Global wheat production and use forecasts are increased slightly. World wheat trade is up 2.9 million tons this month, and 4.6 million tons ahead of the 2011/12 record. The European Union wheat exports continue to set records while even ...
Tags: wheat, Agriculture, Food, cereal
The European Union took another step on Thursday towards the mandatory introduction of a common mobile phone charger, which could power-up all makes of handsets. The European Parliament in Strasbourg voted in favour of draft legislation ...
Tags: mobile phone charger, connector
The European Steel Association (EUROFER) has stated that 64 CEOs of European steel companies have urged the heads of state and governments in Europe to restore the balance between industrial, energy and climate policies in order to preserve ...
Tags: Steel, Mineral, Energy, industrial
To coincide with changes to the Privacy Act that commenced recently, Transport Certification Australia (TCA) has emphasised the need to uphold strict privacy safeguards in order to progress the wider use of telematics and C-ITS ...
SMARTRIPE, a new EU-research project, is set to develop a new monitoring technology to help manufacturers improve efficiency and sustainability of cheese ripening processes. The two-year project builds on the results of previous FP6 ...
China-based polysilicon makers are poised to recommend that the China government set a floor import price of US$26/kg for Europe-produced polysilicon in place of imposing anti-dumping tariff rates, according to PV industry sources in ...
Tags: polysilicon, low prices
In January this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production decreased by 0.2 percent in the euro area and rose by 0.1 percent in the EU-28 as compared with December, while industrial production in December had decreased by 0.4 percent ...
Tags: Industrial Output, EU-28, intermediate goods
The American Institute for International Steel reported Tuesday that US steel exports increased 10.5 percent in January 2014 compared to December 2013, but were down 10.6 percent compared to January 2013, according to US government data. ...
Tags: Steel Exports, export markets
The leading apparel and textile associations in the United State and Europe urged their respective trade commissioners March 10 to negotiate a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) that will end all apparel and textile ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation, Apparel, Footwear
During Investor Day 2014 held in London on Monday, March 10, ArcelorMittal CEO Lakshmi Mittal said that the current political turmoil in the CIS is likely to impact steel demand in the region, with regional demand growth expected to at ...
Tags: Steel, Core, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
U.S. beef, pork and lamb exports all opened the new year on a positive note, although market conditions suggest 2014 could be a challenging year for U.S. red meat exports, according to statistics released by the USDA and compiled by the ...
Tags: beef, Agriculture, Food, Red Meat
IAF’s Matthijs Crietee delivered a speech at Dialog’s Textil Bekleidung’s (DTB) and MODINT’s biannual Sourcing Convention held March 6th, 2014 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He explained the elements of the ‘2nd ...
Tags: Apparel Export, Textile, Clothes
A lot of research has been done on graphene recently—carbon flakes, consisting of only one layer of atoms. As it turns out, there are other materials too which exhibit remarkable properties if they are arranged in a single layer. One ...
Importers of minerals from conflict zones will be able to certify their goods have not financed warlords under a European scheme proposed on Wednesday, which would also help manufacturers show products are free of ‘blood ...
Tags: Mineral Imports, minerals
According to the data released by the Export and Import Division of South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MOTIE), the country's trade balance indicated a $926 million surplus in February this year. Meanwhile, in the first two months ...
Tags: Steel Export, Mineral