The spot price of uranium is about $35.25/lb, down 5 cents from Friday, as some sellers in the market, seeing demand wane, have lowered offer prices to conclude deals, analysts said Tuesday. Price publisher TradeTech said Friday in its ...
Tags: uranium, Discretionary Demand
In January this year producer prices in French industry decreased by 0.6 percent month on month, following a month-on-month rise of 0.1 percent recorded in December, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of ...
A team of French investigators has discovered viruses containing genes for antibiotic resistance in a fossilized fecal sample from 14th century Belgium, long before antibiotics were used in medicine. They publish their findings ahead of ...
For full-year 2013, deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany has reported a 20% drop in revenue from 2012’s €227.8m to €182.9m. However, although down 34% on €77.5m a year ago, fourth-quarter revenue was ...
In January this year, Japan's industrial production increased by four percent from December and rose by 10.6 percent from January 2013, according to the preliminary indices of the Industrial Production report published by Japan's Ministry ...
Tags: Iron and Steel, Mineral
Maple Leaf Foods Inc. today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2013. Adjusted Operating Earnings(1)(2)(3) for the fourth quarter was a loss of $21.7 million compared to Adjusted ...
Tags: Maple Leaf Foods, Food
"The result for the first half of the financial year reflected solid growth in emerging markets, ongoing operating improvements and the benefits from recent acquisitions. Earnings per share, for the continuing operations, increased 22% to ...
Tags: Packaging&Printing, Amcor
Pack-Partners was established in 2007 when it became obvious that the packaging supply chain was confronting a constantly evolving, competitive market place and the traditional "do it in house" paradigm was being challenged in many ...
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The volume of gas injected into the Italian grid in 2013 was 69.01 billion cubic meters, down 8.9% year on year, gas grid operator Snam Rete Gas said. In its 2013 consolidated financial results statement Friday, Snam said the fall was ...
Tags: natural gas, Chemicals
According to the preliminary report released by the South East Asia Iron and Steel Institute (SEAISI), in 2013 apparent steel consumption in ASEAN countries increased by 8-10 percent year on year. Meanwhile, in the given year the region's ...
Tags: Steel Consumption, Mineral
A study of volunteers who ate about a pound of strawberries a day had lowered levels of bad cholesterol and triglycerides, Italian and Spanish researchers say. Researchers at the Universita Politecnica delle Marche colleagues at the ...
Tags: Strawberries, lowered levels of bad cholesterol and triglycerides
Overall, U.S. obesity rates are unchanged, but obesity rates in young children ages 2 to 5 declined significantly from 2003/2004 to 2011/2012, officials say. A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published in the ...
US corn planting will total 93.5M acres this year while soybean seeding is pegged at 78M acres, the Department of Agriculture said in its baseline projections report today. Some traders dismissed the report because it's "way overplayed" ...
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Annual inflation in the euro area was 0.8 percent in January this year, remaining unchanged compared to December, according to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. In January 2013, the annual ...
Tags: Annual Inflation, Mineral
The major Telcos have launched dedicated web pages for consumers to pre-register interest for the Galaxy S5, including Optus, Telstra and Vodafone. Samsung took to the stage in Barcelona for its Mobile World Congress launch event this ...