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The term refers to a group of 17 elements required to make tech products ranging from semiconductors to industrial magnets and some solar panels — the same items embroiled in the US-China trade war.
Ancient East Asia was economically dominated by two states known today as China and Japan. These two ancient states traded abundant raw materials and high-quality manufactured goods, exchanged cultural ideas and practices, and had military conflicts with each other throughout the centuries.
Historically a dominant raw material in South and South East Asia, the global bamboo industry has significantly grown in recent decades in part because of the high sustainability of bamboo as compared to other biomass cultivation strategies, such as traditional timber forestry. For example, as of 2016, the U.S. Fiber corporation Resource Fiber ...
The Japanese manufacturing industry is heavily dependent on imported raw materials and fuels. [2] Japanese manufacturing and industry is very diversified, with a variety of advanced industries that are highly successful. Industry accounts for 19.4% (2022) of the nation's GDP. [3] The country's manufacturing output is the third highest in the ...
The Process to make ammonia from coal. Making ammonia from coal is mainly practised in China, where it is the main source. [4] Oxygen from the air separation module is fed to the gasifier to convert coal into synthesis gas (H 2, CO, CO 2) and CH 4. Most gasifiers are based on fluidized beds that operate above atmospheric pressure and have the ...
Colours of India — silk yarn waiting to be made into sarees, Kanchipuram. In India, about 97% of the raw mulberry silk is produced in the Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. [1] Mysore and North Bangalore, the upcoming site of a US$20 million "Silk City", contribute to a majority of silk production. [2]
Rice plant (Oryza sativa) with branched panicles containing many grains on each stem Rice grains of different varieties at the International Rice Research InstituteRice is a cereal grain and in its domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa.
Hard-paste porcelain was invented in China, and it was also used in Japanese porcelain.Most of the finest quality porcelain wares are made of this material. The earliest European porcelains were produced at the Meissen factory in the early 18th century; they were formed from a paste composed of kaolin and alabaster and fired at temperatures up to 1,400 °C (2,552 °F) in a wood-fired kiln ...