Whereas development in prices for softwood logs was stable in Norway in August and September, those for industrial soft and above all industrial hardwood continued to fall below the previous months’ levels. Data from the Norwegian ...
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Steel manufacturer CSN has announced plans to set up four cement assets in Minas Gerais state. The company wants to grow its current cement production capacity of 2.4Mt/yr to 5.4Mt/yr with an investment of US$491m. CSN has proposed setting ...
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Italcementi s net profit for the first nine months of 2012 has fallen by 92% to Euro17.1m from Euro213m in the same period in 2011. The Italian cement major blamed the on-going crisis in western Europe and new competition in Egypt and ...
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Saudi Cement Company, one of the largest producers of cement in the Kingdom, has announced plans to replace three of its existing cement mills with two new lines that have a higher capacity. The three old mills have a capacity of 360 tons ...
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Promoters of a multi-million dollar cement plant in Oman s northern city of Al Duqm are identifying mines for the project s main raw material limestone in the area, Times of Oman has reported, citing unnamed sources. The Duqm cement project ...
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Union Cement reported a turnaround in its profitability despite flat sales in the first half of the year. The company said that net profit for the first nine months grew to $12.2m, compared with a loss of $7.3m during the same period last ...
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The European Union launched an investigation on Thursday into alleged state subsidies for Chinese solar panel manufacturers, intensifying a trade war between the two centered on the multi-billion dollar solar power market. The EU's ...
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An official has said the launch of glass futures trading in China has been approved and will soon be introduced, China Securities Journal reported on Wednesday. Zhang Yujun, deputy head of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, said ...
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A complaint has been filed against a Cebu-based trader and her customs broker for allegedly attempting to illegally import P30 million worth of float glass from China. Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon himself led the formal filing of the ...
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The problem of grid-tied has become the biggest obstacle for domestic PV industry. According to “Working Opinion for Distributed PV Grid-connected Service” issued by State Grid, PV plant with access voltage less than 10 KV and ...
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According to auto insurance claims, auto glass repair and replacement shops can anticipate big business following super storm Hurricane Sandy. In an email to glassBYTEs. Com™/AGRR™ magazine, Elizabeth Stelzer, public relations ...
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PILKINGTON owner Nippon Sheet Glass has gone into the red and shed 1, 750 jobs worldwide this year as it restructures to cope with the effects of the global recession. The group, which employs some 1, 600 people across its sites in St ...
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A lack of solar glass demand led AGC Glass North America to close its Blue Ridge Plant in Kingsport, Tenn., affecting an estimated 70 jobs. Company spokesman Chris Correnti says AGC is hoping to transition a few of the plant's employees to ...
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Export turnover at Westag & Getalit declined further in the third quarter of 2012. Following a minus of 1.6% in the first half of the year, the nine-month period from January to September showed a fall of 2.1% to €37.1m. In contrast to ...
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On 26 October 2012, the Swedish Setra Group announced a reduction in sawing at its Vimmerby pine sawmill from two-shift to one-and-a-half shift operations until further notice. As a result, the mill‘s annual performance will be down ...
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