South African cement firm PPC plans to enter the Democratic Republic of Congo with a $200 million factory, its chief executive said. This cement plant is part of PPC's drive to boost sales outside its home market. The company plans to ...
Tags: Cement, Construction
Lots of websites sell eyeglasses these days. Many offer substantial discounts compared with the likes of eyewear chains (LensCrafters, Pearl Vision) and doctor offices and independent shops, potentially saving you hundreds of dollars off a ...
We typically buy tires in bulk for our tire test program, ordering upwards of almost 1,000 tires a year. To spot check our advice and current tire buying, we recently purchased and had mounted three sets just as any consumer would. We found ...
Tags: Car Tires, Auto Parts&Accessories
China is one of the major LED lighting markets in the world, the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition is most important LED lighting exhibitions in China, that will be held on June 9-12. Taiwan-based firms such as Epistar, Everlight, ...
Benjamin Cox says that sourcing a line of accessories from Taiwanese, Chinese and Vietnamese manufacturers for his single-location store is a big investment of capital and time. He's personally had to learn all the tricks of the trade ...
Tags: bike, taiwan, Transportation
According to data released by the National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus, in the first four months of the current year the value of metallurgical production in Belarus increased by 4.9 percent compared to the same period ...
Tags: Crude Steel Output, Belarus
As reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in April this year the producer prices of industrial products in Germany fell by 0.2 percent compared to March this year and were up 0.1 percent compared to April 2012. The ...
Tags: Germany, Basic Metal Prices
According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in the first quarter of the current year Turkey's seamless pipe imports amounted to 48,109 mt, increasing 11.3 percent compared to the same quarter of 2012, but ...
Tags: Seamless Pipe, Turkey, Q1
According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in the first quarter of 2013 Turkey's chrome ore exports increased by 7.5 percent to 445,459 metric tons, while the revenue for these exports amounted to $92 ...
Tags: Chrome Ore, Turkey
As of May 20, inventory of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports amounted to 72.49 million mt, indicating an increase of 585,000 mt or 0.81 percent on week-on-week basis, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency. As of the same date, the ...
Tags: Iron Ore Inventory, Chinese Ports
According to the World Steel Association (worldsteel), in April this year the crude steel output of 63 countries surveyed across the globe reached 132.1 million mt, increasing by 1.2 percent on year-on-year basis and down 2.1 percent ...
Tags: Crude Steel Output, Metallurgy
According to data released by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), Peru’s rebar shipments totaled 112,797 tons in March, rising by 10.6% from a month ago. However, the country’s rebar production only ...
Tags: Peru, Rebar, Construction
It’s reported that Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp (NSSMC) announced to leave its domestic H-beam prices flat for May contract. It’s known that NSSMC hiked its H-beam spot prices by ¥8,000/ton since January but ...
Tags: NSSMC, H-beam, Construction
According to statistics released by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan’s output of stainless steel products totaled 238,986 tons in March, increasing by 7.2% from a month ago. Among them, 105,733 ...
Tags: Japan, Stainless Steel, Construction
According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in March of the current year new motor vehicle registrations in Turkey increased by 7.6 percent year on year to 88,397 units, up 45.7 percent on ...