heavy industry | China Dialogue https://chinadialogue.net/en/tag/heavy-industry/ China and the Environment Tue, 30 Jan 2024 17:24:22 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://cdn.chinadialogue.net/content/uploads/2020/06/19102132/Colour.svg heavy industry | China Dialogue https://chinadialogue.net/en/tag/heavy-industry/ 32 32 Analysis: China’s steel industry needs time to transition https://chinadialogue.net/en/business/analysis-chinas-steel-industry-needs-time-to-transition/ Tue, 30 Jan 2024 15:40:34 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=118809 Energy transition expert Kou Jingna explores the low-carbon marathon being run in China’s steelmaking powerhouse, Shanxi province

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]]> Analysis: Carbon-intensive industries are worsening China’s ozone pollution https://chinadialogue.net/en/pollution/carbon-intensive-industries-worsen-chinas-ozone-pollution/ Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:43:35 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=110933 By continuing to approve new coal power plants and polluting factories, China’s local governments are courting future environmental and economic problems

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]]> Is China’s carbon market ready for the steel sector? https://chinadialogue.net/en/business/is-chinas-carbon-market-ready-for-the-steel-sector/ Wed, 09 Aug 2023 15:20:57 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=108762 China might bring steel into its carbon market by 2025, forcing the industry to undergo a low-carbon transition

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]]> Green buildings: Ending the demolish and rebuild cycle in China https://chinadialogue.net/en/cities/green-buildings-ending-the-demolish-and-rebuild-cycle-in-china/ Wed, 31 May 2023 13:29:11 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=103670 What is being done to lower the emissions footprint of new buildings, and retrofit old ones with insulation and low carbon-heating?

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]]> Philippines inquiry finds carbon majors responsible for human rights breaches https://chinadialogue.net/en/climate/philippines-inquiry-finds-carbon-majors-responsible-for-human-rights-breaches/ Tue, 24 May 2022 11:52:23 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=80962 Corporate actions to obfuscate climate science are ‘at the very least immoral’ and may be the basis for legal liability in other countries, finds major inquiry

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]]> Nickel drama highlights Tsingshan’s role in energy transition https://chinadialogue.net/en/business/nickel-drama-highlights-tsingshans-role-in-energy-transition/ Fri, 13 May 2022 14:08:00 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=82057 With Chinese companies having invested heavily in Indonesian nickel, greening the sector is vitally important

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]]> Zimbabwe’s scrap metal rush creates a circular economy, and headaches for authorities https://chinadialogue.net/en/business/zimbabwes-scrap-metal-rush-creates-a-circular-economy-and-headaches-for-authorities/ Tue, 11 Jan 2022 14:30:43 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=74591 Small steel companies are paying scrap collectors and filling a production gap left by the country’s collapsed industry. But the rush for scrap has led to vandalism and theft.

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]]> Will recent power shortages slow China’s progress to carbon neutrality? https://chinadialogue.net/en/energy/will-recent-power-shortages-slow-chinas-progress-to-carbon-neutrality/ Wed, 03 Nov 2021 16:41:57 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=73823 The leadership has made power stability a top priority, but signalled that China’s climate targets won’t be affected

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]]> Is hydrogen the new oil? https://chinadialogue.net/en/energy/is-hydrogen-the-new-oil/ Tue, 13 Jul 2021 12:41:45 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=72509 Hydrogen may have lost the race to fuel electric cars but it looks a likely contender to replace fossil fuels in trucks, ships, planes and heavy industry

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]]> Indonesia has a long way to go to produce nickel sustainably https://chinadialogue.net/en/pollution/indonesia-has-a-long-way-to-go-to-produce-nickel-sustainably/ Fri, 28 May 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=71859 Indonesia’s bid to develop its nickel sector for the global electric car industry follows regulatory changes that raise environmental red flags

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