India tried to defuse the situation around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and quietly helped in the grain deal between Moscow and Kyiv, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has said even as he vehemently rejected charges of New Delhi being a war profiteer over its procurement of discounted Russian oil. The External Affairs Minister also … Read more
Foxconn’s COVID-hit iPhone plant in China’s Zhengzhou city is almost back to full production, with its December shipments reaching about 90% of initial plans, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said. Foxconn, formally Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 2317, declined to comment. Production at the world’s largest manufacturing facility of Apple Inc’s iPhones … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Technology PMN Business Author of the article: Publishing date: Nov 25, 2022 • 6 minutes ago • 2 minute read Join the conversation Article content TAIPEI — Foxconn’s flagship iPhone plant in China is set to see its November shipments further reduced by the latest bout of worker unrest this week, a … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Technology PMN Business Author of the article: Publishing date: Nov 24, 2022 • 1 minute ago • 2 minute read Join the conversation Article content TAIPEI — More than 20,000 employees, most of them were new hires not yet working on the production line, have left Apple supplier Foxconn’s Zhengzhou plant in … Read more
Foxconn logo | Photo Credit: AFP The story so far: Videos on Chinese social media on November 23 showed hundreds of workers protesting and clashing with police at the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, in central China’s Henan province. The videos showed violent clashes between workers and thousands of hazmat-clad police deployed at the facility, where … Read more
Apple’s manufacturing partner Foxconn has offered payouts of Rmb10,000 ($1,400) to newly recruited staff who elect to leave the iPhone factory and vowed to honour pay agreements, in an attempt to quell unrest after workers violently clashed with police. Foxconn management proposed the payout plan to workers on Wednesday night, pleading with staff to return … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Technology PMN Business Author of the article: Publishing date: Nov 23, 2022 • 7 minutes ago • 2 minute read Join the conversation Article content TAIPEI — Apple’s major supplier Foxconn said on Thursday a “technical error” occurred when hiring new recruits at a COVID-hit iPhone factory in China and apologized to … Read more
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In this image taken from video footage run by China’s CCTV, an industrial wholesaler burns in Anyang in central China’s Henan province on November 21, 2022. A fire has killed several dozen people at a company dealing in chemicals and other industrial goods in central China’s Henan province. | Photo Credit: AP A massive fire … Read more
CNN — Nuclear energy in California got a jolt of financial support from the Biden administration on Monday as the US Department of Energy awarded a $1.1 billion grant to Pacific Gas & Electric to help extend the life of its Diablo Canyon Power Plant on the central California coast. The Diablo plant was scheduled … Read more