The uphill trend observed for some time in North American structural panels production has intensified in the second quarter of 2012. APA-The Engineered Wood Association reports an overall year-on-year production growth of 7% to 6.287 ...
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Burnpur Cement Limited, a private sector cement company in the Eastern region of India, is planning to set up an 800 TPD integrated cement plant at Patratu with a total investment of approximately 200 crores INR. The company has entered ...
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Egypt will no longer subsidize energy for new cement factories, including 14 factories for which licenses have already been issued, according to the industry and trade minister. Minister Hatem Saleh told a press conference Sunday that the ...
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Msheireb Properties, Qatar s leading sustainable real estate developer, is introducing more environmentally responsible concrete in the construction of its flagship development, the QR20bn Msheireb Downtown Doha project. The project now ...
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The current summer-holiday period in the German federal states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Saxony mainly set the tone in mid-August for activity on southern German softwood-lumber markets, while the holidays have finished or are ...
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UAE: A series of results has been released by cement producers in the United Arab Emirates. Sharjah Cement has announced a US$3.5m net profit for the first half of 2012, an improvement from a US$0.6m loss in the first six months of 2011. ...
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Timber mill workers in South Australia's South East have made a vote of no confidence in the Forestry SA board at a large rally in Mount Gambier. About 700 Carter Holt Harvey employees took strike action this morning. Workers are protesting ...
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Biometric News from September 30 Aug 2012|General Tags:Awards·Biometric Reflecting on a couple big articles concerning Biometric News this month: 1.FBI To Give Facial Recognition Software to Law-Enforcement Agencies With over ...
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West Fraser Timber Co. And Western Forest Products Inc. Are leading Canadian lumber producers to the biggest combined profit since 2006 as mills run at five-year highs to feed a U. S. Housing rebound and near-record Chinese demand. Lumber ...
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According to Nicaraguan authorities, wood and wood products exports are expected to reach US$20 million in 2012, a 14 percent increase compared to 2011 figures. The country exported US$17.5 million in wood and wood products in 2011, mainly ...
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The competitiveness of Finnish sawmills has weakened continuously since the beginning of this year and their market share has decreased. Further production losses are also feared. In the view of CEO Kai Merivuori of the Finnish Sawmills ...
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A cement plant called "Cimenfort" was inaugurated Wednesday in the Catumbela Industrial Growth Point (PDIC), central Benguela province, during a ceremony presided over by the minister of Geology, Mining and Industry, Joaquim Duarte David. ...
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A mega cement manufacturing plant and a 50 MW captive power generation unit will be set up at Burigpally and Ghanapur, in Chincholi taluk. The decision was made after Shiva Shankar Minerals Limited approached the government on establishing ...
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For the first time in history, Nigeria from the beginning of this year stopped importation of cement as supply by local manufacturers surpassed the needs of the local market. Engr Joseph Makoju, who led a delegation of cement manufacturers ...
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US hardwood lumber exports to EU countries have fallen sharply by 23% to 87, 341 m³ in the second quarter of 2012, according to information from the Foreign Agriculture Service in Washington D. C. In this vein, the regressive trend ...
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