Fugu Journal: Powering ChinaÂs Juggernaut: Truckers Hauling Coal
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Drivers spend hours, sometimes days, waiting in traffic, a small example of the epic scale, and epic inefficiency, of ChinaÂs coal economy.
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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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LINFEN, China _ Here in one of the world's most polluted cities, where coal dust blackens apples still on the branch, something new is in the air.  It's not the brown smoke chugging out of coke plants and iron smelters day and night. The stranger is talk of an ultimatum.
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China's Small Industries Struggle to be Green (3) Meanwhile, for small industries, even if the entrepreneurs want to make their plants energy friendly by upgrading the technologies, getting loans from the bank is not easy.
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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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By Jonathan B. Cox, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 18--Second of three reports   In China, where weavers and assemblers have cobbled together the fastest-growing major economy on Earth, the government is pushing beyond manufacturing. It wants innovation.
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LINFEN, China -- Mining has resumed in the frigid shafts, and long lines of 18-wheelers laden with coal once again clog the twisty mountain roads leading out of Linfen. This grime-covered city, where the packed snow long ago turned black and carbon-colored dust hangs in the air, has reclaimed its...
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At a dusty border crossing on  a remote section of the China-Vietnam border, Puzhai looks more  like a railway crossing than an entry point into the world&#39;s  most resource-ravenous economy.
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The Chinese government releases data showing China will likely pass the United States in 2007 or 2008 as the world's largest greenhouse-gas emitter. Plus: DIY EV. In Autopia.
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China will take tough measures this winter to improve the country&#39;s coal mine safety and prevent accidents. State Councilor Hua Jianmin said Thursday the industry should take
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China and the developing world need lots of what the big mining companies can give them.
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Diesel engines deliver great mileage but emit polluting gases.
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A rattled industry keeps on rolling, but between diesel prices and rising demand, it's a bumpy ride.
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Zhang Jianhuaâs temerity in representing Chinese coal miners through life-size sculpture has earned his work what might be called a soft ban.
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BHP Billiton&#39;s record-breaking profit was driven by China&#39;s seemingly insatiable demand for commodities. Picture:Bloomberg ...
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China will step up controls on investment in power plants, despite electricity shortages, to help ease pressure on coal supplies, state media reported Monday.
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When troops in Iraq complain about not having adequate armor on trucks that are big targets in some of the countryâs most dangerous areas, thereâsa good chance that some of the vehicles are from Oshkosh Truck Corp.