Evraz, the top steelmaker in Russia is considering slashing working days to 4 days a week at parts of its ZSMK plant which is one of Russia's largest mills. The sluggish demands for steel together with the approaching slow summer season are ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, steel
Russia's gas giant Gazprom does not expect its 2013 retroactive payments to European clients to be significantly above the Rb23 billion ($699 million) level reached in the first quarter of the year, Mikhail Rosseyev, the company's deputy ...
Tags: Chemicals, gas, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
With the previously $40,000 Carberp Trojan's source code now freely available, experts expect exceptionally destructive variants of the malware to flow onto the Internet. Carberp-based malware is expected to take advantage of the bootkit ...
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Fugitive document leaker Edward Snowden has formally applied for political asylum in Russia after spending eight days in the transit area of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport. The Reuters news agency quoted an unnamed Russian immigration ...
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At 2013 LED Lighting Taiwan, Russia-based upstream sapphire crystal maker Monocrystal showcased 12-inch substrates. The firm aims to produce crystal of over 150kg in 2014 for manufacturing 6-inch sapphire ingots. Digitimes Research noted ...
French retail giant Carrefour is said to quit the Chinese mainland and Taiwan. Sources said recently that Carrefour, the biggest retailer in the world and the second-biggest one in Europe, was considering selling business in both the ...
China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) announced acquisition of a 20 percent stake in Novatek-led Yamal LNG project on June 24. The Chinese oil and gas producer said yesterday that it had signed an agreement with Novatek, the ...
Recently a common set of standards for LED lighting firms in Greater China was announced, which will help Taiwan-based firms enter the China market. This common set of standards will be expanded to emerging markets such as Russia, India, ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Industry Standards, LED
Gazprom Marketing & Trading promotes Russian involvement in LNG shipbuilding Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 Today under the auspices of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Gazprom Marketing & Trading (GM&T), on behalf of the Gazprom ...
Tags: Transportation, Service
A common set of standards for LED lighting firms in Greater China was announced recently and as the China government plans to expand the LED lighting market, this common set of standards can help Taiwan-based firms enter the China market. ...
Tags: LED Lighting, taiwan, Lights, Lighting, LED
Automobile manufacturers Chrysler and Fiat have jointly opened a new parts distribution center in Pretoria, South Africa under the automotive parts supplier brand Mopar. The new 19,000sqm facility will be used to distribute over 50,000 ...
Tags: Auto, Automotive Parts
Developers find Firefox OS the most compelling among new smartphone OSes, generating more interest than Tizen and BlackBerry 10, even though no commercial products have been launched for it yet. For the first time, IDC and cross-platform ...
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World demand for cups and lids is projected to rise 5.0 percent per year to nearly $26 billion in 2017. Advances will be driven by above average gains for food and beverage packaging cups as well as a favorable outlook for global ...
Czech automobile manufacturer Skoda, in co-operation with Volkswagen Group Russia and GAZ Group, has started the production of the new Octavia vehicle at the GAZ's Nizhny Novgorod plant in Russia. The plant, which already produces ...
Singapore's fuel oil stocks in the week ended June 19 rose to a 39-month high as exports of the heavy distillate -- particularly into China and Hong Kong -- plunged from the previous week, data released Thursday by trade promotion agency IE ...
Tags: Fuel Oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy