China enslaved by rising demand for coal
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Enslaved by a rising demand for energy, China is struggling to rid itself of thousands of small and deadly mines that make its coal industry the most dangerous in the world.
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A peek through the West&#39;s net curtains this morning revealed an unexpected visitor on the doorstep. China. Not content with luring manufacturing contracts to Shanghai, the dragon economy&#39;s appetite is driving
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Surging demand for energy, coupled with  high oil and gas prices have revived France's enthusiasm for  coal but it may be short-lived without fast development of  carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies.
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GUANGZHOU, China  - China's snow-stricken railways were creaking back into action on Friday, but with power cuts still crippling swathes of the country, President Hu Jintao visited a coal mine and urged workers to boost production.
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China is filthy and needs to spend lots of money to clean up. American companies could get that business.
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Rising prices is causing Chinese companies to raise prices for exports, particularly on one critical commodity: pork.
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BHP Billiton plans an aggressive $US1.5-2 billion ($2.1-2.8 billion) near-doubling of its coking coal production over the next five years to meet the China-inspired surge in demand for carbon steel-making materials through mine expansions and developments
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China's growing material wealth has eluded the countryside, but there is a bull market in sects competing for the souls of the rural poor.
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SHANGHAI, China - Readying to host the 2008 Olympics, stretching beyond Asia to acquire coveted resources and icons of corporate might, China is steadily accelerating its ascent as a global economic power.
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China promised Wednesday to develop renewable energy for its fast-growing economy but warned that coal consumption will grow dramatically and avoided embracing binding limits on its greenhouse gas emissions.
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BEIJING -- The outrage started with the discovery that more than 500 migrant laborers had been forced to work in conditions bordering on slavery in out-of-the-way brick kilns. Local Communist Party authorities, state-run media said, had looked the other way.
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Beijing has ordered provincial governments to begin a promised nationwide crackdown on forced labor in China, sparked by outrage over reports hundreds of farmers and children were enslaved in rural brick kilns.
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Shares in China Coal rise on their Shanghai debut but disappoint investors used to bigger gains.
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In its rush to recreate the industrial revolution that made the West rich, China has absorbed most of the major industries that once made the West dirty.
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China&#39;s national power agency is warning coal and electricity shortages could make for a long cold winter for tens of millions of people in the developed east.
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China, home to the world's deadliest mining industry, could be faced with a new wave of accidents as collieries start operations again following severe winter weather which forced many to close.
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BBC Business Correspondent Nils Blythe visits a Chinese city choking with air pollution from coal-fired power plants.