But passing the half-way mark of this interim profit season, we now have proof that his real error was putting a super-profits tax on the wrong industry. While profits were sliding at Rio Tinto, OZ Minerals and Wesfarmers' coal division, ...
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The relentless rise in raw materials costs, which has been hitting European coatings producers over the last 2-3 years, has at last been easing. But the relief from the constant pressure of rising input prices may be short lived. The ...
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U.S. 8,163,824 B2 Bostik, Inc. has been granted a patent for a hot melt adhesive comprised of a blend of 5%-40% weight of a styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer, the styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer is a substantially linear ...
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Tempur-Pedic International Inc. a leading manufacturer, marketer and distributor of premium mattresses and pillows worldwide, announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2012. The Company also issued ...
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India Ratings’ outlook for cotton textiles remains negative to stable for 2013 on account of subdued demand, although margins are expected to benefit from softening raw material prices. The outlook for synthetic textiles remains ...
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The US residual fuel oil hi-lo, the spread between Atlantic Coast 1%S and Gulf Coast 3%S, registered its largest physical and paper drop in six weeks Tuesday as the recent LSFO demand pop subsided. At the same time, the tightness in the ...
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A microbial desalination cell (MDC) is used to soften hard water. The MDC achieved more than 90% removal of hardness from several hard water samples, and also effectively removed four heavy metals from a synthetic water sample. Microbial ...
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Rapidly declining pricing, softening demand and a still uncertain global economy are creating challenges for manufacturers at all stages of the optical industry supply chain, according to the Strategy Analytics GaAs and Compound ...
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Revenues of CNY19.5 billion (US$3.1 billion) will be available to solar PV balance-of-systems suppliers in the Chinese solar market for 2013, according to NPD Solarbuzz. With a served addressable market of CNY5 billion by 2017, inverters ...
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In Volume 5,Issue 1 of Prime magazine,Jonathan Tulkoff,the president of Uniwire International Ltd.discusses the current situation and future prospects for the import/domestic dynamic in the US wire rod market. The end of 2011 was marked ...
Business Line cited Mr E Sudhir Reddy chairman of IVRCL as saying that several regulatory changes need to be brought about to accelerate the growth of the country’s infrastructure, which is now in a state of considerable stress. Mr ...
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As the photovoltaics sector transitions to emerging markets and away from Europe, analyst company NPD Solarbuzz is predicting a massive rise in demand for solar energy across Latin America and the Caribbean over the next five years. ...
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Demand for solar energy across Latin America and the Caribbean is poised for explosive growth through 2017, with a forecast compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 45%, according to NPD Solarbuzz. According to Chris Sunsong, analyst at NPD ...
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CHINA'S largest rare earths producer announced that it will continue to halt some of its production for a third month to help stabilize tumbling prices. The Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-earth Hi-tech Co will continue to suspend rare ...
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M Rajkumar N Dhoot President of ASSOCHAM said that as the inflation is at its 10 month low, it is time the Reserve Bank of India took measures to ensure that the interest rates are reduced irrespective of tools it may choose to use. Mr ...
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