Coal Production Soars to Meet Energy Needs, Especially in China
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Economic development comes at the expense of the environment as countries from China to the United States turn away from expensive natural gas and oil and toward their cheap old friend, coal.
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China will spend about $3.4 billion over two to three years laying thousands of miles of oil pipelines to help secure its energy supply in the face of soaring prices and demand.
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When China booms, so do UK mining stocks. China&#39;s insatiable appetite for commodities this year has been the main reason that mining stocks have had another good year.
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Rich nations are responsible for greenhouse gases fuelling global warming, China said on Tuesday, urging them to cut emissions and deflecting questions about whether Beijing will accept limits.
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World freight shipping prices, particularly the cost of transporting dry raw materials, are steaming ahead at record levels, powered mainly by China's insatiable demand for bulk levels of imported commodities.
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SANDAOLING, China  - Dong Ye lights a cigarette  and doesn't give a second thought to fate -- his or his  country's -- as he steps off a dump truck onto the dirt road  that winds into the Sandaoling coal quarry.
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Growing demand for resources in Asia is being served by a group of big Western companies.
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A new report says that pressures on fuel supplies are growing, in part, because booming Asian economies are using more fuel to power their manufacturing industries.
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Wind power is emerging as an alternative in fast-growing countries like India and China that are avidly seeking new energy sources.
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China says its eastern provinces and Shanghai face more power shortages this winter and spring.
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A giant global producer, China is expanding its role as a consumer and, in the process, creating threats and opportunity.
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Blog: An in depth view of China's coal situation, but in Chinese only.
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China's booming economy has fuelled a 40% jump in crude oil imports so far this year, official figures show.
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China&#39;s annual economic growth surged  to an 11- year high of 11.9 percent in the second quarter,  cementing expectations for tighter policy to keep the world&#39;s  fastest-growing major economy from overheating.
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driven by China&#39;s insatiable demand for Australian coal - are expected to boost national export earnings by $12.5 billion this year.
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Beijing - China planned to boost the development of its nuclear power industry to help meet its growing need for electricity as it made a strategic shift in focus away from coal, an official said yesterday.
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Explosive growth has made the People&#39;s Republic of China the most power-hungry nation on earth. Get ready for the mass-produced, meltdown-proof future of nuclear energy.