There are signs that hungry workers are trickling slowly back to work at two of South Africa's largest platinum mines on the eve of what threatens to be a tricky court case for the employers. The industry has lost more than $1.8 billion ...
International credit rating agency Moody's has announced that it has upgraded the Turkish steel producer Erdemir's corporate family rating to Ba3, affirming the rating outlook as stable. Moody's stated that the upgrade was prompted by ...
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Cotton production in Zimbabwe is likely to increase by 31 percent in 2013-14 season due to good rains in most parts of the country during the cotton growing season, the Cotton Growers Association has said, reports The Herald. Owing to ...
Standard Chartered Bank (China) chief executive said on China-Africa trade recently, based on the standard chartered bank for many years of the successful experience in China-Africa service trade and business, we think the China-Africa ...
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The business is located in Leicester and has a Ugandan subsidiary. It specialises in the manufacture of packaging, packaging machinery and contract packing for the food sector. In 2013 Khalid was awarded the "Pearl of Africa Lifetime ...
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According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa, in March this year the seasonally adjusted index of iron ore mining production in South Africa increased by seven percent, while the country's manganese ore production ...
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According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa (SSA), in March this year South Africa's manufacturing output rose by 0.7 percent compared to the same month of 2013. The main reasons for the increase included the 4.6 ...
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A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes flat inner electrodes that are laminated on each other. An interposer includes a substrate that is larger than the multilayer ceramic capacitor. A first mounting electrodeA solid electric conductor ...
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The global aluminum market is moving into its first annual deficit in six years as producers look to restructure in response to continued low prices, JP Morgan said in a research note Tuesday. "We expect the global aluminum market will ...
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Of the 351 metro markets measured, 300 have seen year-over-year economic gains, according to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Leading Markets Index (LMI). The index shows that 59 metros have fully returned to or even ...
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The global economy will strengthen over the coming two years, but urgent action is still required to further reduce unemployment and address other legacies from the crisis, according to the OECD's latest Economic Outlook. According to the ...
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The price of platinum is forecast to average $1,457/oz in 2014, 2% down from the 2013 average of $1,487/oz, as strike action has failed to give the metal any meaningful lift so far, metals consultancy GFMS said Friday in a report. "The ...
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"We had a good start to the year in our chemicals business and in the Agricultural Solutions segment. We sold more. This more than compensated for the negative effects on sales from the comparatively weak U.S. dollar and currencies in ...
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Jarden Corporation reported sales declined 1.6 percent to $684.1 million at its Outdoor Solutions segment in the quarter ended March 31 and that earnings fell 22.3 percent to $55.3 million compared with $71.2 million in the same quarter of ...
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