Japan's JX Nippon Oil & Energy sold a total 44.04 million kiloliters, or 1.01 million b/d, of oil products in the domestic market over April-December 2012, up 5.3% year on year, JX Holdings, the parent company of the largest Japanese ...
With diminishing diamond production in the aging mines globally on one hand and ever-increasing demand world-wide on the other, the industry would struggle to keep pace during 2013 with growing consumption in emerging economies like India ...
Tags: Diamond, Miners, Growing Demand
Sangam (India) Ltd., one of the leading textile companies with presence in PV (Polyester/ Viscose) Dyed Yarn and Fabrics segment and a fully integrated company from yarn to branded Fabrics, posted robust growth in the third quarter ended ...
India Ratings’ outlook for cotton textiles remains negative to stable for 2013 on account of subdued demand, although margins are expected to benefit from softening raw material prices. The outlook for synthetic textiles remains ...
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Higher sugar sales and strong growth at the Primark clothes retailer helped Associated British Foods to insulate itself against tough conditions in the UK food grocery market in its first fiscal quarter. For the 16 weeks to 5 January, ...
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According to the market outlook released by IREPAS, the global association of producers and exporters of long steel products, business slowed down due to the holiday period in many long steel markets worldwide, but the balance of supply and ...
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The Australian sharemarket closed higher to end a three day run of losses and defy market falls in the US and Europe. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 17.9 points, or 0.38 per cent, higher at 4708.1, while the ...
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Gas for same-day delivery fell Friday on the UK's NBP trading hub due to low demand but is valued considerably higher for Monday, with temperatures expected to fall and demand rise. The within-day contract at 1200 GMT was valued at 62.10 ...
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Agile software development expertise will be in higher demand than HTML skills by the end of the year as recruiters increasingly look for staff with experience using the software development methodology. According to the latest figures ...
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Proactive Investors reported that iron ore miners appear set for a sustained bull run as iron ore prices resurge after declining five straight months on the back of strong Chinese growth and falling inventories. Fortescue Metals Group was ...
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China is delivering on its promise to consolidate its mining industry with the formation of a new rare earth mega miner. According to a report by Global Times, the “mega-corporation”, named China North Rare Earths (Group) ...
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Big Data is not a new phenomenon and has been around for many years, noted Jim Goodnight, CEO at SAS, who spoke recently at the SAS High Performance Analytics Conference in Hong Kong. He described how companies have always been aware of ...
Flat glass manufacturer PT Asahimas Flat Glass (AMFG) says that it expects to reach its net sales target of Rp 2.78 trillion (US$288.38 million) for 2012 on higher demand from local construction firms and automobile makers. The target is ...
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Moneylife reported that after a lackluster performance throughout the year, Nomura expects near term pick up as rupee depreciation makes steel imports dearer which will revive local demand The steel industry has been in the doldrums for ...
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The Germany-based service center Damstahl reported that the European crude stainless steel output totaled 1.6 million tons in the third quarter of this year, decreasing substantially by 20% from a quarter ago while rising by 2% year on ...
Tags: Stainless steel, Construction, steel demand