In December last year, the Markit/CIPS UK's construction Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) decreased slightly to 62.1 from November's reading of 62.6. The latest reading marked eight months of continuous output growth in the UK construction ...
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Saudi Arabia's cement sector is facing a slowdown in demand due to the knock-on effect that the recent visa crackdown in the Kingdom has had on construction projects. Efforts to boost Saudi employment in the construction sector has led to ...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, cement market, construction projects, shortage of labourers
Construction is a booming industry worldwide. It has given many valuable artifacts in the form of ancient architecture, shopping complexes, skyscrapers, house designs and many more. These dreams have been successful with the help of ...
Reportedly, global steel output in this November had the worst performance within 4 months. The steel output in November totaled at 127 million tons, an increase of 3.6% compare to the same month in previous year, which is the weakest ...
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According to the Japanese Ministry of Trade (METI), Japanese demand for crude steel in the first quarter of 2014 is expected total 27.85 million mt, decreasing by 1.4 percent from the fourth quarter output forecast made in the third ...
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In October this year, the price, calendar and seasonally adjusted industrial production in Germany decreased 1.1 percent compared to the previous month, according to the preliminary data released by the German Federal Ministry for Economic ...
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Construction sector has scaled new heights. Several skyscrapers, home designs and corporate buildings built across the globe are some of the best examples in this. Each structure differ in style and material used in it. Numerous materials ...
Tangshan Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd is leading the effort to go abroad as the country's steel and iron industry struggles with overcapacity, reports Du Juan from Tangshan, Hebei province Against the background of the overcapacity problem ...
Tags: Steel Capacity, Mineral
According to the monthly sectoral confidence survey released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the confidence index* for the construction sector in Turkey, which stood at 77.1 points in November this year, decreased by 4.9 ...
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Taiwan's industrial production index in November this year decreased by 0.12 percent as compared to November 2012 and was down 2.34 percent month on month, according to the country's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Meanwhile, the ...
According to first estimates released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in October this year the seasonally-adjusted production of the construction sector in the European Union member states (EU-28) decreased ...
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The Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) has released the domestic construction sector indicators for the third quarter of the current year. The calendar adjusted turnover index in the domestic construction sector in the third quarter of ...
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The chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) predicts that the construction industry will add as many as 300,000 new jobs next year to decisively rebound from a recession that had crippled it. This could mean ...
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In its third edition of the latest study, Ceresana forecasts global revenues generated with pigments to increase to US$34.2 billion in 2020. Pigments are mainly used in the production of paints and varnishes as well as the coloring of ...
Tags: Pigments, Construction
After a sharp downturn following the 2008 financial crisis, growth in coatings demand in the Gulf region of the Middle East is now surging forward again. This recovery was symbolized in late November by the announcement that Dubai, which ...
Tags: Middle East, construction, coatings market