UK-based mining giant Anglo American Corporation has announced its production results for the first quarter of the current year. In the given quarter, iron ore production from Kumba Iron Ore increased by 10 percent year on year to 11.3 ...
Tags: Iron Ore, mining giant
Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that the US imported a total of 3,219,000 net tons (nt) of steel in March, including 2,425,000 nt of finished steel (down 2.0 percent ...
Tags: Steel Imports, finished steel
Coatex and Arkema Coating Resins , two business units of the Arkema group, are celebrating the official opening of their new Latin America application laboratory and technical center in Araçariguama, Brazil on the outskirts of ...
Tags: Construction, Coating, Coating Resins, Resins
China-based solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer makers have shifted to tap the Taiwan market where demand from crystalline silicon solar cell makers has remained strong, according to industry sources. Currently in the Taiwan market, ...
Tags: Solar-Grade Wafer, PV demand
Under Armour, Inc.'s net revenues increased 36.0 percent in the first quarter of 2014 to $642 million compared with net revenues of $472 million in the prior year's period.?Net income surged 73.3 percent in the first quarter of 2014 to ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Olympus Partners, a US-based private equity firm, is set to acquire protective packaging materials and systems manufacturer Pregis Corporation North America. Pregis president and CEO Kevin Baudhuin said the company has established a track ...
Flexible packaging converter American Packaging has announced expansion plans at its facility in Columbus with an investment of $22.6m. As part of the expansion project, the company will add 37,000ft2 for a new finishing department at the ...
Tags: Flexible packaging, Packaging
Latin America's trade deficit with Turkey increased by 55 percent in 2013, mainly due to a drop in the revenues generated by raw material exports and ongoing high levels of finished steel imports from Turkey, according to Alacero, the Latin ...
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Apparel exports from the Latin American country of Paraguay fetched US$ 5.6 million during the month of January 2014, registering a rise of 78.55 percent, compared to the same month last year, as per the data released by the Tailoring ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories
US toy firm has seen net sales drop five per cent with a reported $11.2 million net loss. Mattel is optimistic that its new brands and launches will help drive business for 'this year and many years to come,' following disappointing ...
Tags: Toys
Gore Bike Wear and Gore Running Wear have added Nell Gingerich and Kevin Connelly to their field sales team , effectively immediately. Gingerich, based in Portland, OR, will handle the Pacific Northwest, while Connelly will cover the ...
Tags: bike, Sporting Goods, Recreation
A long-running battle in the global photovoltaic (PV) market between the US and China over anti-dumping and subsidy charges could expand into higher solar costs, with wide-ranging ramifications for the US if punitive tariffs are levied on ...
Clarion Laminates is the newest Regular Member of the North American Laminate Flooring Association (NALFA). NALFA offers three levels of membership - Regular Manufacturing Membership, Associate Membership and Testing House/Lab/Academic ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, floor
Tokyo-based Showa Shell Sekiyu subsidiary Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – and the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Nanoscale ...
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Green Power Partnership released an updated list of the Top 100 organizations that are choosing to use electricity from clean, renewable sources like wind and solar power. "By using ...
Tags: EPA, Certification, Energy, Service