Beijing-based Chinese steelmaker Shougang Group has announced that on June 18 it plans to issue short-term bonds worth RMB 6 billion ($0.98 billion) for a term of 365 days, in its first short-term bond issue in the current year. Huaxia Bank ...
Tags: Shougang, Short-Term Bonds
Despite its many advantages, natural gas is losing ground globally to its rivals while buyers and sellers struggle to agree on what constitutes a fair price, the International Energy Agency said in a report published Tuesday. In its ...
Tags: Natural Gas, Coal
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe will receive a $200K EPA Brownfields grant to clean up and redevelop the Old Swiftbird Day School site located north of Highway 212 and west ...
Tags: EPA, Certification, Service
The Barilla Group inaugurated today a new production line, Harrys 100% Mie, in its plant at Plaine de l'Ain (01). The opening of the new production line Harrys 100% Mie represents the first stage in a 47M€ extraordinary investment ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
With a new government in power in India following last month's elections, Chinese iron ore importers are waiting to see if any policy changes will be forthcoming that could lead to a hike in their imports. India was China's third-largest ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Iron Ore
Limiting saturated fat intake could help those with a genetic predisposition to obesity Limiting saturated fat could help people whose genetic make-up increases their likelihood of being obese, according to a new study from the Jean Mayer ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
FDA-approved Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing (GRAM; Grand Rapids, MI) has announced that it has successfully closed a $9.8 million financing round. The privately held contract manufacturer provides manufacturing services for the aseptic ...
The Japanese government cabinet meeting said that they will energetically adjust the structure of manufacturing, robotics, clean vehicles, regenerative medical and 3D printing technology as key areas of the manufacturing industry ...
Tags: Manufacturing Industry, Economy
Saxx Underwear Co. hired Tim Bartels as its newly appointed chief executive officer, effective immediately. Bartels joins SAXX most recently from Columbia Sportswear where he served as Vice President of Global Footwear Sales. There he ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Outdoor industry
A new report by Allied Market Research ("Industrial Robotics Market – Products, Functions, Applications and Geography – Global Analysis, Industry Growth, Trends, Size, Share, Opportunities and Forecast – 2013 – ...
Tags: Industrial Robotics, Electrical, Electronics, Industrial Equipment
If something could speak in favor of the electronic cigarette, their ability to act as a cessation aid for smokers. The electronic version of the traditional cigarette battery operated nicotine evaporation containing liquids. This ...
Private equity firm KKR, along with three other investors, has agreed to invest $270m for 70% stake in integrated pork company COFCO Meat, a unit of China's state-run COFCO Group. While KKR is the lead investor, paying $150m, other ...
Tags: Meat, pork, meat industry, Agriculture, Food
AkzoNobel's protective coatings business have appointed Scott Doering and Fernando Macedo as Vice Presidents overseeing the International and Devoe protective coatings brands within the North America East and West regions. The appointments ...
Tags: Protective Coatings, Coatings
The Boeing Co. has raced out to a lead over Airbus in commercial aircraft orders during the first five months of 2014, having nearly doubled its rival's order total so far. Boeing (NYSE: BA) reports a total of 394 net orders through June ...
Tags: aircraft, Transportation
Critics of electronic cigarettes have been making efforts to prove that the devices are just like the harmful traditional cigarettes. Choosing to believe these allegations rather than basing decisions according to scientific data and ...