Incentives needed to spur industries that are most responsible for carbon emissions to make a real change. Oswald Chan and Wang Yuke report.

Province in North China working toward using more sustainable sources.

China's futures market should improve services provided to companies and further open up to international investors to better serve the real economy, experts said during a forum on Wednesday.

Sharp price hikes in crude oil and coal lifted year-on-year PPI growth in July. However, month-on-month data showed that government policies to stabilize commodity prices took effect, with mild price declines seen in industries like steel and non-ferrous metal...

...coupled with the elevated Chinese price for magnesium, the key consumer of 75% of ferro-silicon, drove up the ferro-silicon price.

China's two major steelmakers, Ansteel and Ben Gang Group Corporation, inked a deal on Friday to kick off their merger and restructuring that will create the world's third-largest steelmaker.

Ben Gang has become the latter's subsidiary.

Revilla said the index gives a good sign since "money always flows in the right direction."