The global apparent steel demand for 2014 will increase by two percent to 1.56 billion metric tons, following a growth of 3.8 percent in 2013, according to the short range outlook presented at the 48th annual meeting of the World Steel ...
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Speaking at the 48th annual meeting of worldsteel (World Steel Association) held in Moscow on October 6, Hans Jürgen Kerkhoff, chairman of the worldsteel Economics Committee said that with a seven percent negative GDP growth expected ...
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MONTREAL— TransForce has offered to buy Contrans for about $495 million in cash. TransForce bid $14.60 in cash per share for Woodstock-based trucking company, Contrans. "I have admired the progress of Contrans for some ...
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The Chemical Coaters Association International honored members for service and dedication and installed its 2014 – 2015 Officers and National Board members during their 2014 Annual Meeting held in Indian Wells, CA in June. A ...
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Shanghai International Children Baby Maternity Industry Expo (CBME China) is the recognized annual gathering of industry leaders, brands and key players of the children baby maternity industry. It is now the world's largest ...
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Researchers have found that electronic cigarettes have established such good reputation among young parents who use them and believe that they are less harmful than the traditional cigarettes. The research was presented during the annual ...
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The British government is "very much looking forward" to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit next week and hopes to deepen cooperation with China in the energy sector as well as on climate change, Britain's energy secretary said here on ...
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As You Sow, a shareholder advocacy organization, has asked Mondelēz International to phase out unrecyclable packaging from its products and assess the environmental and operational risks associated with it. The move is a part of As ...
The Marble Institute of America (MIA) has issued its 2014 Awards Program Call for Entries. The Call for Entries signifies that the MIA is now accepting entries for their various awards that honor and recognize natural stone companies, ...
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The Asian naphtha industry agreed Thursday that carbon disulfide, or CS2, levels in the light distillate have to be reported for cargoes originating from Sikka, India, and those from Western arbitrage flows into the region. Currently, ...
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Accell Group N.V. told its shareholders Thursday that sales and profits improved in the first months of 2014 compared with the same period of 2013 as favorable weather in Europe stimulated sales of its bicycles. "We have seen a positive ...
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It seems that a fight is looming over a seat on Echo Therapeutics Inc.'s board of directors. The company's largest shareholder, an investor group led by Platinum Management (NY), LLC, which owns approximately 19.9% of Echo's common ...
Chemetall, one of the leading developers, manufacturers, and suppliers of specialty chemicals, will attend the 2014 National Coil Coating Association's Annual Meeting on April 7-9, 2014 in Napa, California (USA). Chemetall has actively ...
Tags: Coil Coating, Coating, Construction, Decoration
Market participants in Latin America are most likely to believe that polymer prices are going to decrease in the coming months, one of the main reasons the market is quite slow in countries such as Brazil, Peru and Colombia, sources said on ...
Tags: Polymer, polymer prices, Olefin