The traditionally low-cost pasture-based dairying regions, such as Australia, have lost their cost advantage as input prices have risen, and now compete on the global market with a similar cost of production to producers with more intensive ...
Tags: Milk, Agriculture, Food
The US will end 2013 with projected coal exports of 118 million st, down 6.3% from record exports of 126 million st in 2012, according to the Energy Information Administration's final Short Term Energy Outlook of the year. The report, ...
Tags: Coal Exports, Metallurgy
Improving working conditions in Bangladesh's ready-made garment (RMG) industry is crucial for achieving sustainable growth in the country, says a new report Bangladesh: Seeking better employment conditions for better socioeconomic outcomes, ...
Tags: Sustainable Growth, Bangladesh, RMG
It seems that the status quo in the Bangladeshi textile industry hasn't changed that much. However, the increasing pressure from some international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) through social media and newspapers has caused some ...
Tags: Rupp Report, Bangladesh
The largest trade show for the Construction industry in the Arabian Gulf. A unique event, combining five major exhibitions under one roof. Featuring around 2,000 companies from 50 countries. One of the most commercially successful trade ...
Tags: Footprints
Improving working conditions in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) industry is crucial for achieving sustainable growth in the country, says a new report Bangladesh: Seeking better employment conditions for better socioeconomic ...
Tags: ILO Report, Apparel
Crude oil production from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) remained broadly unchanged at 29.93 million barrels per day (b/d) in October following production of 29.91 million b/d in September, a just-released ...
Global demand for naphtha will expand faster than any other light products through 2020, spurred by rising needs of the petrochemical industry in Asia, as per the latest report by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). ...
Tags: naphtha, light products
North America is the world's largest consumer of packaging. Since a brief dip in 2009, the North American packaging market has recently been growing steadily. Although market sentiment is still cautious in the region, the North American ...
North America is the world's largest consumer of packaging. Since a brief dip in 2009, the North American packaging market has recently been growing steadily. Although market sentiment is still cautious in the region, the North American ...
Tags: Packaging Market, Packaging, Printing
Zepol Corporation, a leading trade intelligence company, found that U.S. imports for September of 2013 were surprisingly high. September increased by 2% in TEU (twenty-foot-container) volume from last month and 7% from September of last ...
U.S. crude-oil futures settled 1% lower Friday after the International Energy Agency warned that the U.S. fiscal crisis could harm demand and said supplies are rising faster than previously thought. Light, sweet crude oil for November ...
Tags: crude-oil, global oil demand
World oil demand will rise by 1.1% this year to 90.26 million barrels a day, with gains coming from countries outside of the major industrialized nations, a U.S. government forecast said Tuesday. The Energy Information Administration said ...
Tags: Oil Demand, Oil Use
Oil Markets are currently balanced and inventories are at excellent levels, but the geopolitical situation is having an impact on prices, Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said Tuesday. "The market is in a very good position, supplies are ...
Tags: Oil Markets, Syria crisis
The government is expected to raise import duty on refined edible oil to 10%, from 7.5% at present, to protect the domestic oil refining industry. A Cabinet note regarding this has already been circulated by the Food Ministry, sources ...
Tags: Chemicals