In the same way that mass production moved the locus of industry from small shops to huge factories, today's mutations have the potential to shift us away from business models based on economies of scale, asset intensification, concentration and central control.

FORBES: McKinsey Quarterly

Assuming the three-way merger goes ahead, the new group and its two nearest rivals combined will control a little over 10% of the market, paltry compared with the concentration in other basic industries.

ECONOMIST: The steel industry

Concentration for most pollutants remains high despite legislation passed in 2002 to control emissions in ten of China's biggest cities and several river valleys that provide industrial arteries into the interior from the heavily populated coasts.

FORBES: Pollution And Prosperity