SA does not have access to key markets such as China and South Korea at a time when blueberry imports are growing phenomenally in Asia 21 AUGUST 2019 – 19:15 BEKEZELA PHAKATHI Blueberries being processed at a factory. Picture: REUTERS/Neil Hall SA’s booming blueberry industry is looking to gain access to the Asian markets, saying this will create an additional 12,000 jobs in the sector. The industry is labour intensive and employs three to four workers per hectare. SA does not have access to key markets such as China and South…
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China launches world’s first intelligent mega tanker
An Oil carrier with a capacity of 308,000 tons, amounting to approximately 2.275 million oil barrels is the world’s first intelligent mega tanker, a VLCC, which has been installed with an intelligent operating system and is the first smart carrier in the world. China currently stands as the fourth-largest oil producer in the world, and with the petroleum industry rapidly increasing, it’s easy to see why China has invested in upgrades of marine technology, as demand to supply oil to foreign countries has risen quickly. The new VLCC carrier,…
Read MoreChina bans foreign waste – but what will happen to the world’s recycling?
The dominant position that China holds in global manufacturing means that for many years China has also been the largest global importer of many types of recyclable materials. Last year, Chinese manufacturers imported 7.3m metric tonnes of waste plastics from developed countries including the UK, the EU, the US and Japan. © paul Prescott – 123RF.com However, in July 2017, China announced big changes in the quality control placed on imported materials, notifying the World Trade Organisation that it will ban imports of 24 categories of recyclables and solid waste by the end of the year. This campaign against yang laji or…
Read MoreChina to score in R70bn SA projects
Two mega-contracts between government and a Chinese parastatal are set to go ahead, despite neither qualifying for deviation from procurement laws. The department of water and sanitation and rail agency Prasa seem set to hand two contracts, worth more than R70bn, to a Chinese parastatal with neither a public tender nor permission from Treasury to bypass tender laws. Confidential documents obtained by City Press indicate that the water department, together with Prasa and Treasury, have entered into funding negotiations with the Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank). But the documents…
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