A subsidiary of Sunwing Energy of Canada has signed a joint exploration deal with China National Petroleum Corp to tap gas fields in Sichuan province. The subsidiary, Pan-China Resources, will prospect an area of 3,560 sq km in Zitong county in the north of the province. While it will take all exploration risks, CNPC is […]
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China’s nuclear energy programme is one of the fastest growing in the world and, to the country’s expansion plans, Beijing is encouraging more foreign investment.
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Drought continues in north
The Yellow River, once called 'China's sorrow' because of its devastating floods, is threatening to dry up as drought continues to affect Shandong province, through which the river flows to meet the sea, China Daily said. Rainfall in the province averaged just 13mm in June and July, 85 per cent less than in the previous […]
By mid-August, torrential rains had killed at least 250 people across China. Storms caused the deaths of at least 108 people in Hunan province and economic losses of some Yn190m, Reuters reported. Bodies were also discovered from Yunnan in the southwest to Zhejiang in the east. Several workers were killed after a landslide buried work […]
Work has begun on the Zhiganglaka hydropower station on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, reported China Daily. With funding from AES Corporation and a Hong Kong company, it is the first solely foreigninvested power project in Qinghai province. One of 13 power stations planned for the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Zhiganglaka […]