Egypt s Suez Cement has reported a 7% increase in sales for the first half of 2012 despite a difficult trading environment which saw frequent energy shortages and major price increases. The company said that the uncertainty of energy ...
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General Motors has shut down its headquarters and vehicle production plant in Egypt indefinitely as violence in the troubled nation increases. More than 500 people were killed in Cairo on Wednesday when fighting erupted at protest ...
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According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in the first half of the current year Turkey's steel billet exports amounted to 1.2 million mt, falling 7.7 percent compared to the same period of 2012, with a ...
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The raw materials for ancient glass beads found in former Rhaetian settlements in Bavaria clearly did not originate from this region. This is the conclusion following an analysis of the beads at the TRIGA research reactor of the Institute ...
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It is reported that the Al Ezz Dekheila Steel Company, the largest steel company in Egypt and the Middle East and North Africa Region, has cut back the prices of steel rebar by EGP 200 per ton to hit EGP 4400 before tax in an attempt to ...
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The situation as regards excess supply in certain areas of the global long steel products market remained the same in July as compared to June, according to the market outlook released by IREPAS, the global association of producers and ...
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Sam Escaross, left, CEO of Egypt's Comfort Sleep, with Therapedic CEO Gerry Borreggine at the Las Vegas Market. PRINCETON, N.J. — Therapedic International has entered the Egyptian market with a licensing agreement with Comfort ...
Tags: Light Industry, Daily Use, bedding
In July this year, Turkey's total steel product exports amounted to 1.4 million metric tons, falling 5.2 percent month on month and down by 9.8 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, with a total revenue of $1.1 billion, ...
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Egypt s state gas company EGAS is to reduce on the amount of gas factories receive to keep electricity plants running instead during the peak summer months, Reuters has reported. The company said it would divert around three million cubic ...
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In the course of the first half of 2013, Titan further strengthened its fundamental financial metrics, increasing sales, generating positive free cash flow and further reducing net debt. The robust recovery in the USA and resilient demand ...
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European Union researchers using the GEANT network will, from Wednesday, be able to access capacity of up to 2 terabits per second. GEANT is the superfast pan-European research network that helped discover the Higgs Boson particle at the ...
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Canada's Methanex is "making solid progress" on its plans to increase its global methanol production capacity by up to 1 million mt/year by the end of this year, CEO John Floren said in a statement late Wednesday. In New Zealand, the ...
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German automobile manufacturer MAN Truck & Bus has secured an order to deliver 440 trucks to multiple customers in Saudi Arabia. The company will deliver 240 MAN TGS type trucks to the food producer Almarai in the region that will be used ...
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It’s reported that EZZ Steel and Beshay Steel, the two major rebar producers in Egypt will cut rebar prices by EGP150/ton to EGP4, 800/ton for August, due to weak demand in Ramadan. Meanwhile, the Turkish rebar producers offered ...
Tags: Steelmakers, Rebar Prices
Caustic soda also known as sodium hydroxide and NaOH is the natural co- product of chlorine production. Firstly it was introduced by Nicolas Leblanc, a French chemist. It is a widely used chemical in industrial processes and constituents an ...
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