Nissan Motor India, a subsidiary of auto maker Nissan Motor Co, plans to hike vehicle prices of all its models, effective January 1st 2013. It in a statement said that the price increase is being contemplated to offset the rising input ...
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The Australian reported that Arrium is considering expansions that could grow a key minerals processing business by more than 20% over the next 5 years through plants in Canada, Brazil and Peru. Mr Andrew Roberts consumables boss of ...
ArcelorMittal and Nunavut Iron Ore Inc, a subsidiary of Iron Ore Holdings, LP and a company in The Energy and Minerals Group, have agreed that Nunavut Iron Ore will increase its interest in Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation from 30% to 50%. ...
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The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) E1300, "Standard Practice for Determining Load Resistance of Glass in Buildings," has been updated from its 2009 version, according to the Schaumburg, Ill.-based American Architectural ...
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AP reported that a union official representing steelworkers at the shuttered Sparrows Point steel mill reacted angrily to reports key mill equipment has been sold. Mr Joe Rosel, president of a United Steelworkers local in Sparrows Point, ...
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The Baltimore Sun reported that an out of state steelmaker has bought the most valuable piece of the Sparrows Point plant to use as spare parts, a move that could kill the last hopes that the steel mill might be purchased by an operator and ...
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The state assembly said that as many as 5 companies have been granted prospecting licenses for iron ore in Chhattisgarh during 2011-12 and 2012-13 fiscal years. In a written reply to Congress member Mr Mohammed Akbar, CM Mr Raman Singh ...
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Bloomberg reported that the cost of iron ore shipped to China exceeded the average price of locally mined supplies for the first time in 5 months, ending a price arbitrage that helped push November imports to the second biggest on record. ...
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THE Coega Development Corporation said that it had started recruiting for the first 143 posts out of a possible 800 being created at Agni Steels South Africa’s smelting plant in the Coega industrial development zone. The wholly ...
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One look at Ipininder Singh, director-technology, Convergys, and you know little fazes the man. His lithe frame and steely gaze leave little doubt. But then, maybe all he needed was for the right project to come along, a project his own ...
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Forge Group Ltd advise that its wholly owned subsidiary, CTEC Pty Ltd has received a Notice of Award for a USD 105 million contract from WorleyParsons for the development of BHP Billiton’s Yarnima Power Station, three kilometres ...
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Business Line reported that stressed cash flow has forced Shipping Corporation of India to go slow on its vessel acquisition plan. Mr S Hajara CMD of SCI said that SCI was not aggressively perusing its proposed new acquisitions. The asset ...
Business Line reported that Power Finance Corporation Ltd has disbursed INR 7,400 crore of transitional loan to 5 financially ailing State Electricity Distribution Utilities. They include Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and ...
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Trade Arabia reported that crude oil output from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries declined 90,000 barrels per day to 31.08 million barrels per day in November. This follows October production of 31.17 million barrels per ...
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IRNA reported that Mr Rostam Qassemi oil minister of Saudi Arabia arrived in Vienna to take part in the 162nd ordinary meeting of the OPEC oil ministers due to be held on 12th 2012. It is the second meeting of the OPEC oil ministers in ...
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