Shipbuilder to raise production in China

Samsung Heavy Industries said it is expanding production of ship parts in China by 67% to reduce its labour costs and lessen the impact of steel price increases. The Korean shipbuilder has invested $70 million to raise production capacity at its Chinese unit to 200,000 tonnes of ?blocks? for ship?s ...

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