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SMM Information & Technology Co. in Shanghai. Indian bauxite is also emerging as a substitute for Indonesian shipments
and Australia is also increasing cargoes, according to Ye Yonggang, an analyst with Jinrui Futures Co. in Shenzhen.
China’s laterite nickel ore imports from Indonesia, fell 87 percent
last month to 38,885 tons, while bauxite shipments in May were
44,968 tons, down 91 percent from April according to customs
data.
12 FOREIGN NATIONALS BEHIND STIR AGAINST POWER
Senior officials reporting to the Ministry of Home Affairs have
identified 12 individuals who are considered the prime movers
in the ongoing all-India campaign by a few NGOs to "slow
down and finally stop" thermal power generation in India. This
is according to those investigating the activities of the
dozen principal foreign activists (six from the US, four
from the UK and one each
from Canada and New Zealand) during their frequent
visits to this country. According to a senior official, the
game plan is to "force the closure of existing thermal power
plants, while ensuring
through agitations and litigation that new plants do not
get set up". Along with this,
they have masterminded a drive against coal mining in India,
despite the fact that in their countries of origin, mining
(including coal) is among the most major of industries.
Some of the NGOs associated with the agitation against both
coal mining as well as thermal and nuclear power plants are
linked to commercial interests in their countries of origin. An
example is Greenpeace, "which is promoting the solar energy
equipment of the US-based Z