Fitch Ratings forecasts that copper consumption will grow about 4% annually through 2014, based on a soft landing in China and a slow recovery in developed nations. European copper consumption is expected to remain depressed through this ...
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Bloomberg reported that to the price of iron ore delivered China, the largest importer, climbed to a 14 month high in what Credit Suisse Group AG described as one last hoorah. According to the Steel Index, ore with 62% content at the ...
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In Volume 5,Issue 1 of Prime magazine,Jonathan Tulkoff,the president of Uniwire International Ltd.discusses the current situation and future prospects for the import/domestic dynamic in the US wire rod market. The end of 2011 was marked ...
The Australian Financial Review reported that Fortescue Metals Group Ltd chief executive officer Mr Nev Power has warned of more short term volatility and fluctuations in the price of iron ore, saying the current rally is unlikely to last ...
Labor problems and low prices have platinum mines closing up shop in South Africa, and the potential for acquisitions is ripening. Senior Mining Analyst and Managing Director at Stifel Nicolaus in Toronto, George Topping believes that ...
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China's People's Daily on Tuesday weighed in on the current stand-off with Japan over the Diaoyu islands – the Japanese calls them the Senkaku islands – and how it could affect the rare earth industry. The paper is the ...
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Canada-based Canyon Creek Food has launched its new refrigerated soup in Walmart, a move which will allow the company to cater to its customers across Western Canada. The company has announced that this development comes after it entered ...
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UK sugar-to-dessert group Real Good Food Company has booked a 62% increase in EBITDA on strong sales gains. EBITDA for the 15 months to 31 March rose to GBP9.1m (US$14.3m) on sales that increased from GBP249m to GBP305.5m. Key trading ...
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Swiss chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut has entered into an agreement to supply up to 16,000t of chocolate and compound products annually to Japanese confectionery firm Morinaga, over the next ten years. The companies will also ...
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UK-Canford has been appointed Sennheiser Supply Partner,following significant UK business growth and the introduction of centralised European stock management by the pro audio manufacturer. Canford product manager,Stephen Gallagher ...
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16 May 2012 5N Plus'revenue grows 8.5%in Q1 5N Plus Inc of Montreal,Quebec,Canada,a producer of specialty metal and chemical products,has reported results for first-quarter 2012,with numbers for the comparable period to end-February 2011 ...
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Metso has opened a new valve supply and service center in Vadodara, India. The new supply center supports company's strategy to grow valve business globally and strengthens Metso's service capabilities in India for major petrochemical, ...
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Three-year contract for marine engine propellers, shafts The Swedish specialty steel and engineering group Scana Industrier ASA has begun a three-year supply agreement for forgings with Rolls-Royce plc for marine engine components. The ...
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The inability of the state to deliver on basic services has nurtured many a business: Inverters and bottled water, to name just two. A third one is beginning to flourish: Water purification and waste-water treatment. As the state ...
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Carmanah has ended what was an exclusive marketing agreement with Ruud Lighting(Cree) while Acuity Brands' Holophane unit has launched a comprehensive outdoor lighting demonstration on its campus, and Sacramento and New Brunswick move on ...
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