Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) is among more than 100 federal, state and local associations that signed on to a letter sent to President Obama expressing deep concern over the deteriorating state of negotiations between the ...
Tags: Outdoor Industry, Sporting Goods
On Wednesday, after wee-hours bargaining that capped more than a decade of negotiations, Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corporation announced the signing of a 30-year gs-supply contract, estimated by the parties to be worth $400 ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Iron ore prices may be up for another dive as Chinese steel mills take a breather after the summer production peak, analysts say. The benchmark iron ore price plunged to a fresh five-year low to $US84.30 a tonne on Thursday night, and ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Iron Ore
Although China has placed a moratorium on polysilicon imports through its export processing zones (EPZs), the measure has yet to show much impact on product pricing, according to PV industry sources in Taiwan. PV firms outside China had ...
Tags: Taiwan, Polysilicon
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a draft determination proposing to grant authorisation to owner driver members of the Transport Workers’ Union in Queensland to engage in collective bargaining with Toll ...
Tags: Commission, Bargaining Power, Service
Stationery industry develops the most rapidly in the light industry in China, and the strong consumption potential can drive the development of the market.With the development of the market, the industry is also showing the characteristic ...
Tags: Stationery, Office Supplies
Stationery industry develops the most rapidly and the most perfect one in light industry in our country.But in front of the huge consumption and potential there are many problems, it summarized into five words: large and small, high, low ...
Tags: Stationery, Office Supplies
ACCC calls to 'reinvigorate' Australia's competition policy The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has provided a submission to the Harper Review of competition policy, calling for a 'reinvigoration of Australia's ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The year 2013 was a consolidation year not only for the textile industry, which faced quite adverse and uncertain market conditions, but also for EURATEX who continued to implement the new strategy aimed at profiling the industry, says ...
Import volume at major U.S. container ports is expected to increase 7.5 percent in June as retailers bring unusually high quantities of merchandise into the country early to avoid any potential disruptions after the labor contract with West ...
Tags: Apparel
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd and Grocery Holdings Pty Ltd (together, Coles) alleging that Coles engaged ...
Tags: ACCC, Certification, Service, Logistics
The price of platinum is forecast to average $1,457/oz in 2014, 2% down from the 2013 average of $1,487/oz, as strike action has failed to give the metal any meaningful lift so far, metals consultancy GFMS said Friday in a report. "The ...
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The demand for radiation cured products (RCP) is mainly prompted by growing demand for environment friendly applications and the growing wood coatings market. Asia Pacific dominates the global market for radiation cured products. This ...
Tags: Construction, Chemicals
SA8000 is an auditable certification standard that encourages organizations to develop, maintain, and apply socially acceptable practices in the workplace. It was developed in 1997 by Social Accountability International (SAI), formerly the ...
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The China government has lowered its rare earths export quotas for 2014 by 30% compared to 2013 after the actual export volume last year was lower than its original estimates. Prices of cerium, yttrium and terbium oxide (rare earths used in ...
Tags: Rare Earths, LED, Metallurgy, Mineral