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Ernest Moniz Reiterated The Obama Administration's Position

Apr 11, 2013

President Barack Obama's nominee for energy secretary, Ernest Moniz, on Tuesday reiterated the Obama administration's position that decisions to license liquefied natural gas exports from the US should be based on a transparent, analytic ...

Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy

US Gulf Coast High Sulfur Fuel Oil Began Strengthening After a Spate of Recent Selling

Apr 11, 2013

US Gulf Coast high sulfur fuel oil began strengthening after a spate of recent selling as players look forward to a shift in supply/demand balances toward tightness in the near term, trading sources said Tuesday. "Availability will be ...

Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Chemicals

Steel and Break-Bulk Imports Rise at New Orleans' Port

Apr 11, 2013

A more than 38 percent surge in imported steel amid other break-bulk cargo gains led the Port of New Orleans to a third straight year of healthy tonnage increases, the port reported Monday. Overall, total general cargo tonnages at the port ...

Tags: Steel, Break-Bulk, Imports Surge

Fixtures for Shipments of More Than 190,000 Mt of Heavy Naphtha Bound for Asia

Apr 11, 2013

Fixtures for shipments of more than 190,000 mt of heavy naphtha bound for Asia from the US Gulf Coast show that the arbitrage window has reopened to meet firm demand from Asia, trade and shipping sources said Friday. It marks the second ...

Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, gasoline market

Higher Construction Intentions in The Non-Residential Sector Shows in Canada

Apr 11, 2013

Statistics Canada reported Tuesday that Canadian municipalities issued building permits worth $6 billion in February, a 1.7 percent increase from January. Higher construction intentions in the non-residential sector in eight provinces more ...

Tags: Non-Residential Construction, Mineral

Pangang Steel Vanadium & Titan Plan to Issue Medium-Term Notes Worth RMB 2.7 Billion

Apr 11, 2013

On April 9, Chinese steelmaker Pangang Steel Vanadium & Titanium Plant Co., a subsidiary of Sichuan Province-based Chinese state-owned steel producer Panzhihua Iron and Steel (Pangang Group), announced that it has decided to issue ...

Tags: Pangang Steel, Mineral

New Protective Warp to Allow Wine Bottles Displayed Securely on Retail Shelves Was Created

Apr 11, 2013

Global shrink management solutions supplier Checkpoint Systems has created a new protective warp solution for the UK-based Hedonism Wines to allow its wine bottles to be displayed securely on retail shelves without damaging the bottle's ...

Tags: Packaging, Printing

China's Xinhua News Agency: No Major Changes in Iron Ore Inventory at Chinese Ports

Apr 11, 2013

As of April 8, inventory of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports amounted to 72.98 million mt, indicating a very slight decrease of 230,000 mt or 0.01 percent on week-on-week basis, as announced by China’s Xinhua News Agency. As ...

Tags: Iron Ore, Chinese Ports

S150 fully automatic labelling system will be Displayed at UK Exhibition

Apr 11, 2013

Newman Labelling Systems, a supplier of pharmaceutical labeling systems, is all set to display its S150 fully automatic labelling system at Total Processing & Packaging Exhibition to be held from 4 to 6 June 2013 in NEC, UK. The S150 has ...

Tags: Packaging, Printing, Display Automatic Labelling System

Scooters Are Getting a Make-Over in 2013 Courtesy of Emerging UK Company Scootaheadz

Apr 11, 2013

Scooters are getting a make-over in 2013 courtesy of emerging UK company Scootaheadz and its range of funky, cartoony animal characters. Designed especially to attatch to a scooter's T-bar there are four designs in the Scootaheadz ...

Tags: toy, toy industry

Chitawon Milk Announced The Launch of Its Rahul Dairy Whitener in a New Packaging

Apr 11, 2013

Nepal-based dairy producer Chitawon Milk has announced the launch of its Rahul Dairy Whitener in a new packaging. The whitener has been reintroduced in a new packet designed using blue, green and golden colors which represent a cup of ...

Tags: Packaging, Printing, Rahul Dairy Whitener

Vivid Imaginations Has Tweaked Its Marketing Team

Apr 11, 2013

Vivid Imaginations has tweaked its marketing team, and will be joined by Mary Wood as marketing director in June. Wood (pictured) takes on her new role from June 4th. She joins from HTI, where she has been marketing director since 2010. ...

Tags: toy experience, toy, toy industry

Simon Pilling Is up for a Presitigious Award on Thursday Evening

Apr 11, 2013

Simon Pilling, Toy Fair's Head of Operations and Sales, is up for a presitigious award on Thursday evening (April 10th). He has been shortlisted for Best Event Director at the Exhibition News Awards 2013, which is held at The Lancaster ...

Tags: Toy, Toy Fair

A Strengthening Economy and Less Volatile Input Pricing Could Result in a Positive Year

Apr 11, 2013

A strengthening economy and less volatile input pricing could result in a positive year for the foodservice packaging industries in North America and Europe, based on an annual survey conducted by the Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI). ...

Tags: Foodservice Packaging, Packaging, Printing

DuPont Is Asking The Industry to Vote on The Past Packaging Breakthroughs

Apr 11, 2013

In honor of the 25th DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, DuPont is asking the industry to vote on the past packaging breakthroughs that most impacted people's lives. You can vote by clicking here. From hundreds of past winners, DuPont ...

Tags: Packaging, Printing

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