Deerfield Beach, Florida-based CD International Enterprises, Inc. announced Monday that it has entered into a framework agreement with Minera MAPSA S.A., a Peruvian mining and exploration company, to establish a joint venture to explore ...
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The news comes as the paper giant recently announced that it would stop using timber from Indonesia’s natural forests and only use trees from plantations. APP is a major supplier of paper, pulp and packaging in Asia but it has been ...
The Union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles Shri Anand Sharma, in a bilateral meeting with Ms. Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister of Foreign Trade, UAE, in Dubai, said that despite of the fact that UAE is India’s ...
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“The Pakistan Government will apply for Least Developed Country (LDC) status, which it would get by 2014”, the Textiles Minister - Makhdoom Shahabuddin recently told the Pakistan National Assembly. This would mean that ...
The expected decision by the Indian Government to grant concession on import duty of man-made fabrics (MMF) in order to improve the garment exports would pose a threat to the powerloom weaving and textile processing sector in the country. ...
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Leading British fashion house, the Jacques Vert Group, having recently merged with the Irisa womenswear group formerly known as Alexon, has taken the decision to expand the Merret supply chain system already implemented at Jacques Vert ...
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iWatt has taken a step into the non-dimmable power factor corrected LED bulb market with its first ac-dc product to feature an npn power switch. "This is new for us: non-dimmable plus PFC. Dimmable bill-of-materials is around $2. This is ...
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A Canadian consortium of renewable energy developers including Solexica Energy Corporation, JCM Capital and Radical Energy has signed a 20-year concession agreement with CONELEC, Ecuador’s National Electricity Board, for the purchase ...
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Garments Exporters Association (GEA) has requested the Government to provide adequate fiscal relief for the garment sector of the textile industry to enable it to face increasing international competition. GEA has pointed out that garment ...
Business Standard reported that iron ore consumption in domestic steel units went up in December after the Odisha government asked the miners to set aside half of their mineral production for local industries. In December, local crusher ...
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A leading international relations expert says open warfare could break out between China and Japan in 2013. Hugh White, a professor of strategic studies at the Australian National University, says in an article for Fairfax that the ...
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Business Line reported that the fate of BOT berths to be built at Paradip port by way of PPP to handle iron ore and coal continues to be uncertain. The concession agreements between the successful bidders and the port authorities for ...
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Business Line reported that Ennore Port Ltd is reviving the development of a container terminal after the earlier private terminal operator, Bay of Bengal Container Terminal consortium had to be terminated in October over delay in ...
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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a $70m loan to help renovate a cement factory in Iraq, part of an effort to support the local building sector and aid in the country s reconstruction. The financing will allow Kerbala ...
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San Miguel Corp said that its board approved planned investments in infrastructure and mining projects. The conglomerate said in a disclosure to the stock exchange its board cleared the investment in Skyway and Arterial Road project as ...
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