BASF is expanding its business in industrial coatings in the growth market of Africa. Since October 2013, the company has supplied coil coatings to Roofings Rolling Mills (RRM), located in Uganda. BASF and its technical service were also on ...
Tags: Coil Coatings, BASF
South Africa's target of building 8.4GW of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity by 2030, combined with the success of its large-scale tendering process in attracting investment to fulfill that goal, positions the country as the most attractive ...
China produced 26GWp of PV modules in 2013, growing 13% on year. China was the largest producing country for the seventh consecutive year, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Of the output, 16GWp or 61.5% was exported, and Europe was ...
Pluristem Therapeutics, a developer of placenta-based cell therapies, has been granted a new patent by the Australian Patent Office. Patent #2007228341 covers the method and composition of matter for three-dimensional (3D) expansion of ...
Tags: 3D Cell Expansion, Pluristem
South Africa's primary carbon and alloy steel product imports (excluding semi-finished steel, stainless steel and drawn wire) amounted to 58,107 mt in December last year, decreasing by 52.8 percent compared to November and down 0.9 percent ...
Tags: Carbon, Alloy Steel
Anglo American's thermal coal division produced 67.6 million mt in the 2013 financial year, slipping 2% on the year due to lower-than-expected production at Colombia's Cerrejon and South Africa's New Vaal mines. The miner said in its ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Mineral
In the presence of guests from Germany and South Africa(including politicians,business and technical partners),Photovoltaic Technology Intellectual Property(Pty)Ltd(PTiP)-a spin-off from the University of Johannesburg-has officially ...
Tags: Singulus CIGS/CIS PV, CIGS, solar module
Global foreign direct investment (FDI) rose to levels not seen since the start of the global economic crisis in 2008, increasing by 11 per cent in 2013 to an estimated $1.46 trillion, with the lion's share going to developing countries, ...
Tags: trade, Investment
UK-based Premier Foods has taken over the wheat and flour milling operation of Swaziland-based Ngwane Group for ZAR100m. The Swaziland Competition Commission (SCC) has approved the transaction, subject to certain conditions. The ...
Tags: Premier Foods, wheat, flour milling
Glencore Xstrata produced 425,800 mt of copper in the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2013, up 32.2% year on year and up 3.1% quarter on quarter, the company said Tuesday. Copper output over January-December 2013 totaled 1.5 million mt, ...
German autoparts maker Continental has entered into an agreement with The Carlyle Group to acquire US-based Veyance Technologies, which operates in operates rubber and plastics technology business, for EUR1.4bn. Veyance Technologies, ...
Tags: Continental, Auto Parts
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced that it has signed an agreement to divest the Water Treatment business in Africa to AECI, domiciled in South Africa. The total consideration of the sale amounts to CHF 34 million in ...
Tags: Water Treatment Business, Clariant
The exports of leather and leather products from India increased by 17.09 percent to US$ 3.786 billion during the first eight months of the ongoing financial year 2013-14, compared to exports of $3.233 billion made during the corresponding ...
Tags: Leather Exports, Textile
South Africa's Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) exported 4.6 million mt of coal in January, tumbling 33% on-month from the 6.8 million mt shipped in December, according to the latest operating data released by the port Friday. January ...
Tags: Coal Terminal, Mineral
Chinese import prices for ferrochrome and charge chrome were unchanged this week, as market activities slowed ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays starting end-January. The spot price for Indian-origin high carbon ferrochrome (58-60% Cr) ...