Thorntons, a manufacturer of confectionery and other sweet foods, has reported a decline in first-quarter sales with weak performance by both FMCG and retail divisions In its first quarter trading update for the 14 weeks up to and ...
According to the statistics released by the US International Trade Commission (US ITC), in August this year exports of iron and steel scrap from the US amounted to 1.58 million mt, increasing by 26.33 percent from July, but down 7.44 ...
Tags: Iron, Steel Scrap
Food prices in New Zealand were down by 0.8% in September, following the 0.3% gain in August, according to the latest report released by Statistics New Zealand. During the period, fruit and vegetable prices fell 6.5%. Lower vegetable ...
Tags: Food Prices, Down, Food
Orora Limited has been ranked number 36 in this year’s BRW 50 Most Innovative Companies. It is the highest placed packaging company and one of only eight manufacturing companies to be included in the list. "Orora strives to be an ...
Tags: Orora, Innovative Companies, Packaging
Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the January-July period of this year apparent finished steel use in Latin America and the Caribbean totaled 40.5 million mt, up one percent as compared with the same period ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Finished Steel
Russian exports of stainless steel products in the January-August period of this year decreased by 66.5 percent year on year, according to Russia-based SpetsStal Association. In particular, in the given period exports of stainless billets ...
Tags: Stainless Steel, Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
According to the provisional foreign trade statistics compiled by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) and the Turkish Undersecretariat of Customs, in August this year Turkey's foreign trade deficit increased by 13.5 percent to $8.36 ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel
According to data released by the South African Revenue Service (SARS), in August of the current year the value of South Africa's exports of base metals and articles thereof totaled ZAR 9.77 billion ($865.62 million), decreasing by 6.2 ...
Tags: Base Metal, Metallurgy, Mineral
According to the provisional foreign trade statistics compiled by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) and the Turkish Undersecretariat of Customs, in the first eight months of this year the value of Turkey's iron and steel imports ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel, Iron
In September this year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) for the Chinese steel sector was at 43.6 percent, down by 4.8 percentage points as compared to August, still below the 50 percent threshold and falling to the lowest level of the ...
Tags: Steel Sector, PMI
American agribusiness company Cargill has reported net earnings of $425m in the fiscal 2015 first quarter ended 31 August, down 26% from $571m in the year-ago period. Revenues in the first three months totaled $33.3bn, a 2% change from ...
Tags: Cargill, Net Earnings, Food
For Chinese solar manufacturers, the fourth quarter is the most important time for solar photovoltaic installations. It is then that Chinese vendors speed up deployment to meet the central government’s annual targets. The Chinese ...
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The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector was at 51.1 percent in September of the current year, stable compared to August, according to China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In the given month, the ...
According to the monthly consumer tendency survey released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the consumer confidence index* in Turkey, which stood at 73.2 points in August, increased by one percent month on month in September ...
Tags: Turkish Consumer, up One Percent, Energy
In August this year, new commercial vehicle registrations increased by 6.1 percent year on year in the European Union, totaling 104,686 units, registering growth for the 12th consecutive month, according to the European Automobile ...
Tags: Commercial Vehicle, Automobile