On March 5, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivered his government work report during the opening meeting of the second session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, stating that in 2014 China's GDP is expected to grow by ...
Tags: Steel Capacity, Mineral
In the January-February period of this year, total shipment volumes by Russian railway monopoly Russian Railways (RZD) - including ferrous metals, coal, oil, fertilizers and timber - increased by 0.3 percent year on year, according to the ...
Tags: Ferrous Metal, Russian Railways
According to local media, Mexican authorities raided 11 iron ore yards at the Port of Lazaro Cardenas—one of the country’s largest seaports—after revelations that drug cartels had been exporting ore to China. Over ...
Herma, a German manufacturer of adhesive materials, has introduced a new white thermal paper for weight/price labeling of pre-packed foods such as fresh meat, sausage and cheese products. Claimed to be made of bisphenol A (BPA)-free ...
Tags: Herma, Thermal Paper, Pre-Packed Foods
Iconic Australian company AWA will meet with creditors on 7 March 2014 after going into administration at the end of February. AWA's board of directors appointed administrators from PPB Advisory on 25 February, and these administrators are ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Flocks of birds manage to navigate through difficult environments by individuals having predispositions to favour the left- or right-hand side, according to research published in PLOS Computational Biology this week. Scientists at The ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Upstream Commerce, the leader in real-time pricing intelligence and analytics for online and multi-channel retailers, announced several recent milestones tied to its mission to provide retailers with a best-in-class Cloud platform to drive ...
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has released ColorForward Interiors 2015, the second annual color forecasting guide for producers of textile yarn and filaments, and designers and manufacturers of textiles, upholstery and ...
Tags: Textile Colour Trends, Clariant
The Directorate General of Safeguards, Customs and Central Excise, Government of India, has initiated safeguard investigation concerning imports of bare elastomeric filament yarn, commonly known as spandex, into India. In its notice, ...
Tags: Spandex Imports, Textile
Chinese textile companies should consider investing in India, as the country offers several advantages, Ashok K Kantha, Indian Ambassador to China, has said. Ambassador Kantha was speaking at a half-day seminar in Shanghai on ...
Tags: Textile Sector, textile
In the future, apparel manufacturers are likely to produce closed loop recycled products only, as they will become cheaper to manufacture, will give better quality, and will be relatively more environment friendly. Recycling at the end ...
Tags: Loop Recycling, Apparel
Lindex has chosen to work with world famous actress Kate Hudson as a model and muse for the big Spring and Summer season campaign, to be released worldwide in Lindex stores and at lindex.com on March 19. With a warm and genuine ...
Tags: S/S Collection, Apparel
Last week, John Lewis saw a respite from wet weather which, combined with the February half term, resulted in a solid week's sales, closing up 7.3% on the year. Sales in branches were slightly up, boosted by half term footfall, while ...
Tags: Lighting, First Trading Period, John Lewis
New line will be based on Mind Candy's latest mobile app game Moshi Karts Vivid Imaginations is preparing to launch a new line of collectables based on the recently launched Moshi Karts gaming app. The new app from Mind Candy ...
Tags: Launch Moshi Karts, Collectables, Vivid
The 2013 winners in the outdoor category of the Next Generation LuminairesTM Solid-State Lighting Design Competition were announced at the Strategies in Light conference in Santa Clara, CA. Sponsored by DOE, the Illuminating Engineering ...