The members of Kimberly Process (KP) who are opposing a proposal to redefine ‘Conflict Diamonds’ once again came under pressure when the World Diamond Council (WDC) recently reiterated its backing for the initiative. It ...
Tags: KP, Conflict Diamonds, Arts&Crafts
Tubos Reunidos, a leading Spanish seamless tube and pipe producer, has announced its financial results for the first three months of the current year, announcing an 86 percent year-on-year fall in its consolidated net profit to €1.16 ...
Tags: seamless tube, pipe producer
Some predictions of surging global production of light, tight oil from unconventional source rocks may be overblown, with a of number of environmental and political question marks still hanging over the industry, delegates at a London oil ...
Ford Sollers, the Russian joint venture (JV) of US automaker Ford Motor, has started the construction of a new $274m engine manufacturing plant in Tatarstan, Russia. The new facility, which is the carmaker's first passenger car engine ...
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Russian coking coal miner Raspadskaya has stated that it has suspended all operations at its main mine after detecting unsafe levels of carbon monoxide at the site. The toxic gas was first detected on May 6 in a "confined" area of the ...
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Turkey's billet imports in the first quarter of this year constituted the highest quarterly volume since the second quarter of 2009. Increasing by 23.2 percent compared to the previous quarter and up 33.2 percent compared to the same ...
Building on the successful premiere of “DOMOTEX Russia Goes Regional” in Novosibirsk, Deutsche Messe will be staging further regional industry conferences throughout Russia. The next events will take place in 2014 in ...
Tags: Textile, Textile Industry
Turkey’s imports of steel flat products including hot rolled, cold rolled, coated and narrow strip steel, totaled 567,015 tons in March, rising by 22% from a month ago and jumping by 60.5% year on year, according to data released by ...
Tags: Steel Flats Soar, Steel Flats
As the soaring mercury is perplexing everyone with an unbearable hot weather, the Spanish swimwear specialist Dolores Cortes has offered some respite to the beach going fashionistas in this blazing sweltering heat. The beachwear label ...
Tags: Dolores Cortes, Swimwear Line
2013 will be an intense year for the Fenzi group, packed with events covering the most important areas of the global market. It all begins in May with China Glass, which will be held in Beijing this year from May 24 to 27. After ...
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Russia's National Bureau of Statistics data showed that Russia in the first quarter of primary aluminum production fell 7.5%, nickel production fell 6.9%, zinc production fell 4.2%, lead production fell 19.2%, copper production fell 1%, ...
Tags: Aluminum Production, Aluminum
The most interesting category of coloured stones is gems that display optical phenomena. This week we will examine some of the more common phenomena that can add interest and profit to the coloured stone department of a retail store. ...
Tags: Cat's eye stones, jewelry
The UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT) has announced a dramatic increase in funding for UK exporters to take part in key international trade shows. In the financial year 2013/4 and 2014/5, UKFT has received a commitment from UK Trade ...
Tags: Global Fairs, Textile
According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in March this year Turkey's flat steel imports, including hot rolled, cold rolled, coated and narrow strip steel, rose by 22 percent compared to the previous month ...
Tags: Flat Steel, Mineral
Natural gas vehicles (NGV) sale, among the world's seven largest automobile markets, is expected to only reach 7.5 million units by 2020, according to a report for the Lux Research. The slow growth of the vehicle sales is due to the ...
Tags: Natural gas vehicles, Auto