According to the World Steel Association (worldsteel), in January this year the crude steel output of 62 countries surveyed across the globe reached 124.8 million mt, increasing by 0.8 percent on year-on-year basis. Total global crude steel ...
The Australian dollar rose after stock markets gained ground overnight, helped by the release of better than expected German economic sentiment data. At 6.30am AEDT the local unit was trading at 103.69 US cents, up from 103.29 cents at ...
The latest freight rate indications as issued by Banchero Costa are as follows: Products: - 15,000-20,000 mt from the Black Sea approx. $15-16/mt FIO to Mediterranean ports of Turkey and Egypt approx. $16.5-17.5/mt FIO to Italy ...
Tags: Raw materials, Raw materials price, Freight Rate Indications
In December last year, South Africa's primary carbon and alloy steel product imports (excluding semi-finished steel, stainless steel and drawn wire) amounted to 58,367 mt, decreasing 32.5 percent compared to November and down 38.8 percent ...
Tags: carbon, alloy steel, Steel
"It has been a slow path to commercialize smart packaging. Despite strong needs such as the aging population, tougher legislation, huge waste, more demanding consumers and concerns about safety and crime; commercial success has been mixed. ...
Profit after tax and before significant items was up 5.7% to $322m for the six months up to 31 December 2012. Amcor managing director and chief executive Ken MacKenzie said: “The first half result represented a record underlying ...
Tags: Tobacco Packaging, Specialty Folding Carton Operations
According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa, in 2012 total mining production in South Africa was 3.1 percent lower compared with 2011. The fall in annual mining production followed a decrease of 0.9 percent in 2011 ...
Tags: mining output, mining, mining production
In the week ended February 15, rising price movements have been recorded in the London Metal Exchange (LME) billet market, after the generally stable trend observed in the previous week. The following prices were recorded in LME billet ...
Dual interface shipments to exceed the 1 billion mark in 2015. The number of dual interface and pure contactless smart cards is expected to make up 30% of all smart card shipments in 2018, rising from 16% of the 8.6 billion smart cards ...
Tags: Contactless smart cards, smart cards, contactless cards
The share market weakened slightly before upcoming events including the release of European and US economic data, the weekend meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bankers in Moscow, and Italian elections the following weekend. ...
A sharp rise in consumer confidence in February fuelled a strong bounce by the dollar yesterday. At 5pm AEDT, the currency was trading at $1.0339, up US0.84c, after touching an intraday high of $US1.0361. A survey published by Westpac ...
ArcelorMittal Flat Carbon Europe has reported the operation outcome for the fourth quarter and full year of 2012. The steel giant’s Flat Carbon Europe posted operating loss of 2,212 million Euro for the fourth quarter of 2012, ...
Tags: Flat Carbon, steel giant, steel demand
1/3 of computers sold worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2012 was a tablet, according to a survey. The research firm Canalys said that with PCs and tablets combined, the market grew 12 per cent year-on-year in the last three months of ...
Tags: computer sales, PCs, tablets
Sales and profits increased in 2012 at flavours groups Givaudan and Sensient Technologies, although rival IFF saw earnings fall. Givaudan's net income jumped from CHF252m (US$274.5m) in 2011 to CHF411 in 2012 amid higher sales. Revenue ...
Tags: Sales, profits, Flavors, Fragrances
Posted by Jack Mans -- Packaging Digest, 2/13/2013 11:06:04 AM The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released the 2012 Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) information on more than 7,600 chemicals in commerce. The CDR database ...