The annual inflation of the 34 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries rose to 1.8 percent in February this year, increasing slightly compared to 1.7 percent in January, according to the latest ...
Tags: Mineral, OECD Inflation Rate
According to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), in February this year producer prices in French industry rose for the second consecutive month by 0.4 percent compared to ...
Tags: Metal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The European Steel Association (EUROFER) has welcomed the European Commission's (EC) 2030 framework for climate and energy policies, stating that a reliable long-term policy framework is important for investment decisions in the industry. ...
Never before has the façade industry been as challenged to innovate as it is now. Aurecon’s Steve Daniels, Global Façade Leader, and Greg Borman, Façade Engineer, discuss the changing face of façade design, ...
Tags: buildings, building practices, building skin
Egypt s Shura Council housing committee (upper house of parliament) suggested imposing mandatory pricing on the country??s cement firms on Thursday, following recent cement price hikes made by main cement companies of the market, as the ...
Tags: Cement, Construction, Decoration
CEMBUREAU has commissioned a study to outline the European cement sector's competitiveness and its part in achieving sustainability and resource efficiency in the region. The recently published report, carried out by the Boston Consulting ...
Tags: European cement sector, cement industry, concrete industry
Residents at The Rose Garden Extracare village in Hereford are set to make significant energy savings, thanks to an 80-kilowatt solar energy system installed by Eco2Solar. The major investment by Festival Housing, owners of The Rose ...
Tags: Festival Housing, Eco2Solar, Energy
The chief executive officer (CEO) of Philips lighting in North America Greg Sebasky has said he believes that consumer attitudes towards lighting are changing, as they now see it as "a durable good". However, it would appear that ...
Tags: CEO, Philips lighting, lighting
When it comes to the business of lighting properties - be they commercial or domestic - the practices of being kind to the environment and cutting back on costs really do come hand in hand. All too often, the very process of being ...
The German Machine Tool Builders' Association (VDW) has projected year-on-year growth of one percent for the current year for production in the German machine tool industry, following two years of substantial growth. "This means the sector ...
Tags: Machine Tool industry, substantial growth, Chinese market
The German Machine Tool Builders' Association (VDW) has projected year-on-year growth of one percent for the current year for production in the German machine tool industry, following two years of substantial growth. "This means the sector ...
Tags: machine tool industry, machine tool, VDW
Consumers have been warned that they face the prospect of further rising energy prices in the near future, as the UK becomes more reliant on importing its energy reserves. Ofgem chief executive Alistair Buchanan stated that the fall in ...
Cumulative solar demand from the UK has now exceeded 2GW, with demand during 2012 surpassing the record levels seen during 2011, according to NPD Solarbuzz. Stimulated by an attractive policy environment, declining solar PV system prices ...
Data from the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF) today showed that January retail sales were up compared to December as well as on an annual basis. Commerce reported that January retail sales at ...
Tags: United States Department of Commerce, NRF, January retail sales
In the year of 2007, China solar water heater market grew at a pace of around 30%, with the annual output reaching 23.4 million square meters. Up till now, China's total solar water heaters have covered approximately 108 million square ...
Tags: Solar Water Heater Market, Solar Water Heater, Solar Energy Industry