Latest industry data – published today ahead of the European Commission 2012 figures expected at the end of 2014 – confirm average glass recycling rates in the European Union have passed the 70% mark. This means that over 25 ...
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Projected 2013/14 world wheat production is up 0.8 million tons this month to 712.7 million, further raising the historical record. In Australia, 2013/14 production is up 0.5 million tons to 27.0 million this month. The harvest in Australia ...
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Scotland-based potato producer and packer Albert Bartlett and UAE's Al Dahra National Investments have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture (JV) in Abu Dhabi. The new company, Al Dahra Bartlett, will be engaged in potatoes and ...
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European prices for polyethylene terephthalate have fallen to their lowest levels since August 2010 according to Platts data, and many sources expect further declines in March. The falls were driven primarily by import competition and ...
Suez Cement and Italcementi s first waste treatment plant in Egypt was inaugurated this week. The project uses 45,000t of household waste to produce 35,000t of alternative fuel annually. Given Egypt s on-going fuel concerns the project will ...
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European imports of polyethylene terephthalate shot up by over 30% in 2013, according to Eurostat data published this week, and market participants believe that the specter of imports continues to loom over European producers. From ...
Leading home textile suppliers from throughout Asia will look to take advantage of the expanding Southern China market at Intertextile Guangzhou Hometextile China, held from 18 to 22 March 2014. Located at the China Import and Export Fair ...
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Europe's Rosetta probe is due to wake up from years of hibernation Monday, but scientists face an agonizing wait of several hours until the first signal reaches Earth and they can celebrate a new milestone in their unprecedented mission to ...
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The exports of cotton from Egypt have taken a hit due to a rise in local prices, owing to a drop in domestic cotton production and the lifting of an import ban, reports Ahram Online. Since the beginning of the cotton marketing season ...
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US archaeologists have uncovered the tomb in southern Egypt of a previously unknown pharaoh who ruled 3,700 years ago, antiquities officials said on Wednesday. The discovery by a team from the University of Pennsylvania provides new ...
Dana Petroleum has signed concession agreements for the West Dakhla 1 and 2 areas in the Egyptian Western Desert. The blocks were awarded through the GANOPE Bid Round 2010. The forecasted activities in the initial exploration phase of ...
The Turkish Steel Exporters' Association (CIB) has stated that Egypt's Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade last weekend declined Egyptian steel producers' request to launch another safeguard investigation against Turkish steel. The CIB ...
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Egypt-based long steel producer Egyptian Steel has announced that it has signed an agreement with state-run Electric Transmission for a permanent 24-hour-a-day supply of electricity for its Beni Suief and Al Ain El Sokhna plants. Egyptian ...
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Transparency Market Research published new "Glass Tableware Market - Global and Egypt Industry Analysis, Market Size, Trends and Forecast, 2011 - 2017" market research report to its report store. The global glass tableware market, with ...
An enduring mystery of archaeology involving a well-known historical site in ancient Rome is being quietly unraveled in Indiana, thanks to a sophisticated computer simulation created by Ball State University digital artists. The ...