The Chinese economy would maintain its sustained and healthy growth and China would stay on the path of reform and opening up, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang wrote in an article published in the Financial Times Monday. Under the headline ...
Tags: Economy, Healthy Growth
Material handling equipment orders are forecasted to grow 7.0% in 2013 and 11.0% or more in 2014, according to the latest Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing Forecast (MHEM) released by MHI. Projections for both orders and shipments ...
Tags: Material Handling Equipment, Industrial Equipment, Components
Stock markets in Moscow and copper mines in Chile appear to have little in common. But these are two spots where investors in New York and London have been pumping money borrowed on the cheap to seek out big returns. Aggressive monetary ...
Tags: Tapering Waves
Over the past five years, the Glass Product Manufacturing industry has declined as both consumers and businesses turn away from the use of domestic glass. Substitute goods, such as plastics and metals, have become increasingly popular, and ...
Tags: Glass, Construction
Some people think that China is not only a country, but also a big factory. Especially in textile production, China has the image of being a land of extremely large companies with tens of thousands of employees in every factory. For the ...
Tags: Textile
The northwest Europe styrene premium to benzene has hit its highest level in over one month on tight supplies following a potential production issue and vessel delays, according to market sources. At Tuesday's European close, the NWE 3-30 ...
Despite a new oil product pricing mechanism introduced by the central government in March, China's state refiners continued to suffer in the downstream in the second quarter because of poor domestic demand, their interim results showed. ...
Tags: oil product, gasoil demand
India has always had the opportunity to position itself at the forefront of future economic growth - as a leading international hub for investment, human capital and innovation. The country's growth despite the global slowdown, fluctuating ...
Tags: Emerging Economies, Processing Machinery, Manufacturing
The opening ceremony of POSCO Assan TST, the Turkey-based stainless steel producing joint venture of South Korean steelmaker POSCO, Turkey's Kibar Holding and Daewoo International has been held on August 15. Posco Assan TST, which will ...
Tags: Annual Exports, Mineral
France's gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 0.5 percent in the second quarter of the current year on quarter-on-quarter basis, following two consecutive quarters of 0.2 percent quarter-on-quarter decrease, according to the detailed ...
Tags: GDP, household consumption
China will speed up development of the energy-saving sector and make it a pillar of the national economy by 2015, top policymakers said on Sunday. The State Council vowed in a statement to spur technological innovation, expand demand for ...
Tags: Green Policy, Big Boost
As reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), following a weak start to the current year, the German economy is gaining momentum. The country's price, season and calender adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) in the second ...
Tags: German Economy
The situation as regards excess supply in certain areas of the global long steel products market remained the same in July as compared to June, according to the market outlook released by IREPAS, the global association of producers and ...
Tags: Long Steel Market, Mineral
Manufacturing and service surveys showed increased expansion in July while business expectations rose, evidence that China’s economic slowdown may be stabilizing, Bloomberg reported. The non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ ...
Tags: economic Slowdown
Because of the summer vacation, the Romanian seamless pipe market transaction fell to the low level. Although the Romanian suppliers managed to keep the price flat with one month ago, the actual cost increased by US$24~US$26/ton due to ...
Tags: Seamless Pipe Market, Mineral