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Recent reports detail severe water pollution in China
Water pollution continues to be an urgent issue in China Northern China’s Hebei Province released a report on on July 23 showing that over 17 million residents there drink unsafe water, with over 5.7 million drinking water high in fluoride and brackish water. Prolonged, excessive exposure to fluoride by drinking high fluoride water can cause […]
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Kureha launches China PVDF plant
Kureha Corp.’s first polyvinylidene fluoride plant outside of Japan has started production. The wholly owned subsidiary, Kureha (Changshu) Fluoropolymers Co. Ltd., held an inauguration ceremony on July 4. The Changshu, Jiangsu province, facility was established in response to rising demand for PVDF as binder materials for lithium-ion batteries and also as an engineering plastic for […]
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An estimated 63 million people in China consume water with high fluoride
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “China Water Purifier Market Forecast & Opportunities, 2018” report to their offering. China is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and the country’s economic growth is driven by the rapidly increasing industrialization. However, the industrialization in the country is significantly worsening the water […]
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Report: China Water Purifier Market Forecast & Opportunities, 2018
Around 63 Million people in China consume water contaminated with high fluoride. The water purifier market in the country is expected to grow at the CAGR of 24% till 2018. China is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and the country’s economic growth is driven by the rapidly increasing industrialization. However, the […]
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Report on Global Fluorite Industry
Fluorite is an important mineral raw material in the modern industry, widely used in metallurgy, chemical industry, aluminum smelting and other fields. In 2011, the global fluorite reserves reached about 240 million tons, mainly distributed in South Africa, Mexico, China and Mongolia; the fluorite reserves of these four countries accounted for about 50% of the […]
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Heshan decision to abandon uranium plant ‘unjustified’
When Chinese nuclear authorities approached an overseas expert about plans to build a nuclear fuel facility in Heshan, in the western Pearl River Delta, he immediately raised concerns about locating such a plant so close to a major urban area. “It was a few years ago. I asked if they had another choice,” the expert […]
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Global and Chinese PVDF Industry Report
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Global and Chinese PVDF Industry Report” report to their offering. The ‘Global and Chinese PVDF Industry Report’ is a professional and in-depth research report on the global PVDF (Polyvinylidene fluoride, or polyvinylidene difluoride) industry with a particular focus on the Chinese situation. It provides basic information […]
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Future Fluorspar Demand Set for Growth, but Challenges Remain
Fluorspar will see growing demand over the next decade, despite some applications facing more immediate challenges due to environmental legislation and more limited economic growth prevailing in some of the major developing economies. New fluorspar production capacity and expansions should boost supply over the next five years to meet growing consumption levels, according to a […]
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China gears up to tackle tainted water
When rumours swirled earlier this year that factories in Weifang, China, were discharging waste water into the region’s aquifers — the principal source of drinking water for the city’s 9 million residents — citizens flocked to the Web to register their outrage on microblogging site Sina Weibo. The rumours were finally confirmed by officials in late […]
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Call for Transparency Over China’s Water Quality
Activists in the eastern city of Nanjing have called on the ruling Chinese Communist Party to make public details of drinking water quality following a clampdown on the industry last year and amid growing fears for public health and consumer safety. China issued a document on July 1 last year setting new safety standards for […]
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