The shipping industry may have planted the seeds of its next crisis, even as it works to finish recovering from the last one, with a rise in the number of ships now being built in Asia.

China's power consumption slowed sharply in July, adding to signs the world's second-largest economy may be losing steam.

The sixth China-built hydropower plant, located in the Koh Kong province of southwestern Cambodia, has begun producing electricity after more than four-year construction, the China National Heavy Machinery Corporation (CHMC) said in a statement on Thursday.

Coal production in Inner Mongolia, China's major coal reserve, slumped 7.4 percent in the first seven months of 2014 year on year, local coal safety authorities said on Wednesday.

CSC Price Adjustment for 2014 September Domestic Prices

The nation exported 4 million metric tons of finished steel to Latin America in the first half of 2014, making the region the second-biggest destination of Chinese exports as China-Latin America trade continues to grow.

China's iron ore import surged 18 percent in the first 7 months from a year ago to a total of 540 million tons,turning around from the beginning of this year. This came as China's manufacturing industries expanded at a mild pace, and international iron ore pri...

Rampant illegal mining, black market dealing and smuggling has seriously disrupted the rare earths market and led to a nosedive in prices of the resources in China, a senior insider has said.