Central Appalachian thermal coal prices for April delivery fell to fresh near-term lows on Friday, as both the CAPP rail (CSX) and CAPP barge spot contracts were seen trading in the session. CSX physical April fell 25 cents/st to ...
Tags: thermal coal, over-the-counter market, spot coal prices
Global beverage can manufacturer Rexam has received a binding offer from Berry Plastics Group of $135m to acquire its Healthcare business’ remaining Containers & Closures division. According to Rexam, the transaction, which requires ...
Tags: Rexam, Healthcare Business, Berry Plastics
PVH Corp., the owner of the Calvin Klein trademarks worldwide and Arvind Limited announced that Arvind Brands and Retail Limited, a subsidiary of Arvind Limited, has replaced PVH’s prior joint venture partners in Premium Garments ...
Tags: Calvin Klein, Arvind Limited, Indian JV
It's 3am on the first day of 2014. Shanghai's Hengshan Road, an area popular for restaurants and nightclubs, is lit up with what seems like hundreds of bright green taxi lights, inviting the rowdy New Year's crowd to hop in. But the drivers ...
Tags: Taxi Apps, Government Regulations, taxi
Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that its minor equity stake in the share capital of Solar Junction Corp (SJC) of San Jose, CA, USA, which makes III-V multi-junction solar cells for concentrated ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Solar
According to the data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global direct reduced iron (DRI) production in the 14 countries accounting for approximately 87 percent of total world DRI production in 2013 amounted to 4.54 ...
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In the first two months of this year, world pig iron production amounted to 192.39 million mt, rising by 1.60 percent compared to the same period of 2013, according to the preliminary data covering 38 countries accounting for approximately ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Pig Iron
According to the report released by Argentina's steel chamber, in February this year the country's crude steel production was down 4.2 percent month on month and increased by 18.6 percent year on year, amounting to 380,300 metric tons. ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Crude Steel, steel
Nike Inc. reported earnings rose 3.5 percent in the third quarter, to $685 million, or 76 cents a share. Revenues advanced 12.7 percent to $6.97 billion. Both earnings and revenues surpassed Wall Street targets. Nike Brand revenues grew ...
Tags: Nike, Sporting Goods, Apparel, Accessories
Crude steel production by the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association was 125 million mt in February, up by just 0.6% on the same month last year. Compared with January 2014, February's average daily production of 4.46 ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Crude steel production, steel
Shoe Carnival, Inc., a leading retailer of value-priced footwear and accessories, reported results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended February 1, 2014. The fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 included 13 weeks compared to 14 weeks ...
Tags: footwear, Shoe, Shoe Carnival
The Wet Seal, Inc., a leading specialty retailer to young women, announced results for its fiscal fourth quarter and full year ended February 1, 2014. The Company noted that fiscal 2013 had 52 weeks versus 53 weeks in fiscal 2012; results ...
During the current harvest season, the Latin American country of Paraguay is expected to produce around 1,800 to 2,000 kg of cotton per hectare, despite the drought, owing to use of transgenic cotton (Bt cotton) seeds, as per the Paraguayan ...
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New York & Company, Inc., a specialty apparel chain with 507 retail stores, announced results for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year ended February 1, 2014 (“fiscal year 2013”). The Company noted that fiscal year 2013 ...
Textile stores in Spain have closed the winter sales campaign with €3.6 billion, owing to discounts offered by manufacturers during January and February 2014, as per the the Business Association of Textile Trade and Accessories ...