USDA left the U.S. ending stocks number for soybeans unchanged in its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, deflating hopes of what some market-watchers said could be a bullish jolt for that pit. At the ...
Managing a child's pain and distress after surgery is an essential part of recovery. However, using strong painkilling medications post-surgery can put kids at risk for side effects and other complications. A new evidence review from The ...
The National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality (INMETRO) is a Brazilian federal autarchy, linked to MDIC, the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Commerce. In Brazil, certification bodies must be ...
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Brazil-based steel producer Gerdau SA has reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2013. In the fourth quarter, the net profit of the company was R$492 million ($208.9 million), rising from R$143 million ...
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Global crude steel production in January this year decreased by 0.4 percent year on year to 129.78 million metric tons, while a 0.5 percent increase was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel Association ...
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The Latin American country of Brazil exported cotton worth US$ 41.2 million during the month of January 2014, as per the latest data released by the National Association of Cotton Exporters (ANEA). According to the Brazilian Exports of ...
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The exports of fabric and garments from Vietnam rose by a sharp 21.7 percent year-on-year to US$ 1.904 billion in January 2014, according to the data released by the General Department of Customs, Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance. ...
Tags: Fabric, Garment Exports
Steel rebar galvanizing is a promising but largely overlooked niche for zinc that has the potential to be a 400,000 mt market in the near term, and also has significant technological and cost advantages, a zinc industry official said late ...
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According to the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), in January this year Brazilian steelmakers produced 2.74 million metric tons of crude steel, up 2.74 percent from December and down 1.36 percent year on year. Brazil's rolled steel product ...
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Brazil's motor vehicle output in January this year increased by 2.9 percent from the previous month and decreased by 18.7 percent year on year to 237,491 units (excluding agricultural vehicles), according to the Brazilian Motor Vehicle ...
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German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp has announced that it has begun the construction of a new automotive supply plant in Brazil. Accordingly, in the coming months a new production facility for assembled cylinder-head modules will be built in ...
Toray Industries, Inc. has purchased approximately 400 acres of land for its future business expansion in Spartanburg County, SC. The Japanese company said it made the investment because it expects the United States to regain its ...
CP Kelco, a US-based specialty hydrocolloids producer, plans to expand its manufacturing facility in Limeira, Brazil, to meet the fast-growing global demand for pectin. The plans come on the heels of the company's projects underway at ...
Tags: Pectin Production, Limeira Plant
The BMW Group’s record-breaking sales growth of last year continued in January 2014 with deliveries increasing by 7.8%. In the first month of the year, a total of 132,892 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brand vehicles were delivered to ...
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The Brazilian Association of Cotton Producers (ABRAPA) has evaluated the new Farm Bill, which ends the subsidies given by the US Government to cotton growers. According to the market estimates and the first analysis made by advisors of ...
Tags: Cotton Producers, Farm Bill