Yingli Solar from China became the largest global supplier of solar modules in 2012 based on annual merchant shipments, while previous leader and besieged fellow China-based producer Suntech Power dropped to fifth place, according to latest ...
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According to the data released by the US International Trade Commission (ITC), US rebar imports in February this year fell 33.4 percent year on year to 66,950 metric tons, while a decrease of 36 percent was registered compared to January. ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, steel
European benzene's premium to naphtha has topped the $450/mt mark for the first time since the start of February, as naphtha languishes at multi-month lows and benzene rises despite seemingly weak fundamentals. The benzene-naphtha spread ...
Tags: NWE, Benzene-Naphtha, Chemicals
In 2012, the global solar market was affected by incentive policy changes in various countries. Now such incentive programs are mostly aimed at pushing steady market growth until grid parity is achieved. In Europe, solar PV installations ...
According to the market outlook released by IREPAS, the global association of producers and exporters of long steel products, demand in the global long steel products market has not indicated the long-awaited increase yet, and is still at ...
Tags: IREPAS, long steel products, Mineral
Falling demand in the China market drove global solar demand down to 6.2GW in the first quarter of 2013, said Solarbuzz. The figure represents an on-quarter decrease of 23%. Although the China market will account for 20% of global solar ...
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It's reported that TMK, one of the major steel pipe producers in Russia said that its subsidiary OFS International LLC has acquired 100% stake in ITS Tubular Services located in Houston, Texas, US. It's known that ITS Tubular Services is ...
Tags: Pipe, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The Canadian government has handed Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica a US$257m (£170m) loan to assist in buying BlackBerry products and services. The decision was taken after BlackBerry financials, revealed last week, showed ...
Agilent Technologies' company, Dako, has announced that US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given consent to sell its Clone EP1 diagnostic tool for breast cancer treatment in the US market. The antibody, called FLEX Monoclonal ...
Following a successful 2012, what's next for VTech? We ask Gilles Sautier about the new InnoTab, new products and the popular kids' tablet sector. How have you performed in the UK and Europe over the past 12 months? Last year was a ...
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Smartphones using the Android platform boosted their US market share in recent months, extending their lead over Apple's iPhone, a new survey shows. Android, the free mobile operating system from Google, accounted for 51.2 per cent of US ...
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Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association will train 34,000 workers and mid-level officials in the apparel sector on fire safety by June, said Commerce Secretary Mahbub Ahmed. Ahmed spoke at the United States Trade ...
Tags: Garment Manufacturers, Garment
JK Imaging, Ltd., the worldwide licensee for KODAK PIXPRO Digital Cameras and Devices has partnered with multichannel retailer HSN for the world launch of Kodak's first 36x long-zoom, digital bridge camera on HSN, HSN.com and via HSN Mobile ...
Until now, people have heard of 24 karat gold ornaments, which are very popular in countries like India. In some Asian countries, there are traditional costumes that have a gold thread woven in it or have golden borders. These are generally ...
Tags: Gold Textile, Luxury Apparel, Apparel
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Hitachi Medical Systems America's new SCENARIA scalable CT platform. The new SCENARIA Advanced 128 CT system, which combines the latest dose saving and imaging technologies, ...
Tags: FDA, Hitachi Medical, Medicine