Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 2/25/2013 3:07:41 PM Demand for rigid bulk packaging is forecast to advance 3.9 percent per year to $7.0 billion in 2017, accelerating from the performance of the 2007-2012 ...
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 sharemarket partially reversed its big sell-off with a solid finish after the Reserve Bank's positive comments about the economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed up 38 points, or 0.76 per cent, at 5018.1 points today, while the ...
Prompt prices gained value Thursday morning on the UK's NBP gas trading hub as demand rose, storage facilities were heavily utilized and temperature forecasts were revised lower. At 1200 London time, same- and next-day contracts were ...
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Net income in Q4 2012 shrank for global pipe and tube producer Tenaris but full year earnings improved. Q4 net income of $350.3 million was down 20 percent from $437.5 million in Q3 2012 and down 18 percent from $426.3 percent in Q4 2011. ...
The sharemarket recorded its biggest one-day fall for nine months after minutes from the US Federal Reserve's recent policy-setting meeting revealed unease about the bank's stimulus efforts. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 2.3 per ...
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Shares were on track for their biggest fall in three months after minutes from the Federal Reserve's most recent policy-setting meeting showed rising unease about the US central bank's recent stimulus efforts. Domestic earnings reports had ...
Iraq’s Cabinet has authorized the Oil Ministry “to sign an agreement of principles” on two key oil and natural gas pipeline projects, reports Platts. The agreement will be between the Iraqi Oil Ministry, the Iranian Oil ...
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The looming decision on expanding US liquefied natural gas exports will likely be on the agenda during this week's meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Barack Obama, industry observers said Tuesday. "It's just ...
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The British Columbia government has opened talks with Canada's natural gas industry about a possible new tax on LNG exports, which Premier Christy Clark estimates could generate C$1 trillion in cumulative GDP over the next 30 years. ...
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Ube Industries, Ltd. announced that it will cease production of caprolactam (CPL) at the Sakai Factory in Japan. The decision was made today at a meeting of the Board of Directors and will result in the company recording an extraordinary ...
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Westlake Chemical Corporation reported net income for the three months ended December 31, 2012 of $95.3 million, or $1.42 per diluted share, compared to net income of $26.4 million, or $0.40 per diluted share, reported for the fourth ...
Korea Gas Corporation, the world's single-largest buyer of LNG, has stepped up efforts to sell part of its stake in Australia's Gladstone LNG project, a company official told Platts Friday. The South Korean state-owned company has ...
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It is reported that Russian pipe producing company United Metallurgical Company (OMK) announced that it will supply 125,000 tons of large diameter (LD) steel pipes for the construction of the Central Asia-China gas pipeline project in the ...
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That glimmer of hope some are seeing in the economy may be the glint of a diamond or the sheen of a silk scarf. Buoyed by signs of life in the real estate and stock markets, wealthy Americans are spending more freely on luxury goods, ...