It's reported that the Chinese steel mills started price negotiation for hot rolled coils with the Vietnamese buyers for October and November deliveries. The Chinese steelmakers planned to raise the HRC prices slightly but the price rise ...
Tags: HRC, Construction
After giving a trading update for first-half 2013 in late July, epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has confirmed record revenue of £63m (up 84% from £34.3m for first-half 2012). EBITDA (earnings ...
Tags: IQE, Electrical, electronics
With a goal of driving growth, Sport Chalet has announced its recent partnership with Cappello Capital Corp. as its exclusive financial advisor. Cappello Capital Corp. will work with the multi-sport retailer to execute a number of newly ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
France is to use profits from nuclear power plants along with a new carbon tax to help fund growth in renewable power and energy efficiency, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayraut said Saturday. In a speech in Paris marking the end of France's ...
Tags: Nuclear Tax, Carbon Tax
China said Monday that consumers will need to bear some of the costs of tighter fuel standards, opening the door to higher prices at fuel pumps as the nation balances growing public concern over the environment with worries about inflation. ...
Tags: Fuel Standards, Fuel Pumps
Susan G. Komen Central Florida and American Textile Recycling Service (ATRS) now offer one more life-saving reason to register for Race for the Cure which takes place on October 6, 2013 at UCF’s Brighthouse Networks Stadium. Race ...
Tags: Recycling Campaign
The tobacco giant exhibiting at the Labour Party conference in Brighton despite the party having already committed to backing standardised packaging for cigarettes. The Tobacco Retailer's Alliance has also taken a stand at the event, ...
Tags: Cigarette Packaging
Bona US, the world leader in hardwood floor care and maintenance since 1919, announced today that it has partnered with The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) to help raise funds and awareness around finding a cure for breast cancer. ...
Kao Corp. (4452.T), the biggest maker of toiletries in Japan, has been laid far behind by US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) in the Chinese mainland. It entered the market in August 1993, but always suffered a loss-making ...
Tags: consumer goods, Light Industry, Daily Use
China's top three oil and gas producers have signed up for bidding for a block of a deepwater oil field in Brazil, each. Brazil will hold a bidding for a pre-salt block in the Libra oil field and the first round is scheduled to be held on ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, gas, oil
Tim Gubbins from Moyston in Victoria has been awarded a Nuffield Scholarship supported by Australian Wool Innovation. As part of the scholarship Mr Gubbins will study the Merino breed with a specific focus on the period from conception ...
India is set to start electricity exports to Bangladesh, despite its own chronic power shortages, in a project that could improve relations soured by a water supply dispute, play into upcoming elections and be a key link in an eventual ...
It's reported that Japan's Tokyo Steel announced to raise its domestic prices for most of its steel products by ¥2,000/ton for October contracts, supported by further confidence in the country's construction steel market. The company ...
Tags: Steel
Today eight emerging fashion designers from Europe and Asia were announced as finalists of The EcoChic Design Award 2013, the first international sustainable fashion design competition uniting European and Asian emerging fashion designers ...
Tags: Textile, Apparel, Accessories
Biocatalysts, a UK-based enzyme manufacturer, is set to exhibit four of its new enzyme products for the food industry at Food ingredients Europe 2013 (FiE). The four enzymes are Pectinase872L, Promod950L, Promod782MDP and Flavorpro937MDP. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Biocatalysts