By 2050, there will be two billion vehicles in the world - 1.2 billion more than today - doubling energy demand from 2000 levels, and most of them will still be powered by conventional liquid fuels. Meanwhile, every single litre of diesel ...
Tags: Energy, Transportation
Sun Chemical Performance Pigments reinforced its commitment to customers in South America with the opening of its new state-of-the-art pigment dispersions manufacturing facility and on-site technical service labs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ...
Tags: Pigments, Construction, Decoration
This year has been a busy one for materials handling acquisitions. Earlier this month, Daifuku Webb purchased Wynright. Less noticed was the acquisition of Portec, a specialty manufacturer of belt curve conveyors, by Interroll that closed ...
According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japan's iron ore imports amounted to 66.45 million metric tons in the first half of 2013, increasing slightly by 0.6 percent year on year. The ministry's data show that ...
Tags: Iron Ore Imports
SINOTRUK achieves good results in its operation transformation and product adjustment program. In the first half year, it sees obvious improvement in both quality and efficiency with a profit up by 27.54% year on year. Product structure ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
According to the customs statistics provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in the second quarter of the current year Turkey's iron ore imports amounted to 2.7 million mt, indicating a strong rise of 86.2 percent over the ...
Tags: Iron Ore Imports, Mineral
According to the statistics provided by Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals (Sinferbase), in July this year Brazil's iron ore exports amounted to 24.5 million metric tons, falling by 3.5 percent ...
Tags: Iron Ore Exports, Mineral
The Tata Xenon will aim to offer an unrivalled blend of toughness and value when it enters Australia’s burgeoning ute segment in mid October. Pricing of the six-variant Xenon line-up – comprising cab-chassis, single-cab and ...
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Asian stocks rose and gold hit a near three-month high while the dollar nursed losses on Monday, extending a move started late last week when a steep drop in U.S. new home sales tempered expectations the Federal Reserve will soon reduce ...
Tags: Asian stocks, Chemicals
Italian dairy firm Parmalat is in exclusive negotiations to acquire a stake in Brazil dairy group Lacteos do Brasil (LBR) for an undisclosed amount. LBR is a manufacturer of a wide range of dairy products including fresh milk, milk ...
Tags: dairy firm, Food
The WTO lawsuit is expected to reach a verdict at the end of this year. Members of the Chinese Society of Rare Earths (CSRE) and Association of Rare Earth Industry (ACREI) have expressed that China has a high chance of losing the lawsuit ...
Tags: Rare Earth, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Last Friday, Qualcomm Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell Omnitracs to Vista Equity Partners to the tune of $800 million in cash. It's a big price tag for a telematics solution and, if anything, signals that ...
Tags: Telematic, Transportation, Auto Parts
The first estimate for the euro area (EA17) trade in goods balance with the rest of the world in June 2013 gave a 17.3 billion euro surplus, compared with +12.8 bn in June 2012. The May 2013 balance was +14.5 bn, compared with +6.2 bn in ...
Tags: trade economy, economy
It is learned that Brazil’s flat steel stock surged by 17.4% in July compare to the same month last year. If compare to this June, the stock was raised by 2.4% to 1.131 million ton. According to National Institute of Steel ...
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IDEXX Laboratories has acquired all the outstanding shares of Madasa do Brasil, a Brazil-based distributor of IDEXX dairy and bovine testing products, as well as other food safety testing products. Madasa do Brasil, headquartered in Sao ...
Tags: IDEXX Laboratories, dairy