The value-added textile industry of Pakistan has opposed the imposition of two percent sales tax at each stage of the textile sector and five percent withholding tax. Last month, Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) announced ...
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It is reported that Cherepovets Steel Mill, a group mill of Severstal has already received full order booking for March with full utilization rate. In response to increasing steel prices and high raw material cost globally, Cherepovets ...
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Ugur Dalbeler, chairman of IREPAS, the global association of producers and exporters of long steel products, as well as CEO of Turkish steelmaker Colakoglu Metalurji, has said that in 2013 the main problem in the steel industry will ...
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The global economy seems to be turning the corner and now heading upwards, with developing economies clearly in the front seat, as stated by Kim Marti Subirana of Celsa Group at the SteelOrbis 2013 Spring Conference & 68th IREPAS Meeting ...
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What do toffee, volcanic lava; enameled baths and Perspex have in common? They are all examples of what has been called the fourth state of matter-they are GLASSES, just as much as a bottle or windowpane. A glass is a material with the ...
The Intimate Apparel Association of India (IAAI) expresses its gratitude to the Hon. Finance Minister of India, Shri. P. Chidambaram for his move of rolling back excise duty from the ensuing financial year. The Centre had levied 10% central ...
The zero excise duty on cotton textiles at fibre, yarn, fabric and garment stages announced in the Union Budget 2013-14 will help reduce prices of end products, according to India Ratings & Research (IRR), a Fitch Group Company. The ...
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China's purchasing managers' index (PMI) for its domestic manufacturing sector was at 50.1 percent in February this year, down 0.3 percentage points compared to January, according to the figures released by China’s National Bureau of ...
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Sapphire could someday be used in some smartphone displays instead of the toughened Gorilla Glass popular today. In this case, however, it would be man-made sapphire, not the rare blue gemstone that is taken from the ground and used in ...
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Dr A Sakthivel, Chairman, AEPC welcomed the announcement of Union Budget on the RMG garment industry. He thanked the Hon’ble Finance Minister in accepting the demand of the industry to restore the ‘zero excise duty ...
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Cristal announced that it will increase prices on all of its anatase and rutile TiONA and Cristal titanium dioxide (TiO2) products sold in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and the Asia Pacific sub-regions ...
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On February 28, Jiangsu Province-based Chinese steelmaker Shagang Co., Ltd issued its financial results for 2012. Accordingly, Shangang Co. achieved an operating revenue of RMB 12.143 billion ($1.9 billion) in 2012, down 19.04 percent ...
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In the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company s adjusted EPS was $0.56, a 12 percent increase over the adjusted EPS during the fourth quarter 2011 (see table below for a reconciliation of GAAP EPS to the adjusted EPS). Fourth quarter 2012 ...
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Also called Guang embroidery, Yue embroidery is a general name for embroidery products of the regions of Guangzhou, Shantou, Zhongshan, Fanyu and Shunde in Guangdong Province. According to historical records, in the first year of Yongyuan's ...
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As one of the first reform and open provinces, Guangdong leads the domestic economy. On terms of export and import, Guangdong also makes a good example to other provinces. But for glass bottle, despites for cosmetic bottles, it has few ...