American car manufacturer Tesla and Toyota Motor could sign a new deal over the next two to three years, ending an existing program. California-based Tesla has been supplying batteries and motors for Toyota's RAV4 electric SUVs that went ...
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A street lighting initiative that was intended to reduce spending could cost Nottinghamshire Council £1.5 million, according to a new report. In 2011, the Conservative council decided to only fix faulty street lights, a regime known ...
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Matteo Renzi, Italian prime minister, and Enrico Rossi, president of the region of Tuscany, held talks at the weekend with JSW Steel chairman Sajjan Jindal, as the Indian giant considers investing in some of the country's steel assets. The ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel
The Australian Ministry of Finance has announced that the 30 percent Minerals Resources Rent Tax (MRRT) on coal and iron ore has been finally repealed. The repeal bill is now moving to the House of Representatives where it is expected to ...
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Australia’s largest multi-brand retail food franchisor and leading wholesale coffee roaster, Retail Food Group Limited (RFG) has announced a record Net Profit After Tax (NPAT) of $36.9 million for the 2014 financial year, an increase ...
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Campbell Soup Company today reported its fourth-quarter and full-year results for fiscal 2014. The company reported earnings from continuing operations for the quarter ended Aug. 3, 2014, of $137 million, or $0.43 per share, compared with ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Evonik has invested in its German operations with new large-scale industrial plants, capacity expansions, and new research centers. The company plans to invest some two billion Euros of the extensive investment program it has developed as ...
Tags: Chemicals, Construction, Decoration
The International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) is the largest manufacturing technology show in the Western Hemisphere. IMTS 2012 drew more than 100,000 industry decision-makers over the six day show. It's the best show to ...
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Iron ore prices may be up for another dive as Chinese steel mills take a breather after the summer production peak, analysts say. The benchmark iron ore price plunged to a fresh five-year low to $US84.30 a tonne on Thursday night, and ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Iron Ore
Chinese manufacturing activity growth slowed in August, losing momentum for the first time in six months after having hit its highest level in more than two years. The official purchasing managers index (PMI) came in at 51.1 last ...
The GMC Canyon entered a new generation back in 2012, but only for the rest of the world as a new model year hasn't appeared in the U.S. for a few years. The new generation small pickup truck has been given a release date of fall 2014, and ...
With India’s cotton output forecast at 6.3 million tons and China’s at 6.4 million tons, India stands a chance to grab the honour of being named top cotton producer in the world in 2014/15 season. In season 2014/15, China and ...
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The China Association of Metalscrap Utilization has been lobbying the central government to lower the 17% tax on steel scrap sales to help increase its utilization in steelmaking, CAMU Secretary General Li Shubin said at the 7th China ...
Tags: Steel Scrap, Metal, Mineral
Chinese building materials and glass manufacturer CNBM (China National Building Materials Group Corp) has completed its acquisition (announced on 22 April) of Avancis GmbH of Torgau, Germany, which manufactures copper indium gallium ...
Tags: building materials, glass
Europe recycled close to 65 billion PET bottles in 2013, as per the figures released by European non-profit trade association Petcore Europe. This is a 7% increase in the number of recycled bottles over the 2012 figures. The ...
Tags: PET bottles, Packaging