Thailand’s Board of Investment (BOI) is planning to cancel some of the privileges it has been extending to textile businesses in the country. The BOI is planning to revamp its promotion strategy for new projects by giving special ...
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Positioned in a state long considered to be a green business hub, Fresno is curiously lacking companies with green business plan initiatives. In fact, only 25 companies in or near Fresno are plotted on a California green business map ...
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Garment manufacturers and exporters in Pakistan have urged the Government to end the duty and tax remission for export (DTRE), in the upcoming new Trade Policy, Daily Times reported. In a plea to the Federal Minister of Commerce Amin ...
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McNaney came up with the Filabot as a cheap alternative to the spools of filament used by 3D printers. Filabot can take scrap plastic, including plastic from 3D objects, and grinds, melts, and re-extrudes it back into printable feedstock. ...
According to the data released by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company (UGMK), in the January-November period of 2012 Ukraine's scrap exports decreased by 50.3 percent year on year to 366,500 mt. In November ...
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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 ...
According to the market outlook released by IREPAS, the global association of producers and exporters of long steel products, business slowed down due to the holiday period in many long steel markets worldwide, but the balance of supply and ...
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In the week from January 7 to January 13, on the Orbis Steel Index the scrap indexes moved upwards, with the Turkish scrap index rising for the fourth consecutive week. In the given week, the Turkish rebar index maintained its upward ...
The Association of American Railroads(AAR)reported Thursday declines in weekly rail traffic for the week ending January 5,2013,with US railroads originating 241,682 carloads,down 12.1 percent compared with the same week last year.Intermodal ...
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In Ossining, N.Y. Sandy tossed a 40-foot boat onto the tracks of the commuter rail line. And scores of homeowners across the Northeast lost cars and houses to downed trees. Now the cleanup begins. In addition to ruined personal property, ...
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Feng Hsin,one of the major electric furnace mills in Taiwan,has announced its pre-tax earnings in whole 2012 totaled NT$1.893 billion,lower than the results in 2011. The company said its total sales volumes in whole 2012remained flat but ...
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Portland, Oregon-based Schnitzer Steel Industries reported Tuesday adjusted operating income of $3 million and a loss per share of $0.02 for its fiscal 2013 Q1 ended November 30, 2012. During Q1, export and domestic sales prices for ...
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Iran has decided to keep its export ban on polymers like acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, general purpose polystyrene, high impact polystyrene, polypropylene, polycarbonates and epoxy resins despite having lifted a ban on exports of other ...
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Apple is developing a cheaper version of its iPhone, as it looks to expand its share of the smartphone market, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ said Apple could release this lower-end iPhone at some point in ...
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In the week from December 31 to January 6, on the Orbis Steel Index the Turkish scrap index continued to increase, while the US (East Coast) HMS I/II scrap export index switched to sideways movement. In the given week, the Turkish rebar ...
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