Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc (NYSE: AON), announces the appointment of Kelly Smith as President of its U.S. business, effective today. Kelly will report to Bryon Ehrhart, Chief Executive ...
Tags: Kelly Smith, Aon Benfield, President
Electronic cigarettes are addictive and contain dangerous chemicals, including nicotine, Netherlands public health officials said. The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, usually known by its Dutch acronym RIVM, said ...
Tags: E-Cigarettes, Health, Medicine
ACE Group, a global multiline property and casualty insurer, has rolled out its new and improved risk management plan for companies in Continental Europe, to support the evolving casualty needs of middle-market businesses. Dubbed as ACE ...
Tags: ACE, Export Protection, Continental Europe
Whether you are a professional craftsman working on stained glass artistry or just a novice, a glass grinder is an important tool that can help in unleashing your creativity. It is used in efficiently cutting, shaping, and designing glass ...
On November 28, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in mid-November (Nov. 11-20) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.750 million mt, ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Mineral
Australia-based mining giant Rio Tinto has set out its breakthrough plan to optimize the growth of its iron ore business in Western Australia. Accordingly, mine production capacity will rapidly increase towards 360 million mt per year at a ...
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has announced that during last week (Nov. 18- 24) the overall average finished steel price in China remained stable week on week. In the given week, average prices of 12 mm diameter rebar and 6.5 mm ...
Tags: Finished Steel, Mineral
In October this year, new commercial vehicle registrations grew by 8.1 percent year on year in the European Union, totaling 158,960 units, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA). The month counted on average ...
Tags: Commercial Vehicle, Mineral
The Brazilian industry and foreign trade ministry's commerce chamber, Camex, has announced that it has launched an analysis of the antidumping (AD) duty on non-grain-oriented (NGO) electrical steel imports from South Korea, Taiwan and ...
Tags: Electrical Steel Imports, AD Duty
Brazil Steel Institute (IABr) has revised its forecast regarding the expected decline in Brazil's steel imports in 2013, from a drop of 14.4 percent to a fall of just 0.5 percent. Thus, Brazil's steel imports are expected to total 3.8 ...
Tags: Steel Imports, Mineral
In October this year, the aggregate sales revenues of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China amounted to RMB 309.144 billion ($50.74 billion), increasing by 0.96 percent month on month, while their aggregate gross profit totaled ...
Tags: Mineral, Steel Enterprises
Chinese steelmaker Chongqing Iron and Steel Co. (Chongqing Steel), a subsidiary of Chongqing Iron and Steel (Group) Co., has announced that 1.996 billion of its shares were issued to Chongqing Steel Group on November 25, marking the ...
Tags: Chongqing Steel, Mineral
Brazilian miner Vale has announced that it has agreed to pay R$22.3 billion ($9.6 billion) to the Brazilian government to settle a 10-year long dispute over back taxes. The company said it will pay the amount on the revenues from its ...
Tags: Tax Dispute, Mineral
In October this year, Japan's iron and steel products exports amounted to 3.28 million metric tons, decreasing by 1.56 percent year on year and down by 5.10 percent compared to September this year, while Japan's steel imports totaled ...
Tags: Steel Exports, Mineral
Finished steel apparent use in Latin America and the Caribbean totaled 50 million tons in January-September this year, similar to the same period in 2012, according to Alacero, the Latin American steel association. Finished steel production ...
Tags: Finished Steel, Mineral