The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has reached an interim agreement that will shield public stockpiling programs for food security in developing countries from the usual limitations on governments buying food from domestic farmers at ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Canadian carriers are getting different requirements from one shipper to another for exactly the same food products because there’s no uniformity in preventive control plans (PCPs) for transportation. Food safety and transportation ...
Tags: food safety, transportation
Natural Blend Vegetable Dehydration is set to open a manufacturing facility in Pitt County, North Carolina, US with an investment of more than $12m over the next three years. The move is expected to create up to 57 jobs. Being ...
NEW YORK, Dec. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mining companies will continue to face challenging market conditions in 2014 including rising costs, falling commodity prices, supply/demand imbalances, and decreased productivity levels. However, ...
Tags: mining trends, mining companies, challenging, innovation, Deloitte
Australia’s impending free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea will not automatically translate to cheaper prices on imported cars, say the Southeast Asian country’s leading automotive importers. Prime Minister Tony Abbott ...
Tags: Car Prices, Hyundai
Following the call made by the European Commission (EC) for a meeting on December 4 convening the 14 largest steel producing EU member states, the CEOs of the major European steelmakers, representatives of the European Parliament, and the ...
Tags: Europe, Energy, Climate Policy
Prime Minister David Cameron is to enter talks with China over cyber spying after raising the issue with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang during his visit to the country. It follows on from a long-running war of words between the US and ...
Tags: Cyber Spying, Talks with China
It seems that the status quo in the Bangladeshi textile industry hasn't changed that much. However, the increasing pressure from some international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) through social media and newspapers has caused some ...
Tags: Rupp Report, Bangladesh
Australia's three surviving car makers have called for continued financial support, a reassessment of tariffs and trade agreements, and policy clarity in their submissions to the Federal Government's inquiry into the current state and the ...
Tags: Car Makers, Call for Support, Productivity Commission Submissions
Rio Tinto will move to suspend alumina production at Gove and focus on its bauxite operations after determining the refinery is no longer a viable business in the current market environment. Rio Tinto will now work on the scope and phased ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Petromanas Energy Inc. ("Petromanas" or the "Company") (TSXV: PMI) today announced its support for a foreign investment and protection agreement (FIPA) concluded between the Canadian and Albanian governments and announced by the Honourable ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, oil
Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Thenayan Al-Saud, Chairman of SABIC and Chairman of the Royal Commission for Jubail & Yanbu, officially opened the company's state-of-the-art SABIC Technology Center (STC) in Bengaluru, India in a ceremony which ...
Tags: SABIC, SABIC Technology Center
The Canadian Trucking Alliance is asking the federal government to invalidate contract clauses compensating shippers from liability in case of incidents involving dangerous goods such as crude oil. CTA's president and CEO, David Bradley, ...
Tags: Transportation, logistics, Trucking
Bankers Petroleum Ltd. ("Bankers") is pleased to support the signing of a foreign investment promotion and protection agreement (FIPA) between Canada and Albania. The announcement was made by the Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
China's economic planners are taking an increasingly hawkish stance on the overcapacity issue, reportedly mulling a "white list" for the next campaign. Several central ministries, including the National Development and Reform Commission, ...
Tags: overcapacity, White List