FEATURE - Dying China Oil Town A Warning To Beijing Apr 18, 2008
They range from coal producing Fuxin in the northeast, where mine closures cost 100,000 jobs in 2001 alone, to the copper, lead and zinc producing city of Baiyin in Gansu. OLD YUMEN, NEW YUMEN. (Planet Ark, United States)
Many of China's 'resource' towns are dying Apr 17, 2008
They range from Fuxin, in the northeast, to Baiyin, which is in Gansu. But Beijing's concern has not translated into improvements in Yumen. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
China's Biggest Copper Smelters May Cut Output as Raw Material Costs Rise Jul 20, 2007
The group comprises Jiangxi Copper Co., Tongling Nonferrous, Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Jinchuan Group, Daye Nonferrous Metal Co., Yantai Penghui Copper Co., Zhongtiaoshan Nonferrous Metals Co., Baiyin Nonferrous Metals Co. and Chifeng Jinjian Copper Industry Co.. The profitability of smelting in China has fallen as concentrate is in short supply and competition for the raw material has increased, Macquarie Bank Ltd. said in a report on June 13. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
* Agency stops projects on PRC's filthiest rivers Jul 5, 2007
The agency suspended industrial development in Chaohu, Bengbu, Baiyin, Banyannur, Weinan and Zhoukou cities, Hejin and Xiangfen counties in Shanxi. Projects at industrial parks in Wuhu, Lanzhou, Handan, Puyang and Shenxian County were also suspended by the agency. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Ban slapped on polluting cities and industrial parks Jul 4, 2007
The cities are Chaohu and Bengbu in Anhui, Baiyin in Ningxia, Bayannur in Inner Mongolia, Weinan in Shaanxi, Zhoukou in Henan; and the two counties are Hejin and Xiangfen in Shanxi. The industrial parks are in Wuhu in Anhui, Lanzhou in Gansu, Handan in Hebei, Puyang in Henan and Shenxian County in Shandong. (Xinhuanet, China)
China's Yellow River is 10% sewage: NGO May 11, 2007
Twenty million tonnes of industrial sewage were discharged into the river every year at Baiyin, a metallurgical industrial base in China's northwestern Gansu province, the paper said, quoting an investigative report by state-run China Central Television. "Many of our children have no hair and bad teeth," the paper quoted Wang Mingzhi, a Baiyin resident, as saying. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
