Egypt's largest steelmaker Ezz Steel has announced its financial results for the first half of the current year, reporting a net loss of EGP 176 million ($24.6 million), compared to a net profit of EGP 302 million in the first half of 2013. ...
Tags: Ezz Steel, long steel
Beef prices are stacking up to all-time highs. Consumers are not only paying more for beef at the grocery store, they are willing to pay premium prices for USDA graded prime beef. Only 3% of all carcasses grade prime on a national average, ...
In view of increasing competition from China-based firms, Japan-based PV module vendors have been in talks with Taiwan-based solar cell makers about OEM production for 2015, according to industry sources. Japan-based PV module vendors ...
Carbon Holdings, a company based in Egypt, engaged in developing petrochemical plants and projects, is planning to set up a petrochemical project named Tahir, at a cost of US$ 7 billion, in Ain Sokhna town in Egypt, ahram online reported. ...
According to the monthly sectoral confidence survey released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the confidence index* for the construction sector in Turkey, which stood at 82.2 points in August of the current year, increased by ...
Tags: Construction Sector, Mineral
Indian steelmaker JSW Steel's joint managing director Seshagiri Rao has told CNBC TV18 that JSW Steel will import 10 million mt of iron ore this year, rising from the planned 6 million mt, "after having seen severe shortages in India and ...
The International Trade Practices Unit (UPCI) of the Mexican Ministry of Economy (SE) commenced antidumping procedures for certain pipe and tubular imports from India, Spain and the United States, according to a news release on Tuesday the ...
Tags: steel pipe, carbon steel pipe
This may be the year to keep as much of your newly harvested corn close to home. Declining corn market prices make paying for commercial storage or selling straight out of the field far from ideal scenarios, making on-farm storage a more ...
Tags: corn market, Agriculture
The iron ore industry is worried about a further collapse in prices as the Chinese government has signaled it is abandoning its aggressive policy stimulus to boost economic growth, according to media reports. China's Finance Minister Lou ...
Tags: Iron Ore, industrial output
Nippon Paper Industries will likely report a 25% year-on-year increase in operating profit to around 13 billion yen ($118 million) for the six months ending Tuesday, falling short of a prior projection of 16 billion yen amid soft corporate ...
Tags: Paper, printing paper, Office Supplies
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA has announced completion of Phase 1 of the Barilla Solar Project in Pecos County, Texas, bringing about 18MWAC of generating capacity to the ...
This year is proving to be a pretty good year for many medtech companies. The majority of the largest 40 have seen their stock prices rise by double-digit percentages in 2014, according to a Qmed analysis. Meanwhile, only eight have seen ...
Tags: Medtech Companies, Medical device
Burlington Stores, Inc., an American national off-price retailer of branded apparels, has appointed new members to its Board of Directors (BoD). The chief marketing officer of Global Consumer Engagement for PepsiCo’s Global ...
Tags: Burlington Stores, New Members, Accessories
Subsidies to the cotton industry have declined in 2013/14 compared to a year earlier, according to a new report released by the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC). The report titled ‘Production and Trade Policies ...
Tags: Cotton Industry, cotton
Australia-based Vistaprint is opening a trade printing service, 'TradeAdvantage,' which will deliver about 120 products like print and promotional products, signage and apparel. Speaking about the advantage of the initiative for printers ...
Tags: Vistaprint, Trade Printing Service, Printing