In the first quarter of the current year, South Africa's seasonally adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.9 percent quarter on quarter, according to the detailed statistics released by Statistics South Africa. The country's ...
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Bellavita Tile Inc. has announced the opening of a new world-class manufacturing facility in the northern China metropolis of Tianjin. The new eco-friendly Bellavita Tile production and warehousing center on the Bohai Gulf, 186 miles ...
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Thermal expansion pipe as a processing method is the small diameter pipe diameter steel processing with hot-rolled steel mechanical properties than the somewhat less certain. Limited to steel pipe specifications is limited, according to the ...
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Gasoline prices in Western Canada and the US Midwest have jumped due to supply issues surrounding the turnaround of Suncor's 135,000 b/d Edmonton, Alberta, refinery, industry sources said Thursday. "Suncor's move to secure gasoline and ...
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Output of global yarn production plummeted in Q4/2012 in comparison to the previous one due to lower output in Asia, North and South America, while production in Europe increased. Also year-on-year global yarn production dropped as a ...
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Huntsman Corporation reported first quarter 2013 results with revenues of $2,702 million and adjusted EBITDA of $220 million. First Quarter 2013 Highlights -Adjusted EBITDA was $220 million compared to $407 million in the prior year ...
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LED TVs will account for 100% of Samsung and 90% of LG's TV products in 2013. Direct-lit LED TVs have lower production costs compared to side-lit LED TVs, which is beneficial in increasing LED TV penetration rate. Samsung's 40-inch ...
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Swedish high-technology engineering and steelmaking group Sandvik has issued its financial results for the first quarter of 2013, stating that global demand for Sandvik's products displayed a mixed trend during the first quarter. Some ...
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Production by the world's largest diamond producer De Beers has been consistently going down past many years and as a result now India's DTC (Diamond Trading Company, rough diamond distribution arm of De Beers) sightholders are facing acute ...
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) plans to cooperate with the local government in China's Guangxi autonomous region to develop solar power applications for agricultural purposes, according to a report in the Taiwan-based ...
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Lisle, Illinois-based coke producer Suncoke Energy said Thursday that domestic coke production for Q1 2013 is expected to be 1.05 million tons, down from 1.07 million tons in Q1 2012. The year-over-year change reflects the benefit of an ...
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With increasing awareness of global climate change and the importance of energy conservation, more and more countries have launched LED lighting projects and subsidy policies. As a result, even though the growth of the LED market in 2012 ...
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361 Degrees International Limited, one of the leading sports brand enterprises in China, announces its results for the year ended 31 December 2012. In yet under difficult year for the industry, the Group recorded a net profit of RMB707.2 ...
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Dr Amanda Gummer discusses niche markets and how to make the most of them. With margins on mass market products being cut to the bone due to tough competition, it’s worth looking at some of the niche markets which aren’t quite ...
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Associated British Foods has forecast flat revenue from its grocery division in the first half of its fiscal year amid challenging conditions in bread markets in the UK and Australia. ABF, which owns the Kingsmill bread brand in the UK ...
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