Market participants in Latin America are most likely to believe that polymer prices are going to decrease in the coming months, one of the main reasons the market is quite slow in countries such as Brazil, Peru and Colombia, sources said on ...
Tags: Polymer, polymer prices, Olefin
The UK's imports of thermal coal in January rose 14% on the month and 3% on the year to 3.46 million mt, according to customs data released Friday. The month's jump in imports was driven by an 84% increase on the month in deliveries from ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, thermal coal imports
In January of the current year, Colombian iron and steel exports amounted to 19,585 mt, falling 24.1 percent, and were worth $63.49 million, down 21.7 percent, both compared to the same month of 2013, as announced by the Colombian National ...
Tags: Iron, Steel, steel exports
Crude steel production by the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association was 125 million mt in February, up by just 0.6% on the same month last year. Compared with January 2014, February's average daily production of 4.46 ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Crude steel production, steel
The top U.S. aid agency wants to step up its use of smartphones, satellite imagery and GPS cameras to oversee tax-funded development projects that aid workers no longer will be able to observe with their own eyes due to the ongoing exit of ...
Tags: smartphone, GPS cameras, Consumer Electronics, monitoring project
The top U.S. aid agency wants to step up its use of smartphones, satellite imagery and GPS cameras to oversee tax-funded development projects that aid workers no longer will be able to observe with their own eyes due to the ongoing exit of ...
Tags: smartphone, GPS cameras, Consumer Electronics, monitoring project
The Colombian city of Medellin is all geared up to host the 25th edition of one of the most important trade fairs for the Colombian apparel sector, the Colombiamoda fair, which is scheduled to be held from July 22 to 24, 2014. Organized ...
U.S. beef, pork and lamb exports all opened the new year on a positive note, although market conditions suggest 2014 could be a challenging year for U.S. red meat exports, according to statistics released by the USDA and compiled by the ...
Tags: beef, Agriculture, Food, Red Meat
The American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA), Franklin Furniture Institute and Mississippi Manufacturers Association have once again collaborated to present a Manufacturing Summit on the campus of Mississippi State University. ...
Tags: logistics issues, process automation, transportation needs
Decree 456 of 2014, which partially amends the customs tariff and replaces Decree 074 of 2013, will become effective from March 30, the Government of Colombia has announced. As per the new decree, apparel with FOB price of less than or ...
Tags: Apparel Import, Apparel, Import Tariffs
China's crude oil imports from Iran in January jumped 82.2% year on year to 2.4 million mt, or an average 566,856 b/d, according to final data released by the General Administration of Customs on Wednesday. The imports were also up 11.2% ...
Tags: Crude Imports, Crude
China's crude oil imports from Iran in January jumped 82.2% year on year to 2.4 million mt, or an average 566,856 b/d, according to final data released by the General Administration of Customs on Wednesday. The imports were also up 11.2% ...
Tags: Crude Imports, Mineral
Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that apparent finished steel use in Latin America and the Caribbean totaled 66.5 million mt in 2013, in line with the 2012 level. Finished steel production in the region amounted ...
Tags: Alacero, Latin America, Steel Consumption, steel production
The Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) of India has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Bogota Chamber of Commerce of Colombia with the objective of facilitating bilateral cooperation between the two countries ...
Tags: Handicraft Production, Handicraft
Now that Mexican President Enrique Pera Nieto has signed the Pacific Alliance between Mexico, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Costa Rica, Mexican steel companies await notice that Mexico is excluded from the application of trade safeguards ...
Tags: Steel Exporters, Mineral