In the first four months of this year, Turkey's scrap imports decreased by 1.3 percent to 6.15 million mt, valued at $2.35 billion, down five percent, both year on year, according to the report released by the Turkish Iron and Steel ...
Tags: Scrap Imports, Scrap
In the first four months of this year, Turkey's finished steel output increased by 0.4 percent year on year to 11.49 million metric tons, according to a report released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD). In the ...
Tags: Finished Steel, flat products
US-based Smithfield Foods has expanded its Kretschmar Premium Deli Meats & Cheeses brand portfolio with the introduction of Kretschmar Master's Cut, a line of new super-premium bulk deli items. The new line has flavors of turkey, ham and ...
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Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has signed a resolution related to financing of the proposed gas-chemical complex for manufacture of polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene in Balkan province. The complex would be built in ...
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Iran is aiming at attaining self-sufficiency in production of parts and equipment for its petrochemical plants over the next five years, FARS News Agency reported quoting a senior official. Jalil Sobhani, managing director of the ...
LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has launched the XLamp XM-L2 EasyWhite LED, delivering more than 1100 lumens of color-consistent light from a 5mm x 5mm package and enabling a 38% gain in light output ...
The global market for acrylic acid is expected to reach $22.78 billion by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Increasing adoption of super absorbent polymers in emerging economies such as India, China and Brazil is ...
Tags: Acrylic Acid, global market
Paraxylene (PX) production capacity is increasing in the global market, mainly because majority of the PX is utilized for production of purified terephthalic acid (PTA), a key raw material in the textile industry for making polyester ...
Tags: PX Capacity, PTA
Steel demand in Latin America is expected to grow 3.5 percent this year, driven by infrastructure programs and new sectors such as energy and automotive. Rafael Rubio, general director of the Latin American Steel Association (Alacero) ...
Tags: Steel demand, Steel consumption
According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending May 24, 2014, US domestic raw steel production was 1,875,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 78.0 percent. Production was 1,833,000 net tons in the ...
Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Graphic Packaging is one of the largest producers of folding cartons, specialising in coated-unbleached kraft, coated-recycled boxboard multi-wall bag and specialty packaging, and the acquisition has ...
Tags: Graphic Packaging, Benson Group
On March 26, 2014, with the 300 kt/a linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant, the last start-up project in PetroChina Sichuan Integrated Petrochemical and Refinery Complex (Sichuan Project) began to produce qualified polyethylene ...
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services – has sold the 50MWAC Macho Springs ...
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The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), through its Centre for Incubation of Technologies (BARCIT), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with India-based Veena Industries for using its technology in developing biodegradable and ...
In the first four months of the current year, Georgia's total external trade turnover with Turkey, which is the top trading partner of the country, totaled $520.14 million, including exports of $67.54 million, up 29.7 percent, and imports ...