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The Longtaitou Festival

The Longtaitou Festival also known as the Eryue’er Festival(二月二), is a traditional Chinese festival held on the second day of the second month of the Chinese calendar. Its name means “Dragon raising its head” because the dragon was regarded as the deity in charge of rain, an important factor in ancient agriculture. The festival is sometimes simply called “2 Month …

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Lantern Festival 元宵节

Lantern Festival The Lantern Festival or the Spring Lantern Festival is a Chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar Chinese calendar. Usually falling in February or early March on the Gregorian calendar, it marks the final day of the traditional Chinese New Year celebrations. As early as the Western Han Dynasty (206 BCE-CE …

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Showa Denko to Close Graphite Electrodes Production Site in Germany

Showa Denko announced its plan to close a production site in Meitingen, Germany, for which the company started labor-management consultations. The site is a part of consolidated subsidiaries SDK Carbon Products Germany GmbH & Co. KG and SDK Carbon Germany GmbH. The Meitingen site is currently producing connecting pins for graphite electrodes. Once closed, Showa Denko’s connecting pin production will …

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Coronavirus Updates: SH Companies to Open No Earlier Than Feb 9

Schools of all levels in Shanghai are to re-open no earlier than February 17 at all levels, while companies are not allowed to resume work before midnight on February 9 (excepting companies involved in ensuring urban operations, epidemic prevention and control, supermarkets, food supply and other related industries), as stated by Gu Honghui, deputy secretary-general of Shanghai municipal government at …

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GPH Ispat Ltd. Upcoming New Integrated Steel Plant having capacity

GPH Ispat Ltd and Primetal Technologies Austria GmBH (a joint venture of Siemens VAI & Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and partners) have signed the agreement on 19th January signed an agreement at to establish an integrated steel plant having most sophisticated production facilities which will be first of its kind in Bangladesh as well as in Asia Region. Production Capacity: The state …

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Chinese New Year 2020 – Year of the Rat

The Chinese New Year 2020 or the Spring Festival (Lunar New Year). The public holiday lasts from January 24th to 30th, during which the New Year’s Eve on January 24th and the New Year’s Day on January 25th are the peak time of celebration. Source: Graphite & Carbon News  

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Indian Customs Import Duty on Graphite Electrodes

01/17/2020 The basic duty on the import of graphite electrodes to India HS code 85451100 is 7.5%, except for electrodes imported from Malaysia, for which the rate is 0%. India has two main electrode manufacturers: Graphite India Limited and HEG Ltd. Graphite India has a total production capacity of 80 thousand tonnes per year in India and its German subsidiary, …

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