AT THE MARKET - Case goods suppliers came to market this week with aggressive introductions aimed at boosting business in the bedroom and formal dining room categories in 2013. Based on reaction from dealers thus far, business could pick ...
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe), says it has been notified of an unsolicited "mini-tender" offer by TRC Capital Corporation (TRC) to purchase up to ...
The Solar Trade Association (STA) has welcomed the publication of the UK Renewables Roadmap. The Roadmap identifies the key renewable energy technologies that will enable the UK to fulfil its 2020 15% renewable energy target. Generation ...
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Taiwan's China Steel Corp. (CSC) is going to release its January galvanized steel coil leeway allocation this week. Due to CSC’s price hike of NT$500/ton and some shortage sizes in the market, it is said that the reselling prices of ...
This spring will bring job cuts for some of the 169 staff at the Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) in the Western Isles, as the firm announced a review of its Stornoway harvesting and processing operations last week (January 8). The ...
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Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has agreed to acquire the Kopin Wireless compound semiconductor epiwafer manufacturing division of Kopin Corp of Taunton, MA, USA (including its leased manufacturing ...
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Reuters reported the fire damage of French Aperam, the third largest stainless steel maker in Europe, will benefit Outokumpu and other European producers and lead the EU stainless steel prices to rise. This fire in its Gueugnon plant ...
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Business Standard reported that the All OdishaF Steel ederation, an association of secondary and finished steel makers, has urged the ministerial panel on raw material supply to address issues pertaining to pricing and availability of ...
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Columbus, Ohio-based manufacturing and distribution company Worthington Industries, Inc. reported Thursday net sales of $622.6 million and net earnings of $31.8 million for its fiscal 2013 Q2 ended November 30, 2012. In Q2 2012 of the prior ...
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Business Standard reported that iron ore consumption in domestic steel units went up in December after the Odisha government asked the miners to set aside half of their mineral production for local industries. In December, local crusher ...
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During last week billet market experienced many fluctuations in Iran. Market price for size 150 mm was IRR 15.5 million per tonne on truck in Anzali including 5% VAT by beginning of the week. After rise in ex rate, billet price rose to IRR ...
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U.S. authorities have charged a former research analyst at a financial services firm with insider trading offenses related to the 2009 acquisition of software vendor SPSS by IBM. Australian Trent Martin, 33, is charged with one count of ...
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Worthington Industries,Inc reported net sales of USD 622.6 million and net earnings of USD 31.8 million,or USD 0.45 per share,for its fiscal 2013 second quarter ended November 30,2012.In the second quarter of the prior year,the Company ...
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There is no single rare earth element market. Instead, the rare earth universe is made up of four or five distinct "critical rare earth" markets that should be the focus for investors today. Even with new mine supply and refining capacity ...
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The fortunes of the Australian Cotton Growing industry are largely determined by global cotton demand, the world price of cotton and domestic growing conditions. Australia is a small cotton producer on a global scale; however, nearly all ...
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