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SHELLING OUT FOR CRABS PHOTO BY WANG JIANKANG / FOR CHINA DAILY A woman shows a set of tools used to eat crab meat at a shop in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, on Monday.自存倉 Autumn is the sea- son when the Chinese like to eat the crustaceans. h e tools consist of eight pieces and sell well in the city.CIC gets 12.5% stake in Russian potash giant China — the world's largest user of pot- ash — has acquired a 12.5 percent stake in Russia's Uralkali, the leading producer of the soil nutrient, Uralkali said on Tuesday.h e deal, a rare example of the Chinese acquiring direct ownership of Russian natural resource assets, took place amid speculation that tycoon Suleiman Kerimov might sell his large stake in Uralkali over a dispute between Russia and Belarus. Chi- nese sovereign wealth fund China Invest- ment Corp received the stake in Uralkali in a bond exchange deal with Wadge Hold- ings Ltd. Wadge, owned by Uralkali's main shareholders, sold the exchangeable bonds to Chengdong Investment Corp, a subsid- iary of CIC, last November.Beef imports to surge while US still 'locked out'h e US Meat Export Federation said beef imports by China will set a record this year, even as its members remain locked out of the market because of a 2003 ban over mad cow disease. Imports from producers including Australia, Canada and Uruguay may surge fourfold from 2012 to 260,000 metric tons, Erin Borror, an economist, said in Beijing on Monday.China is the world's largest meat con- sumer, and rising incomes have spurred increased beef imports, according to the federation. Inbound shipments are also rising amid concern that local produce isn't as safe as food from overseas.SK ? rm, Chongqing Steel to bu迷你倉ld 'advanced' JV South Korea-based Pohang Iron and Steel Corp and Chongqing Iron and Steel Co Ltd will jointly build a steel mill with a capacity of 3 million metric tons in Chongqing. h ey will each contribute 50 percent of the capital, according to a POSCO statement on Monday. POSCO said that it plans to sign the steel mill agreement before the end of the 2014. h e two companies will build the world's i rst FINEX-CEM model production line tak-ing advantage of energy-ei cient FINEX smelting reduction technology and CEM continuous headless rolling technology.Vehicle glass producer Fuyao to issue H shares h e Fuzhou-based A-share company Fuyao Group, the biggest vehicle glass manufacturer in China, will issue H shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, it said to the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Tuesday. h e H-share issue will account for less than 18 percent of the company'stotal expanded equity. h e book-runner will receive an over-allotment option for less than 15 percent of the new shares. h e new shares will be common stock priced at 1 yuan (16 US cents) in the initial public of ering in Hong Kong and an interna- tional placement.E-commerce to lift property for logistics h e rise in e-commerce will hasten the decline of the shopping mall, but oppor- tunities exist for partnerships between logistics property developers and large e-commerce i rms, a report said. h ere are risks for some segments of the market, particularly at the low end, but nearly everyone in the retail sector can improve interaction with customers in order to succeed, according to a white paper released by global real estate services i rm Jones Lang LaSalle on Tuesday.CHINA DAILY — AGENCIESmini storage