“The most valuable commodity I know of is information.” (Gordon Gecko in “Wall Street” by Oliver Stone) Commodities have experienced a renaissance after the bursting of the internet bubble at the end of the ...
Tags: Commodities, Metallurgy, Mineral
Birmingham Metropolitan College has cut the cost of buying IT equipment by 40%. Birmingham Metropolitan College dramatically reduced the cost and time of buying IT equipment with a cloud-based system that produces benchmarking reports. ...
Tags: Birmingham, benchmarking reports, students, IT investment
China is looking to allocate a value-added tax (VAT) permit to all rare earth companies in a desperate effort to curb resource plundering, dangerous artisanal mining and widespread pollution, as well as collecting revenue. By forcing rare ...
Tags: Asia, China, Rare Earth, Metallurgy
Resource nationalism is one of the main causes of the current commodity prices instability and it is threatening global security, warns London-based Chatham House in its latest report. The think-tank highlights the effects of a recent ...
Tags: Resource, miners, resource asset, bauxite
Oil prices in the global markets have risen amid news of a decline in US petroleum inventories, with Brent North Sea crude for February climbing USD 1.52 to end at USD 110.36 per barrel in London trade. AFP reported said that oil prices ...
Tags: Oil, prices, global markets, US petroleum inventories
Global oil and gas transactions have suffered a modest decline in both deal count and total value in the H1 of 2012. According to Mergers and Acquisitions in the Oil and Gas Industry, however, increasing merger & acquisition interest by ...
Tags: Energy, oil, gas, Acquisitions, Mergers, based energy, petroleum
The good news for car buyers: Credit is loosening up, giving more consumers access to financing for buying a new or used car. The bad news? As car prices rise, the terms of the credit are getting worse. That's the conclusion of the latest ...
Tags: Credit, Auto Loans, long-term loans, Service
Australian Wool Industries Secretariat Inc (AWIS) releases wool sales report for week ending October 12. The Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) Regional Indicators finished 1.6% higher, on average, at sales in Newcastle, Melbourne and ...
Tags: AWIS, wool sales report, AWEX, good sale, price rise
Hot rolled coil thickness 2 mm experienced around IRR 1,000,000 per tonne to IRR 1,100,000 per tonne increase in price to reach IRR 18,900,000 per tonne to IRR 19,000,000 per tonne on truck in Anzali including 5% VAT. Mobarake steel mill ...
Tags: Iran, steel market, steel, steel mill supply
Lydall Performance Materials will implement a general price increase for orders shipped on or after 1 December 2012.Increases will range from 2–6%across most lines,but some specialty products will see prices rise by up to 15%.The ...
New technologies and novel green ingredients are the focal themes of the European edition of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit (21-23rd November, 2012) The impact of new technologies on the sustainable development of the cosmetics ...
Tags: 2012 Sustainable Cosmetics Summit, beauty, beauty industry, Bulldog
Recently, most of steel pipe makers in Taiwan have announced to hike the prices by NT$500~NT$600/ton for December in response to higher input costs. However, dealers pointed out that the demand might decrease as the prices rise was ...
Tags: Steel Pipe Makers, input costs, stockpile
Recently, the prices of hot rolled coils (HRC) have rose by US$10/ton in Indian domestic market, driven by the fact that market participants expected that the steelmakers would rise the steel prices for December. It's learned that some ...
Tags: HRC, hot rolled coils, steel products
According to the government's climate change adviser, Australia is underusing its renewable energy sources with rooftop solar photovoltaic and wind having the potential to become the cheapest form of power for retail users by 2030 or ...
Tags: renewable energy sources, The Climate Commission, power generation
Recently, the transaction prices of the electric furnace (EF) killed wire rods have increased to NT$18,000/ton in the Taiwanese market, driven by surged scrap prices. In fact, the transaction prices of EF killed wire rods stayed at ...