Australian businesses will keep cutting their spending this year, with expectations for capital investment, employment and new credit set to fall further. The deteriorating outlook for the September quarter suggests that despite pockets ...
In 2012 Plum Creek Timber was able to increase its total turnover by approximately 15% to US$1.339bn and the operating profit by 2% to US$281m. All business divisions contributed to this increase in turnover and results. The highest growth ...
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China Steel Corp. (CSC), the largest carbon steelmaker in Taiwan announced to raise the leeway prices for March. The company decided to increase the prices for hot rolled leeway by NT$700/ton and to raise the prices for cold rolled and ...
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SunOpta, a Canada-based organic, specialty and natural health products manufacturer, has reported a 357.4% increase in net earnings to $24.2m for the year ended 29 December 2012, compared to $5.29m in 2011. The company posted 7% increase ...
Heinz has reported underlying third-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street forecasts, although its sales came in under analyst estimates. The US food giant yesterday (21 February) booked earnings per share for continuing operations and ...
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Ultrafiltration has become an increasingly important membrane separation technology in recent years. Anthony Bennett describes the fundamentals of ultrafiltration and highlights some current trends, as well as recent innovations in the ...
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ArcelorMittal Flat Carbon Europe (FCE) announced to hike its price for steel flats by €50/ton further in order to reflect increased steel prices in international market. It’s known that ArcelorMittal FCE increase its prices ...
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Feng Hsin, one of the major steel long produce makers in Taiwan announced to leave its rebar list prices unchanged at NT$19,200/ton for this year after increasing the prices for consecutive four weeks. Also, the company remained its scrap ...
Prices for polyethylene terephthalate look set to climb over the coming weeks and months, as producers struggle to achieve acceptable margins while feedstock prices increase. So far this year, the European spot price assessment has ...
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Business Standard reported that JSW Steel has increased prices by about 2% or about INR 750 per tonne across all categories for the current month. A senior JSW Steel official said that "We have increased the prices after three months. ...
Business Line reported that NMDC is likely to hike prices of iron ore for January, as global ore prices rallied strongly this month in the wake of a demand revival from China. Sources said that the iron ore miner, which currently fixes ...
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The Home Depot says its rollout of a PayPal in-store payment system to 1,976 U.S. stores in March has generally been a success, though it notes that the system still accounts for a very small percentage of overall transactions. The ...
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Economic Times reported that condition for Indian steel players is worse when compared to their global peers. At a time when global steel prices are rising, prices domestically have remained flattish due to subdued demand and continuing ...
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Brazilian meat giant Marfrig has returned to profit in the third quarter of the year. In the three-month period, net income amounted to BRL$10.4m (US$5.1bn), reversing a net loss of BRL$540m recorded a year ago. Marfrig put the ...
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Spot polyethylene and polypropylene prices in Turkey were firmer this week as buying appetite picked up ahead of the increased duties that will take effect next month, sources said. From January 1, import duties for high density ...