An upgraded dual bar-wrapping line at Datrex has more than doubled output of its life-saving maritime food bars. Datrex is one of the world's leading manufacturers and distributors of safety and survival equipment and supplies used in the ...
Asian butadiene prices hit a more than six month high Monday on tight availability amid the startup of new synthetic rubber plants in China and higher naphtha feedstock costs. Butadiene prices surged 44% from a 2012 low of $1,455/mt FOB ...
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Tosoh Corporation is pleased to announce its consolidated results for the first nine months of its 2013 fiscal year. The company’s consolidated net sales for the period ended December 31, 2012, amounted to ¥474.4 billion (US$5.9 ...
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US Steel reported Tuesday a Q4 net loss of $50 million, following a $44 million profit in Q3 2012. In Q4 2011, US Steel incurred a net loss of $211 million. For full-year 2012, US Steel reported a net loss of $124 million compared to a net ...
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Pakistan textile sector has lost around US$ 1billion worth of export orders during the last few months due to the shortage in supply of power and energy to the textile industries in Pakistan’s Punjab region. Mr. Ahsan Bashir, ...
Arla Foods Ingredients has introduced a protein solution which enables yogurt manufacturers to produce Greek-style yogurts on their existing plant with significantly reduced levels of wastage. Arla noted that its new range of Nutrilac ...
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar and Japan-based Toyoda Gosei have signed an agreement to set up a joint venture for the China market. According to Toyodo Gosei, the LED market in China has been plagued by price competition making it ...
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The 2012/13 U.S. cotton estimates include lower production and higher off-take, resulting in lower ending stocks relative to last month. Production is lowered 1 percent as a 500,000-bale reduction for Texas—due to larger estimated ...
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As of January 11, inventory of the main finished steel products (plate, hot rolled coil (HRC), cold rolled coil (CRC), rebar and wire rod) in major steel markets in China totaled 14.017 million mt, up 388,000 mt compared to the previous ...
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There isn't a shortage of rare earth metals in the ground, but one country, China, has managed to dominate about 95% of the market. It not only mines the metals, but it has built a supply chain to produce them. The U.S. once led global ...
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Russia’s LUKoil has said it has cut its oil production plan in Iraq by almost a third, in line with the local government’s plans to increase the lifetime of its oilfields, reports Al Arabiya. Andrei Kuzyayev, head of LUKoil ...
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Billet market was upward till middle of week 51 and was IRR 15,800,000 per tonne on truck in Anzali including 5% VAT for size 150 mm. Then after declines in ex-rate, billet market became quiet with some downward prices. It finished the week ...
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Commentary:Zero export tariff on China-made solar wafers likely to push down global wafer prices Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES,Taipei[Friday 11 May 2012]China-based solar firms have been demanding the government cut export tariffs on solar wafers ...
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In August 2012, the world's first MATS microwave food sterilization system was installed at AmeriQual in Evansville, IN. This MATS-B device, designed for recipe and process development, incorporates the only microwave technology accepted by ...
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Mr Andrew Forrest chairman of FMG said that Chinese customers are buying about 95% of the ore mined by Australia's Fortescue Metal Group Ltd. China needs us to supply the iron ore. Due to the booming demand in Chinese market over the past ...
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