Congestion at most Chinese ports has eased further over the past week due to a general improvement of the weather, a port agent source said Wednesday. Dense fog, strong winds, heavy rain and snow made several China ports close from time ...
Tags: Capesize Vessels, Iron Ore
A liquid-to-gas sterilisation process for flexible packaging and its contents has been announced. US-based flexible and folding carton packaging supplier Performance Packaging has code-named the patented process 'Pixie Dust'. Products ...
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German furnishing brand Thonet, whose iconic designs have had considerable influence on the furniture industry for nearly 200 years, has announced key changes to the distribution of its product range in Great Britain and Ireland. Sales in ...
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Turkish export ferrous scrap saw a small decrease on Tuesday as a quiet market pressured against steady offer levels. Merchants this week have placed offers solidly at $195/mt, though no trades or counteroffers have been heard. "There ...
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Bowie Resource Partners will become the US' largest Western bituminous coal producer following a deal with Peabody Energy, according to the company. The Louisville, Kentucky-based company expects the $358 million acquisition to nearly ...
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Holland Colours, a supplier of pigments and pigment dispersions for the plastics, has developed a new slip agent that is claimed to reduce scuff marks and scratches on PET packaging. The new bio-based HolcoSlip 271-Series is said to ...
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In March this year, China-Vietnam direct transportation line officially started operation. Since then, trucks can directly go through customs from Vietnam to Guangxi, China. Thus, goods from Vietnam can reach as far as Russia and European ...
Reuters recently broke Go Scale Capital’s US $1.93 billion loan to acquire Lumileds and former Philips automotive lighting business. The loan will mostly be used to merge with the $2.8 billion financing to acquire 80% of Lumileds ...
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Six consecutive days of nonstop rain in Brazil's Santos port has hampered vessels' loading operations and is likely to reduce the pace of discharge in the terminals, according to Kingsman, an agricultural analysis unit of Platts. Since ...
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Solar cell maker Gintech Energy has signed with Portugal-based Martifer Solar and MPrime Solar for exclusive sales agent rights for Gintech-produced PV modules in France, Portugal and Italy each. Martifer Solar is a PV EPC (engineering, ...
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Tom Cruise's stunts and news of some Chinese investment are drawing people to Mission: Impossible-Rouge Nation. Xu Fan interviews director Christopher McQuarrie. Ethan Hunt looks unbeatable in Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation. Tom ...
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The 117 China Import and Export Fair (referred to as “Canton Fair”) opens in Guangzhou Pazhou Exhibition Center on April, 15. On the evening of April 14, a simple and grand opening reception was held in Canton Fair Westin Hotel. ...
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Arkema Coating Resins and OMYA, a leading global producer of industrial minerals and a worldwide distributor of specialty chemicals, announced today that they are extending their existing distribution cooperation throughout Europe to ...
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Vice Chairman of China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters Yu Yi led a delegation to Brazil and Columbia on July 23-29, 2015. They will carry out lobbying work relating to the execution of price ...
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Adhesives manufacturer Lintec was recognised for its sustainability achievements at Labelexpo. The company has led the way in replacing solvent pressure sensitive adhesives with solvent-free pressure sensitive adhesives through its Kinath ...
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