Over January-July, total profits of China’s automotive industry slumped by 20.4% on year to Yuan 216.24 billion ($32.17 billion), according to the latest data released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on August 27. The decline was mainly caused by rising prices for components such as m

China's LPG market held firm during the week, supported by tighter supply despite weaker international crude oil prices. China's domestic LPG prices increased, while producer and port inventories declined as lower import arrivals outweighed the recovery in domestic LPG production.

Mongolian coal supply via China's Ganqimaodu border port has continued to plummet following port authorities' tighter environmental checks on open-air coal stocks. This led to rapid inventory drawdowns at the key crossing and fueled market jitters over a harder hit to China's overall coking coal ava