It goes without saying that China has proven it is a true heavyweight global contender. The herculean growth achieved by China over the past two decades is unprecedented in the annals of human history. China has overtaken Japan to become ...
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Change is on 13th December as compared to 12th December 2012 Change is in INR per tonne
Tags: Steel Plate, Prices, Steel
In terms of mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, portfolio changes and investment projects, one of the most active sectors in the European coatings supply chain is dispersions. Despite a slow growth in demand for coatings, ...
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Reuters reported that crude flow from Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan has been cut by around 75,000 barrels per day because of a technical problem at Khurmala oilfield though the region's Tawke and Taq Taq fields are still at normal output. ...
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Reuters reported that the ANC Youth League will propose resolutions on the nationalization of certain minerals and strategic mining companies at the party's 53rd national conference in Mangaung. A statement ahead of the conference said ...
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Weak overall economic growth persisted in the third quarter of 2012,increasing by 2.7 percent,and the sluggish pace characteristic of the current expansion is likely to continue,according to the quarterly Manufacturers Alliance for ...
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European regulations aimed specifically at limiting emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from coatings have been mainly confined to decorative paints and the manufacture of the coatings themselves. The last piece of major ...
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Interfax cited Mr Valery Golubev deputy CEO of Gazprom as saying that the gasification level in the Krasnodar territory is 80%. The Krasnodar territory is 80% gasified whereas for Russia as a whole it's 63%. Mr Golubev said that over the ...
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Jotun opened in March at Sandefjord, Norway, a decorative paints plant costing NOK 500 million ($87 million), which the company claims is one of the most modern in the world. It replaces two other decorative paints units in the country. ...
Tags: Jotun, Meanwhile AkzoNobel, high-tech decorative paints
The West Australian reported that Aquila Resources will have to wait until at least March to resolve its funding dispute with West Pilbara iron ore partner AMCI, saying that an arbitration hearing will not be held until February 2013. The ...
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The Saudi Gazette reported that Jaguar Land Rover owned by Tata Motors, plans to invest SAR 4.5 billion in setting up an automotive facility to manufacture 50,000 Land Rover vehicles per year by 2017 in Saudi Arabia. The National ...
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On the face of it the outlook in Europe for OEM automobile coatings looks grim at the moment. The region is estimated to have a 20 percent overcapacity in car manufacturing so that plant closures are seen to be sooner or later ...
Reuters reported that prominent UAE group Al Ghurair had no intention yet of selling its half ownership of Ras Lanuf, Libya's biggest refinery but also had not decided whether to go ahead with investing another USD 2 billion. Mr Essa Al ...
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The coatings industry in Europe has been bracing itself for an extremely difficult 2012 in which much of the region will be suffering from the effects of a severe economic downturn mainly due to the impact of the troubles with the euro on ...
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By 2030 around 70 percent of the Europe's energy requirements is predicted to come from abundant reserves of gas in Russia, the Artic and the neighboring areas of southeast Asia and North Africa. Also to the European Union's 27 member ...
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