Uranium prices are at their lowest level in nearly eight years, as investors and utilities give up on a quick revival for nuclear power. The market for the radioactive fuel hasn't recovered from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Uranium
China's industrial production gained traction in August with its value-added output expanding at its fastest pace in 17 months, according to official data released Tuesday. A National Bureau of Statistics statement said the country's ...
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Will 2013 be the year the economy finally gets over the blues and gets in gear? At the moment, I'm watching business experts debate that point in my hotel room at CNBC. Many of the commentators believe the economy continues to just stumble ...
Following successful completion of China Glass 2013 in Beijing, the 25th China International Glass Industrial Technical Exhibition (China Glass 2014) is now in active preparation. This event will take place on 14-17 next April. This ...
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China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.6 percent year on year in August, down from 2.7 percent in July, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday. The country's consumer inflation has stayed ...
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The Chinese economy would maintain its sustained and healthy growth and China would stay on the path of reform and opening up, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang wrote in an article published in the Financial Times Monday. Under the headline ...
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Gas tariff hike of up to Pk Rs. 85 per mmbtu (million metric British thermal units) for Captive Power Plants (CPPs) would render the most efficient and highest foreign-exchange generating textile industry ineffective, All Pakistan Textile ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Gas tariff
Chinese economy might suffer ups and downs, but its long-term prospect remains bright, Daniel Gros, director of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), told Xinhua. The senior expert painted a much rosier picture for the world's ...
As Chinese economy shows signs of picking up, analysts say shadow banking and local government debt, two major financial worries during the past few months, are less likely now to bring down the world' s second-largest economy. While ...
Tags: Local Debts, Financial Crisis
A number of elected officials made the most of the August recess, using some of their time away from Washington, D.C. to visit constituents at glass industry companies in both Ohio and Pennsylvania, respectively. U.S. Senator Rob Portman ...
Tags: glass industry, Construction, Decoration
Best figures in 16 months suggest overall economic situation improving China's manufacturing industry picked up in August to its highest level since May 2012, suggesting a steady improvement of the overall economic condition, official ...
Tags: Manufacturing, economy
German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivered the opening address at Eurobike yesterday, highlighting the important role of bicycles as part of the transportation system and as an economic driver. Addressing an invite-only audience of media ...
Tags: Transportation
The news comes as Wrap reported the Home Improvement Sector Commitment (HISC) ?a voluntary agreement set up by Wrap] has met its original targets of reducing both waste to landfill and packaging in the DIY sector. Wrap shows that ...
Chinese investors are looking abroad for high-return opportunities as domestic economic growth slows and the yuan continues to strengthen, a study said. A report released on Tuesday by real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle ...
Major Chinese industrial firms saw their combined profits rise 11.6 percent year on year in July, quickening from the 6.3-percent rate seen in June that points to further evidence of a firming economy, official data showed on Tuesday. The ...