Chinese steelmakers' profits will remain low next year as output remains high and demand growth slows, said industry experts. The ratings agency Moody's Investors Service said on Wednesday that its outlook for the Asian steel and coal ...
Tags: Steel Sector, steel capacity
Tronox Limited reported third quarter 2013 revenue of $491 million, up 1 percent versus $487 million in the third quarter 2012 and down 6 percent versus $525 million in the second quarter 2013. Adjusted EBITDA was $92 million compared to ...
Tags: Tronox, report, third quarter, 2013, financial results
It’s been a good few weeks for China’s economic decision-makers. Official data showed exports in August rose 7.2% from a year earlier, surpassing all forecasts. The official purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for ...
Tags: Wrong Growth Path
With a large number of big ticket projects in the offing and a projected demand supply gap, Qatar could face a serious cement shortage scenario in the near future, cautioned a market analyst.Global Investment House (GIH) research analyst ...
Tags: Cement, Construction
A new $40 million Tasmanian Freight Package would provide immediate support for Tasmanian producers, the federal government has announced. The package is said to be in response to industry requests for support to enable exporters to ...
For its fiscal first-quarter 2014 (to 28 June 2013), Advanced Photonix Inc of Ann Arbor, MI, USA (which designs and makes APD, PIN, and FILTRODE photodetectors, HSOR high-speed optical receivers, and T-Ray terahertz instrumentation) has ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, optical receivers
Sydney's Light Horse Interchange at the junction of the M4 and M7 motorways. A new tax incentive to support up to $25 billion in new private sector infrastructure spending has now commenced. Under this tax incentive, the Infrastructure ...
Canadian employers expect a moderate hiring climate for the third quarter of 2013, with employers in the Transportation & Public Utilities sector reporting the strongest 3Q job prospects, according to the latest results of the Manpower ...
Despite dismal forecasts for PCs and servers, tech stocks have been doing well on optimism about cloud technology and mobile devices. A fresh batch of dire forecasts for the hardware market came out this week, yet tech stocks have ...
Tags: Tech Stocks, Wall Street, PC
The Romanian cement market declined 0.2 percent in 2012 owing to bad weather and an unfavorable economic context, and this year seems no better as yet. Any growth by yearend will be small, and could only come from infrastructure investments ...
Tags: Cement, Construction
For first-quarter 2013, GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components enabling high-speed end-to-end information streaming over optical fiber and wireless networks) has ...
Tags: GigOptix, Electrical, Electronics
The Australasian Railway Association welcomed the release of draft legislation for new tax incentives that will promote investment in public infrastructure. "Any initiative that will encourage private sector investment into major ...
Despite much talk during the preceding 12 months about the pivotal role that technology is expected to play in boosting the UK's ailing economy, there was precious little in today's Budget to add flesh to the bones. There is to be an ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
According to research firm Gartner, the Middle East and Africa IT infrastructure market is set to reach $3.9 billion in 2013, marking a four percent increase from 2012. The market is up made up of servers, storage and networking ...
Tags: IT infrastructure market, 2013, Gartner
The White House Wednesday unveiled details of an infrastructure spending plan that includes faster approvals for certain energy projects. The plan, which calls for spending $50 billion on transportation infrastructure and new partnerships ...