A fundamental paradigm shift in lighting technologies toward more efficient lamps and bulbs will significantly reduce global electricity demand for general illumination in the next few years, according to IHS. The energy usage of the ...
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The UAE's Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange, or DGCX, and China's Dalian Commodity Exchange, or DCE, announced Wednesday that they will simultaneously launch their respective polypropylene futures contracts on February 28. "The ...
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U.S. prices for polyvinyl chloride (PVC), the plastic most widely used in construction, are set to rise by five cents per pound in the first two months of 2014. This is a significant price increase in a market that will see producers end ...
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Valspar has announced today significant price increases in Mirror Coatings in most of the product lines and all the regions. “After many years of prices erosion not fully compensated by productivity and after a period where raw ...
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The price of bitcoins may be soaring, but China isn’t too thrilled with the virtual currency. On Thursday, it moved to regulate use of bitcoins, stating that its financial institutions could not deal in the virtual currency. ...
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As of December 2, inventory of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports amounted to 83.77 million mt, indicating an increase of 2.66 million mt or 3.28 percent week on week, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency on December 2.?As of the same ...
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Global 40W equiv. LED bulb Average Selling Price (ASP) increased slightly by 1.7% in August 2013 to US$ 15.7, according to a recent bulb retail survey conducted by LEDinside, a research subsidiary of Trendforce. Global introduction of new ...
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Beta Glass Plc Tuesday announced a growth of 52 per cent in net profit for the half year ended June 30, 2013 just as the Nigerian equities market returned to the bears zone. Beta Glass, which manufactures, distributes and sells glass ...
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In results published today (27 August), the Greenock-based polythene manufacturer said that operating profits increased 14% to 16.4m. Chairman Cameron McLatchie said: "The improvement in operating profits can be attributed to another ...
Laser markets keep on an even keel 31 Jul 2013 Longbow Research finds vendors reporting no rude surprises, while fiber laser players continue to tussle. Materials processing The fortunes of US laser vendors during the second quarter of ...
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The upward trend of cotton quotes in the Brazilian market was halted in the second fortnight of July. Between July 24-31, the CEPEA/ESALQ Index for cotton type 41-4 dropped 2.1% and closed at 2.0888 real (0.9169 dollar) per pound on July ...
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Natural rubber surpluses and poor demand, especially from China, will weigh on spot prices for the commodity, Germany's Commerzbank said in a report issued Tuesday. "Several years of supply surpluses on the global rubber market have ...
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GaN LEDs set to top 100 billion units 25 Jun 2013 Shipments of the blue-emitting chips will reach new milestone this year, reports analyst company IHS. Analysts at the market forecasting company IMS Research (part of IHS) are expecting ...
April 2013 prices of 40W and 60W retrofit LED light bulbs in Japan were JPY1743/unit and JPY2357/unit, respectively, showing an on-month decrease of 4% and 12.5%. April prices of 40W retrofit LED light bulbs in South Korea showed an ...
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April 2013 prices of 40W and 60W retrofit LED light bulbs in Japan were JPY1,743/unit (US$17.25/unit) and JPY2,357/unit, respectively, showing an on-month decrease of 4% and 12.5%, respectively, according to Digitimes Research. April ...
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