Vale S.A. announced Monday that it has been granted the operating license (LO) for the railway terminal at Ponta da Madeira (PDM) in the state of Maranho, Brazil, issued by the state environmental authority. The railway terminal is part of ...
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NJO Technology MD Annie Rawlinson with statue of Eric Morecambe by Morecambe Bay The managing director of lighting company NJO Technology has danced her way through the London Marathon playing Bring Me Sunshine on her trumpet to the ...
Toshiba's white LED package Bridgelux is selling its gallium nitride-on-silicon (GaN-on-Si)?technology and related assets to Toshiba. The news comes as the two companies announced that they will expand their licensing and manufacturing ...
In April this year, the seasonally adjusted confidence index in the Italian manufacturing sector declined by 1.12 percent month on month to 87.6, after minimal month-on-month growth in the preceding two months, as announced by the Italian ...
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In the last few weeks, beech sawmills in Germany have been registering a slight upswing in demand in some places. Receipts of orders have also increased a little again in recent weeks. The slight boost applies in particular to exports of ...
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On April 30, Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, reported that in March this year the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the European Union member states (EU-27) was 10.9 percent, unchanged from February. The ...
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Annual inflation in the euro area is expected to be 1.2 percent in April this year, down from a revised 1.7 percent in March, according to flash estimates released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. Flash ...
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Turkeybuild 2013, which will be carried out at Tüyap Fair and Congress Center in Istanbul on April 24-28, 2013. BASF will be presenting its numerous solutions, including products to raise the energy efficiency of buildings as well as ...
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In February this year, the seasonal and working-day adjusted turnover index in France's manufacturing industry increased by 0.6 percent month on month, following a month-on-month fall of 1.6 percent recorded in January, according to ...
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Taranto-based Italian steel producer Ilva has been granted the green light by local magistrates to ship 63,700 meters of steel pipes for an order worth $45 million totaling 136,200 meters placed by Iraq Oil Project Company. On April 24, ...
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The worldwide leader of zinc flake anticorrosion protection, NOF METAL COATINGS GROUP has been developing for many years an acknowledged expertise regarding fastener tightening control. The GEOMET 500 coating, internationally recognized, ...
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PPG Industries announced the launch of the company’s new sustainability vision, values and goals issued in the 2012 PPG Corporate Sustainability Report. This sustainability “framework” follows more than a year of in-depth ...
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Japanese automobile production in March this year totaled 823,145 units, up 1.85 percent month on month but down by 161,418 units or 16.4 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, indicating a year-on-year fall for the ...
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In March this year, Japan's industrial production increased 0.2 percent over the previous month, showing a month-on-month increase for the fourth consecutive month. Japan's industrial output showed a decrease of 7.3 percent from March in ...
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Indian steelmaker JSW Steel has denied media reports about Japan's JFE Steel increasing its shareholding in JSW. The Indian steelmaker stated that JFE Steel still has a 16.17 percent shareholding in the company. An Indian-based newspaper ...
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