Nike, Inc. reported earnings rose 22.7 percent in the second quarter ended Nov. 30, to $655 million, or 74 cents a share, exceeding Wall Street's consensus estimate of 70 cents. Revenues grew 14.8 percent to $7.38 billion. Nike Brand ...
Tags: product type, geography and key category, Sporting Goods
The packaged LED lighting market is forecast to reach a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11%, from 2013-2019, while the market for LED modules used in lighting will reach a CAGR of 23.9%, over the same time period, according to IHS. ...
Tags: LED Modules, Packaged LEDs, Lights
On December 17th, 2014, Volvo Trucks assisted Deppon Logistics driver Mr. Sun Honglin to accomplish his dream of donating books to underprivileged children. Volvo Trucks’ representatives along with Mr. Sun, traveled from Beijing to ...
According to World Instant Noodle Association's survey on 15 countroes' instant noodles intake, one man in Korea ate 74.1 packs of noodles in 2013, ranking first. Vietnam and Indonesia comes after Korea with 60.3 packs and 57.3 packs. ...
Tags: Instant Noodles, Food
Global crude steel production in November this year slightly increased by 0.1 percent year on year, amounting to 130.5 million metric tons, while a 4.5 percent decrease was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel ...
Tags: Crude Steel Output, Mineral
According to the revised data issued by China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on December 19, the country’s final gross domestic product (GDP) figure for 2013 has been recorded at RMB 58.8019 trillion ($9.58 trillion), ...
Tags: GDP Figure, Metallurgy
In order to curb environmental pollution and upgrade local industry, from 2015 to 2020 China's Hebei Province will gradually increase its pollution discharge fees in three steps, as announced by the provincial authorities. During the ...
Tags: steel, oil, chemical, ferrous metal, Metallurgy
The World Diamond Conference that took place last week in New Delhi, India, created a buzz in the industry that, frankly, needed a bit of a pick-up considering the state of the market. It not often that two heads of state attend a diamond ...
Tags: Diamond Trade, Arts
In the January-November period this year, Ukraine exported 837,141 mt of ferrous scrap metal, up 3.8 times year on year, worth a total of $265.442 million, according to Ukraine's Ministry of Revenue and Duties. In the given period, ...
Tags: scrap metal, Metallurgy
In the January-November period of this year, world pig iron production amounted to 1.08 billion mt, rising by 1.1 percent compared to the same period of 2013, according to the preliminary data covering 38 countries accounting for ...
Tags: Pig Iron, blast furnace pig iron
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Friday the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping (AD) order on cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate from Korea. The review covers six Korean ...
Tags: Korean Plate, AD Margins
According to the data released by the Japan Ship Exporters' Association (JSEA), Japanese new ship export orders in November this year decreased by 72.2 percent on tonnage basis compared to October but declined by 72.7 percent year on year, ...
Tags: Ship Export, ship deliveries
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Friday the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping (AD) order on stainless steel bar from Brazil. The review covers one company — Villares Metals S.A. — ...
Tags: stainless steel, Metallurgy
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Friday the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping (AD) order on cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate from Korea. The review covers six Korean ...
Tags: carbon-quality steel, exports, sales, shipments, Metallurgy
According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in October this year new motor vehicle registrations in Turkey increased by 18.6 percent year on year to 88,493 units and decreased by 3.3 percent on ...