In May this year, the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 71.9 percent, down from 72.2 percent recorded in April and constituting the lowest rate so far this year, while the capacity utilization ...
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EPA and New Hampshire Dept. of Environmental Services will hold a Public Informational Meeting at Berlin City Hall in Berlin, N.H. on May 29. The meeting, which is open to all, will give community residents an update on environmental site ...
Tags: Chlor-Alkali, certification
Saudi Arabia's Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company or Petro Rabigh's second phase expansion project has turned it into one of the strongest "volume growth stories" in the country's chemical industry, UK-based bank HSBC said in a ...
Tags: Petrochemical, Sumitomo Chemical
According to the BRC, footfall in April was 0.1% lower than a year ago, down on the 1.8% rise in March. High streets reported the largest decline, falling 1.4%, substantially down from the 2.6% rise in March while shopping centres ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) launched USGBC+, a new magazine for its community of nearly 13,000 member organizations that are committed to USGBC’s mission to create sustainable buildings and communities for all within this ...
Tags: Green Building, LEED
The European Union (EU) is set to make changes to 'best before' labels for items such as rice, pasta and coffee, as the labels are found to be inappropriate for such food stuffs. Blaming the labeling for food that is being wasted, ...
Tags: Labeling Dates, best Before
European central banks have agreed on a new Central Bank Gold Agreement, now the fourth time an agreement has been reached, the World Gold Council said Monday. "The agreement marks a continued commitment from some of the world's largest ...
Tags: Gold, gold sales
Liaoning Province-based Chinese steelmaker Dongbei Special Steel Group Co. has announced that on May 19 it plans to issue its first short-term bonds in the current year, worth a total of RMB 700 million ($114 million) and for a term of 365 ...
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Chinese steelmaker Shandong Iron and Steel Group (Shandong Steel) has announced that on May 16 it plans to issue short-term bonds worth RMB 300 million ($49 million) for a term of 365 days, in its third short-term bond issue in the current ...
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Russian metallurgical companies do not expect problems with debt refinancing because of the worsening geopolitical situation and the threat of the new sanctions against Russia, according to the results of a survey carried out by Russian ...
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Going long on lead and short on copper continues to be a solid investment strategy in 2014, particularly as lead tilts toward a supply deficit and copper toward surplus, investment bank BNP Paribas said Thursday. Despite lead's ...
Despite a recent recovery in London Metal Exchange copper prices, market analysts were still bearish this week on the metal's price for the rest of this year, based on factors such as a surge in supply and a weak Chinese construction ...
Tags: copper, copper prices
The London daily silver fixing process will cease to be operated by the current company, The London Silver Market Fixing Limited, as of August 14, it said in a statement Wednesday. The statement said that until August 14, "Deutsche Bank, ...
Financial Times reported that in 2014 the United States may be losing its status as the world's largest economy, giving way to China earlier than expected. Most economists had predicted China's economy will become the first in 2019. Since ...
Tags: China's GDP, GDP, Economy
Standard Chartered Bank (China) chief executive said on China-Africa trade recently, based on the standard chartered bank for many years of the successful experience in China-Africa service trade and business, we think the China-Africa ...
Tags: Economy