Tangshan, China News

The 4.8-magnitude earthquake that hit north China's Tangshan Monday morning was an aftershock of the devastating quake that rocked the city in 1976, the China Earthquake Networks Center's vice director has said.

Steel prices in top market China are down nearly 5 percent so far in May, weighed down by slow-moving inventories that have also slashed buying interest in raw material iron ore.

A moderate earthquake has sent ripples across the north China plain, shaking buildings in Beijing but leaving no reports of damage or injuries.

BEIJING A moderate earthquake has sent ripples across the north China plain, shaking buildings in Beijing but leaving no reports of damage or injuries.

A moderate earthquake has sent ripples across the north China plain, shaking buildings in Beijing but leaving no reports of damage or injuries.

Some Chinese mills have delayed deliveries of iron ore shipments from miners, as appetite for the raw material from the world's biggest consumer continues to thin.

Steel futures in top consumer China regained some ground on Thursday after falling for four days straight, although prices remained within striking distance of 5-1/2-month lows hit on Wednesday.

In recent years, world's renowned corporations in the water treatment engineering field have sped up their inrush to Chinese seawater desalination market.

BOOK REVIEW When heaven and earth shook in China The Death of Mao: The Tangshan Earthquake and the Birth of the New China by James Palmer Reviewed by Michael Rank Sometimes perhaps, the heavens really do "blaze forth the death of princes". At least that is how it must have felt on July 28, 1976, when one of the worst earthquakes in history ... (more)