After six consecutive quarters of decline, GDP in the Eurozone increased by 0.3% in Q2 2013. Economic activity is projected to expand further over the forecast horizon (+0.1% in Q3, +0.3% in Q4 2013 and +0.4% in Q1 2014) mainly on the back ...
With home prices and household formations rising and household balance sheets healing, the ongoing housing recovery is expected to gain momentum next year even as several challenges remain, according to economists who participated in the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Quintain Steel, one of the major carbon steel wire products re-rollers in Southern Taiwan, has announced its sales in August recently. According to its calculation, the company has earned after tax sales profit by NT$639,000 in August which ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Stockpiles of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports declined last week, according to Tuesday's Xinhua-China iron ore index report. Inventories of imported iron ore stood at 74.32 million tonnes from Sept. 17 to 23, down 990,000 tonnes or ...
China's gasoil exports in August hit an almost 17-month low of 70,000 mt, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs late Monday. The volumes were the lowest since March 2012, when China exported 60,000 mt of ...
Tags: Gasoil Exports, Chemicals
Trailer orders strengthened across every segment in August, according to the latest data from ACT Research. Net orders of 15,780 were received in August, up 24% from July, making August the strongest month for orders since April. ...
Tags: Trailer, Transportation
U.S. oil prices declined Friday, continuing to pull back from a mid-week rally sparked by the Federal Reserve's surprise decision to continue its easy money policies, while concerns over Middle East supply disruptions continued to fade ...
Tags: Oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
BEIJING-Signs of more appetite in China for steel and other materials and equipment used in construction add to evidence of an economic rebound, but one driven by a return to ramped-up spending on infrastructure and heavy industry the ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
As Leisure Trends Group broadcast its 2013 Pre-Interbike Sales Trends webinar live from a soggy and flooded Boulder, Colo., the topic of weather was impossible to ignore. ? While 2012 was the year of much sun and no rain across the ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
After trading to a low of 82.11 cents last week, downside momentum faded and the market was able to move slightly higher this week, with December closing today about 300 points above important long-term support at 81.72 cents. The lack of ...
Tags: NY Futures, Textile
South Korea's import prices rebounded last month due to higher oil prices that offset the local currency's appreciation against the U.S. dollar, central bank data showed Wednesday. In local currency terms, imports prices rose 0.7 percent ...
Tags: Oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Will 2013 be the year the economy finally gets over the blues and gets in gear? At the moment, I'm watching business experts debate that point in my hotel room at CNBC. Many of the commentators believe the economy continues to just stumble ...
Growth in worldwide demand for packaging machinery is expected to climb at a 4.6% annual pace through 2017 to $41.8 billion, according to a new study by The Freedonia Group. The study analyzes the currently $33.4 billion world packaging ...
The Western and Eastern European market is finding recycled containerboard in increasingly tight supply: The sun has been shining in much of Europe and demand is up…helping to bring the Eurozone out of a long recession. Testliner ...
The domestic iron and steel industry began to turn a profit in July largely driven by the rebound of market demands and steel prices, but this may be hard to maintain in the fourth quarter as the cost of raw materials will increase, the ...
Tags: Steel, Iron, Construction