ethiopia and South Africa are among the beneficiaries of this new trend as...
The recent announcement of plans to lower air pollution levels in the next five years are far greater than any proposed...
