Abdulaziz bin Yagub Al Serkal, general manager of Dubai Investments PJSC, anticipates an increase in the cost of glass in the midst of escalating demand in the region. "Over the past few years, the increase in prices was quite unhealthy ...
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Mexican steel producer DeAcero released a request Thursday that the US Department of Commerce avoid trade disputes with Mexico and focus on the defense of NAFTA regions, which receive unfair imports from China and the European Union. In ...
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Acrylic resins, manufactured by the polymerization of acrylates or methacrylates, find use in several applications ranging from paints and coatings to automotive and construction. Demand for acrylic resins is dependent on the health of the ...
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Report from the Economic Committee of the European Steel Association (EUROFER), in the third quarter of 2013 construction activity in the EU declined by 1.1 percent year on year, following the sharp decline which was recorded in the first ...
Mounty Airy, North Carolina-based Insteel Industries reported Thursday net earnings of $2.7 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2014 (ended December 28, 2013), compared to $2.4 million in the same quarter of the previous year. Net sales ...
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The global long steel products market has resumed business after the holiday period, as activity had stopped in many countries from the middle of December up to the first week of January, according to the short-range outlook report issued ...
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According to a report released by the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics, the ‘Qatar Economic Outlook 2013 – 2014 Update’, Qatar has seen a 6.2% increase in GDP compared to 2012 due partly to an increase in ...
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After six months of steadily increasing demand for design services, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) paused in November. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve month ...
November housing starts increased 22.7% to the highest level in more than five years, the Commerce Department announced Dec. 18. Starts rose to an annual rate of 1.09 million units in November, the most since February 2008, exceeding ...
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After a sharp downturn following the 2008 financial crisis, growth in coatings demand in the Gulf region of the Middle East is now surging forward again. This recovery was symbolized in late November by the announcement that Dubai, which ...
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In November this year, Germany's construction sector saw a seventh straight month-on-month increase in the level of total construction activity. As indicated by Markit's seasonally adjusted Germany Construction Purchasing Managers' Index ...
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Following three months of accelerating demand for design services, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) reflected a somewhat slower pace of growth in October. As a leading economic indicator of US construction activity, the ABI reflects ...
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Following three months of accelerating demand for design services, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) reflected a somewhat slower pace of growth in October. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the ...
Tags: Architecture Billings Index, Slows Down, U.S.economic outlook
Eastern Europe used to be regarded by Western European coatings producers as the buoyant market on their doorstep – in which demand could be depended upon to boost their sales especially at times of sluggish domestic growth. Now, ...
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In October this year, Germany's construction sector saw a sixth straight month-on-month increase in the level of total construction activity. As indicated by Markit's seasonally adjusted Germany Construction Purchasing Managers' Index ...
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