NHVR chief executive officer Sal Petroccitto. The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) Board has announced a revised leadership structure. NHVR chief executive Sal Petroccitto, speaking on behalf of the board, said the NHVR is ...
Adjusted EBITDA in the third quarter of 2014, at the world’s largest producer of Methanol and Canada-based Methanex slipped 14.37% from second quarter of 2014. Methanex said adjusted EBITDA fell 14.37% sequentially quarter on ...
Tags: Adjusted EBITDA, Methanol, Textile
Although US cotton exports started slowly compared to recent years, they are on track to reach the forecast of 10 million bales for 2014/15 cotton season, the Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States Department of Agriculture ...
The CIF Bremen Cotton Index remained overall firm and business stayed stable in the current week. “Cotton contracts were mainly focused on long and extra-long staple range and prompt delivery up to the end of the current ...
Tags: CIF Bremen Cotton Index, Cotton contracts, Agriculture
Hundreds of members of the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and leaders from the global cocoa sector have convened in Copenhagen, Denmark to take further crucial steps toward implementing a comprehensive strategy, called CocoaAction, to sustain ...
The Accord on Building and Fire Safety said initial inspections of Accord producing apparel factories have been completed within the agreed timeline of September 2014. Out of 1,106 factories inspected, over 400 Corrective Action Plans ...
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The United States and Brazil have agreed to settle their long-standing Cotton dispute in the World Trade Organization (WTO). As per the agreement, Brazil will relinquish all rights to countermeasures against US trade. In turn, the US ...
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New York futures moved higher this week, with December advancing 209 points to close at 63.94 cents/lb, while March gained 174 points to close at 62.27 cents/lb. “After posting a low of 60.83 cents two weeks ago, nearby supply ...
Tags: Cotton, cash market
Emerald Kalama Chemical, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, commissioned its second benzoic acid reactor train at its facility in Rotterdam, Netherlands, adding 75,000 metric tons of capacity for the production of benzoic ...
The declaration is being heralded as an unprecedented international, multi-sector commitment to safeguard the world’s forests and to help tackle climate change. All signatories of the Declaration have committed to a vision of ...
Coca-Cola is making additional investment in Virent's bio-based paraxylene BioFormPX demonstration facility in Wisconsin, US. Virent has said that the investment will help in scaling up separation and purification of BioFormPX at the ...
An agreement has been reached to create the world’s third largest quick service restaurant company, merging North American-based beverages and baked goods restaurant Tim Hortons Inc. (Tim Hortons) with global burger restaurant Burger ...
Tags: Burger King, Tim Hortons, fast food
Methanex, the world’s largest producer and supplier of methanol to major international markets, has announced its new regional contract methanol prices for North America and Asia Pacific regions. For the North American region, ...
The dog days of August are evident in the electronics components market: lead times and prices haven’t moved significantly from the prior month, according to Avnet’s most recent Market and Technology Trends report. Although ...
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Frozen and Loom Bands may be topping the Christmas predictions lists this year, but flexibility is the real key to a successful festive period, says our Retail Advisory Board. While it’s no surprise that planning for the festive ...
Tags: toy market, Toys