The European Commission (EC) may oblige Luxembourg-headquartered steelmaker Aperam, which is bidding to buy Outokumpu's Italian stainless steel plant in Terni, to sell other steel assets if it succeeds in the acquisition bid, a commission ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The economic incentive for European refiners to mix ethanol into gasoline supplies and meet government mandates has been dwindling rapidly due to competition from cheaper bio-based ETBE, sources told Platts this week. Ethanol and ETBE are ...
Tags: Ethanol Blend, ETBE Price
The European Cycling Federation's Cycling Industry Club has announced six grant recipients for 2013 as part of its Leadership Program. The six organizations selected for grants, in Italy, Austria, Sweden, Ukraine, Ireland and the Czech ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
Frequent strike calls given by political parties is estimated to have caused Bangladeshi readymade garment industry to lose around US$ 3 billion worth of new business opportunities, so far this year, according to Bangladesh Garment ...
Tags: Frequent, Garment Sector, Apparel
Japan's exports of iron and steel products totaled 4 million tons in February, increasing by 12.25% from a month ago and rising by 4.8% year on year, according to data released by the Ministry of Finance. Meanwhile, the country's export ...
Tags: Steel Products, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Out with the old and in with the new: the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) has replaced the Construction Products Directive. To ensure the industry stays abreast of these latest developments, Glass for Europe is delighted to announce ...
Tags: Glass, Construction Products
If you are looking to inject a little more interest and excitement into the way that you light your property, using colour filters might be just the way to do it. This can be as easy as popping to the shop to buy a coloured bulb and ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED, lighting
High unemployment and the continued slowdown in economic growth in the Southern European crisis countries in particular is still hampering economic development in the European Union (EU). While the countries moving towards recovery are ...
Tags: GFK Consumer Climate, unemployment
According to the provisional data released by the Japanese Ministry of Finance, in March this year Japan's iron and steel product exports came to 4 million metric tons, rising 12.25 percent month on month and up 4.8 percent as compared to ...
Tags: Iron Ore Import, Mineral
According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in February this year Turkey's longitudinally welded tube and profile exports totaled 40,242 mt, increasing 26 percent compared to the previous month and down 3.6 ...
It's reported that China pushed up the global steel production in March, 2013. The global crude steel output totaled 135 million tons in March, was 1.1% higher than March 2012. Among them, China posted a 6.6% output increase to 66.3 million ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
In the month of February this year, European Union (EU) flat steel exports totaled 1.214 million mt, up 6.21 percent, while EU long steel exports amounted to 854,000 mt, down 1.15 percent, both year on year, as announced by the European ...
Tags: Finished Steel, Mineral
Reflecting a major shift in the global solar market after four years of severe erosion, prices for solar modules in the key Europe market are rising due to number of factors, including the newly restored balance between supply and demand. ...
Tags: Solar Module Prices, Solar Module, Lighting
The ICO has today warned that the data protection regulation currently making its way through the European Parliament may not suit the UK, and in fact may not even reach the agreement necessary for it to come into force. Further reading ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Belgium-based ingredients manufacturer Puratos have entered into a loan contract for €45m that will be used for Puratos European research and development program until 2015. Puratos is involved ...
Tags: Ingredient Research Program, Food