China's appetite for coal, once seemingly unlimited, is starting to wane, and the effects are rippling far from the Middle Kingdom. With the world's second-largest economy, China in recent years has been driving demand for all sorts of ...
Tags: Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Simtom Food Products, an Indian food manufacturer based in England, has unveiled plans to expand and upgrade its production line, while creating new jobs. The company received facilities including asset finance and working capital ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Australia's ports must adopt cutting-edge technology to navigate a global downturn in shipping and a looming lull in the local mining boom, according to an international transport specialist. Terry Bills is the 'GIS in Transportation' ...
Tags: Survive Transport, Serv
Final numbers are in and August was a good month for Classes 5-8 truck orders, ACT Research reports. However, the industry forecaster said a lack of sustained economic growth is proving to be a drag on Class 8 demand, and build ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
Environment secretary Owen Paterson has succeeded in his mission to persuade Russian authorities to sign an export deal for British beef and lamb, expected to be worth £100M over the next three years. The DEFRA boss has signed a ...
Tags: Beef, Agriculture, Food
As the anticipated U.S. decision to put an end to the quantitative easing policy has sent jitters across the markets of emerging economies, and has led to mounting concern over a capital exodus, the Chinese government has geared up to do ...
"Plain and simple, the city council's vote to sustain the mayor's veto of the Large Retailer Accountability Act is a victory for D.C. jobs and the D.C. community", said, Senior Vice President for Government Relations - David French at ...
Tags: Textile
Steel Dynamics Inc. (STLD) provided a third-quarter earnings outlook, with the top of the range in line with Wall Street expectations, as the steelmaker said it expects profitability from steel operations to increase from the second ...
Tags: Construction, steel
Market fundamentals are sufficient to support rhodium prices near the current $1,000/oz level, despite reduced usage in automobile catalytic converters, according to analysts with A-1 Specialized, one of the largest recyclers of ...
A workshop on Revisit the Roadmap for Jute was organized by the International Jute Study Group (IJSG) at IJSG Secretariat, Bangladesh on septemebr 2, 2013. A Road Map for Jute was commissioned by the International Trade Centre, ITC ...
China's top securities regulator said on Friday that it has approved iron ore futures trading on the Dalian Commodity Exchange. The approval came one week after the relaunch of treasury-bond futures on the China Financial Futures Exchange ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Not enough is being done to save energy and measures to improve the situation have slowed, according to a new study from the World Energy Council. The report World Energy Perspectives: Energy Efficiency Policies, which is due for ...
FTR's Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) for July jumped 30 percent from June, a healthy sign, but not one that points to any major positive changes on the horizon. "The jump reflects the indexes forward look at an expected pricing uptick ...
Tags: Transportation, bike, trucking
Efforts by the government and industry to curb the oversupply of Chinese metallurgical coke were much discussed at the 11th China International Coking Technology and Coke Market Congress in Guangxi Wednesday. Chinese coke producers "must ...
Tags: Coke Market, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Trucking conditions in the US continue to strengthen, according to the latest Trucking Conditions Index from FTR. The July index reading of 8.41 represented a 30% improvement over June. The index reflects a forward look at an expected ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts