The construction boom in the Middle East is fuelling a period of unprecedented growth in the glass industry. A report by the UK's Bowmedia Groups says that the demand for glass will continue to grow as a result of high rise building ...
Tags: Glass, Construction, Decoration
Spot indium prices in Asia have risen to their highest level since October 2011, as sellers hold back expecting prices to rise further in the near term, market sources said Tuesday. Platts assessed the spot indium price at $630-670/kg CIF ...
Tags: Spot Indium, Mineral
As of August 27, inventory of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports amounted to 73.431 million mt, indicating an increase of 1.866 million mt or 2.6 percent week on week, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency on August 27. As of the ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Chinese Ports
Darling International has completed the acquisition of Terra Renewal Services, a leading provider of environmental services focused on the collection, hauling, reprocessing, and recycling of waste cooking oil, for $120m in cash. Terra ...
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In 2010 and 2011, BRÜCKNER sold four HT (high temperature) stenters for filtration material in the Chinese market (one of them ordered from Germany). With this result, half of the market leaders in China in the high temperature ...
Middle East Rating and Investors Service (MERIS) has announced that it has downgraded the credit rating of Egypt-based steelmaker Ezz Steel to B+ from BB+, with the outlook being negative. According to MERIS, Ezz Steel is facing critical ...
Tags: Steel's Rating
The WTO lawsuit is expected to reach a verdict at the end of this year. Members of the Chinese Society of Rare Earths (CSRE) and Association of Rare Earth Industry (ACREI) have expressed that China has a high chance of losing the lawsuit ...
Tags: Rare Earth, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
In results published today (27 August), the Greenock-based polythene manufacturer said that operating profits increased 14% to 16.4m. Chairman Cameron McLatchie said: "The improvement in operating profits can be attributed to another ...
Industrial Profits from Principal Business Increased from January to July National Bureau of Statistics of China From January to July, the industrial profits of enterprises above designated size achieved 3,003.22 billion yuan, an increase ...
Tags: Principal Business, Service, economy
For centuries, trading with raw material has been an integral part of economic life. Stock exchanges started everywhere and eventually developed into the stock exchanges that exist today, dealing with shares, too. The first stock exchange ...
Tags: Raw Material, Textile
Polymers are the best invented material by mankind which eased human life to very great extent. Most of the day to day use in human society like tyres, automobiles, bags, packaging, rope and anything you name it. Rubber is one of the ...
It’s reported that JSW Steel, the largest private-owned steelmaker in India are mulling to raise its steel prices by 5% from September 1st as the raw material prices have increased due to depreciated Indian Rupees. The official of JSW ...
Tags: JSW Steel Mills, Steel Prices
Luxury sock manufacturer Pantherella is investing in a new fully integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) system from In2grate Business Solutions. This is a landmark deal for In2grate Business Solutions beating strong competition ...
Tags: Luxury Socks, fashion industry
Cosmetic companies are making slow progress in reducing their packaging footprints. Although the cosmetics industry has become preoccupied with green initiatives, few steps have been made to tackle the environmental impact of packaging. ...
Tags: Cosmetic, Cosmetic Packaging, Printing
Pentaerythritol finds its application in various industries such as automobiles, construction, paints, etc. The growing automobile and construction industry, especially in developing countries is expected to lead to a significant growth for ...
Tags: Pentaerythritol, Chemicals