Earlythis month, Guangdong Provinceordered ahalt to any furtherexpansionofthreemajor pollutingindustries, including thecement, ceramicsandplate-glassproduction facilities, in the PRD.
Sudan's oil industry suffered further when fighting in Heglig forced a halt to oil production in those fields, which account for about half of the country's entire production of 115, 000 barrels a day.