Slower growth overshadowing Chinese producers' profit rise

Dec 23, 2005 | 04:00 PM | Vivian Teo

Chinese metals producers posted higher profits in the year to November, but the growth rate continued to slow, according to China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Earnings by nonferrous producers rose by 109.5 percent from the first 11 months of last year, down from the 116.5-percent growth rate achieved during the January-to-October period.....





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