The Council of Textile and Fashion Industries of Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Evans to the position of Chief Executive, effective 15th July 2013. TFIA Chairman, Michel Abeysekera, is confident a revitalised ...
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Jean-Pierre Labry, Executive Vice-President, R&M Middle East, Turkey and Africa R&M recently claimed that it has significantly reduced its ecological footprint over the past year, citing a new CSR report analysing the effects of a number ...
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Chinese import has been a center of debate for all sorts of reasons. It is a threat or opportunity depending solely on how you view it. There are numerous protest groups which will advocate banning import from China, citing reasons from ...
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Mutual insurance, retirement and investment group, LV= has introduced a new caravan insurance policy for its customers in the UK. LV= Direct managing director Selwyn Fernandes said, "We are always looking for areas that we can expand our ...
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A slew of bearish technical and fundamental factors put the market under pressure this week. First we had the breach of a 6-1/2-month uptrend line, which put the spec longs on the defensive, although we have yet to see any widespread spec ...
The precise scope of China's proposed ban on the importation of lower calorific value thermal coal has become clearer after Platts was given sight of a copy of the relevant draft regulation and has been able to publish its contents for ...
Tags: Low-CV Thermal Coal, Chemicals
Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), an England-based company that represents over 33,500 convenience stores, has asked government, local authorities, non-government organizations and industry to focus on partnership for future alcohol ...
Tags: UK Government, Alcohol Strategy
On 2 May Praktiker A re-opened its DIY superstore in Neumünster, Germany, as a pilot business location. The future concept of the Praktiker sales channel involves a renewed change in strategy, which CEO Armin Burger explained at a ...
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Tesco Bank has launched a new Home Insurance product, which is designed to meet the needs of customers for a simple and flexible home cover. Offering unlimited buildings cover and £75,000 contents cover as standard, the new ...
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BRE and the Open BIM Network have joined forces to develop standards for building information modelling (BIM) to ensure all parties working on construction projects know how to use BIM in compliance with UK government policy. BRE's ...
The European Union may be trying to protect its telecom equipment industry with its recent threat to investigate China over networking equipment imports. But the move could end up hurting the chances of Western vendors intent on supplying ...
China could be ready to deploy its proposed embargo on imports of thermal coal with a calorific value of less than 4,540 kcal/kg on a net-as-received basis, and on thermal coal with a sulfur and ash content of more than 1% and 25% ...
Tags: Low CV Coal Imports, Chemicals
It's reported that Benxi Steel released its price policy for June recently. The company decided to cut the prices for hot rolled plates/coils by RMB200/ton. Also, it reduced the prices for cold rolled sheets/coils and galvanized steel ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Indian government may have been trying hard to acquire a ‘Global Diamond Trading Hub’ status for its diamond industry on one hand but on the other hand if some figures are to be believed, it may be on verge of surrendering its ...
Kerala, India, The Energy Management Centre (EMC) is in the process of framing a street light policy, which, if implemented in the state, can save 24 million kwh of electricity every year. The policy will stress the need to use LED bulbs, ...
Tags: LED bulbs, Electricity