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Chinese shipyards are offering to sell vessels at discounts of more than 20 per cent as builders look to protect market share from higher quality Asian rivals and stay afloat amid a wave of consolidation, industry sources said.

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Chinese buyers are deferring delivery or have defaulted on coal and iron ore deliveries following a drop in prices, traders said, providing more evidence that a slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy is hitting its appetite for commodities.

Experts say trial liberalisation would allow banks more freedom to set lending and borrowing levels

Chinese consumers of thermal coal and iron ore are asking traders to defer cargos and – in some cases – defaulting on their contracts, in the clearest sign yet of the impact of the country’s economic slowdown on the global raw materials markets.

When metals warehouses in top consumer China are so full that workers start stockpiling iron ore in granaries and copper in car parks, you know the global economy could be in trouble.

When Hong Kong businessman Mr. He paid a 35,000 pound deposit on a four-bedroom apartment in Britain, he believed it was a 40-minute walk from central London, his lawyer says. In fact it was a 40-minute journey by high-speed train.

They offer regular payouts at fixed rates, but are not like regular bonds

Hong Kong had a bad day yesterday, capping a bad week.

Once massive ships are allowed into mainland ports, shipyards could see big orders for them, analysts say

Indonesia's government will impose an average 20 percent duty on 14 mineral ore exports including copper, gold and nickel from Sunday, slightly lower than expected but enough to hurt miners in one of the world's major metals exporters.

Cheung Kong, Hutchison, Shui On approached to buy real estate: source

Welder Zhang fires up his blow torch and looks up at the towering, 8,800-tonnes oil tanker that is likely to be his last job at China's privately owned Qiligang Shipbuilding Co.

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Mainland companies facing rising demand from operators to build floating, production, storage and offloading vessels

State-owned shipyards tipped to take over smaller private operators as dearth of new orders hits hard

Weak sales, credit crunch take toll as most top 30 firms record negative cash flow and rack up debts