US investment bank Goldman Sachs said Wednesday it has upgraded its three-month and six-month nickel price forecasts on the back of the Indonesian ban on nickel ore exports. The bank notes that following a fragmented Indonesian election ...
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Colombian exports of ferronickel, a processed metal used in the manufacture of stainless steel, totaled 10,516 mt in February, up 46.3% from the 7,187 mt shipped in February 2013. The month's export volume, however, was down 18.1% from ...
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Web surfing through the Internet's main gateway now looks slightly different on personal computers, thanks to a few cosmetic changes to Google's search engine this week. The tweaks to the way Google's search results appear on desktop and ...
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Oil futures settled higher Monday on support from firm US equities, geopolitical tensions and an easing of Libyan oil output, but the upside was limited by weak Chinese and eurozone data. NYMEX April crude settled 62 cents higher at ...
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In Georgia, some navigator events were canceled after health law opponents held a protest at one and posted other events on its website, urging more protests. In South Dakota, meanwhile, a lawmaker introduced a bill to require state ...
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South Korea's SK Innovation has suspended construction of an almost completed paraxylene plant in Incheon, in the country's west coast, after local authorities accused the company of violating the city's building codes, the company said ...
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British luxury brand Burberry made a commitment to eliminate the use of hazardous chemicals from its supply chain by 1 January 2020. Burberry’s move comes after two weeks of people powered campaigning on the brand’s social ...
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Groups call on global clothing brands to use their influence to achieve an end to repression against workers involved in wage protests and the resumption of good-faith wage negotiations. Labour rights groups and trade unions across the ...
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Executives from Columbia Sportswear, Adidas Group and Puma SE condemned the Cambodian government's use of deadly force against protesting garment workers and urged the nation's factory owners and trade unions to work together to help the ...
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NYMEX February crude settled $1.48 lower at $93.96/barrel Friday, as a large draw in stockpiles was overshadowed by a sharp drop off in product demand and rising distillate stocks. ICE February Brent settled 89 cents lower at $106.89/b. ...
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Instead of our regular look at the most read stories on just-style during the week, we thought a fitting end to the year would be to take a look at the top stories on just-style in 2013. Garment factory disasters, strikes, safety ...
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Platts – Oil production from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) fell to 29.7 million barrels per day (b/d) in November, the lowest volume since mid-2011 when the uprising in Libya significantly reduced the ...
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France may be sliding back into recession after activity in its key manufacturing and services industries shrank for the second month running in December. French GDP shrank by 0.1% in the three months to the end of September and a second ...
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A number of garment factories in Haiti were forced to close last week following protests by workers demanding a higher minimum wage. The workers say a rise in the minimum wage set out last month, and due to come into effect from 1 ...
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It seems that the status quo in the Bangladeshi textile industry hasn't changed that much. However, the increasing pressure from some international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) through social media and newspapers has caused some ...
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