The Asian toluene market led a price surge in most Asian aromatic products early Wednesday, driven by crude oil futures rising on geopolitical tensions in Syria. Front-month ICE Brent crude futures hit a six-month high Wednesday, with ...
The prospect of a record crop in India, which has benefited from timely and plentiful Monsoon rains, has resulted in an overall increase this month in Cotton Outlook's world production forecast for the 2013/14 season. The gain for India ...
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Spot indium prices in Asia have risen to their highest level since October 2011, as sellers hold back expecting prices to rise further in the near term, market sources said Tuesday. Platts assessed the spot indium price at $630-670/kg CIF ...
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Chinese state-owned PetroChina expects shale gas to ultimately account for about 20% of its total gas production and is now progressing plans to accelerate its domestic resources. Speaking at a press conference to discuss its interim ...
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Apparel traders from Peru’s Gamarra emporium have announced a business strike and will shut down trading on September 5, 2013, as a protest against the facilities provided by the Government on imports of Chinese clothing. ...
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The production of textiles and garments in the Central Asian country of Tajikistan decreased by 10.2 percent year-on-year and were valued at 442.5 million Somoni (approximately US$ 91.8 million), according to the data from the Ministry of ...
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Chinese investors are looking abroad for high-return opportunities as domestic economic growth slows and the yuan continues to strengthen, a study said. A report released on Tuesday by real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle ...
PV market 'reaches turning point' thanks to Asia demand 22 Aug 2013 Solarbuzz sees demand in China and Japan doubling in the second half of the year. PV demand in the Asia-Pacific region PV demand from the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region ...
Asian stocks rose and gold hit a near three-month high while the dollar nursed losses on Monday, extending a move started late last week when a steep drop in U.S. new home sales tempered expectations the Federal Reserve will soon reduce ...
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Netherlands-based financial conglomerate ING has inked an agreement with Seoul-based private equity firm MBK Partners, to divest its South Korean insurance business, in a transaction valued at nearly KRW1.84trn (€1.24bn). Following ...
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The classic color documentation from Standox allows vintage car enthusiasts to get an online representation of what their favourite classic car looked like in its original color. To achieve this, the Wuppertal-based paint manufacturer ...
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The Peugeot 408 small sedan may be arriving locally, with importer Sime Darby confirming the car is currently in Australia being tested in customer and dealer clinics. “We’ve been asked if we would consider the 408 for the ...
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The TouringAce A/S (AG03) rounds out Aelous's current product line with the addition of a touring segment product offering. Aeolus Tyre Co. Ltd. has released the TouringAce A/S (AG03), a competitively priced all-season tire currently ...
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US-based Dole Food has introduced All Natural DOLE Chopped Salads - the industry’s first all-natural chopped salad line that features both kits and blends. All Natural DOLE Chopped Salads offers three all-natural chopped salad kits ...
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The Central Asian country of Uzbekistan is expecting to produce 1.1 million tons of processed cotton in 2013, to maintain the production at the level of 2012. According to the Uzbek Cotton Industry Association (Uzkhlopkoprom ...
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