On Wednesday 15 December the member companies of the British Precast Concrete Federation voted unanimously to join the Mineral Products Association.

Sponge iron is the necessity in the steel-making process. With special characteristics, the market of sponge iron is always demand over supply. Hean Heavy Industry has introduced the price of sponge iron before

It is reported that Shanxi Coal Transportation and Sales Group and International Mining Machinery Holdings plan to form a joint venture, Shanxi Meijia Mining Machinery.

China is rich of coal resources. China’s verified exploitable reserves reached 1.3 trillion tons in 2008. China is heavily reliant on coal, which accounts for 70% of the country’s preliminary energy consumption, 40% higher than the world’s average. The proportion of oil, gas and nuclear accounts for 20%. In addition to coal-fired power generation, coal is critical to the development of China’s metallurgical, building materials and chemical industries.

CHANGCHUN - China's top legislator Wu Bangguo has urged Jilin province in Northeast China, traditionally a heavy-industry center, to speed up transformation of its development pattern.