The Shanghai benchmark copper contract for delivery in February declined by 0.78 percent on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) Friday compared to Thursday, ending at 51,160 yuan ($8,429.59) per ton. However, it still climbed by 0.49 ...
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PPG Industries' fiber glass business has appointed August A. "Gus" Astroth general manager and Asia Pacific leader for the business effective January 1, 2014. Astroth will replace Terry Fry, who is retiring after 41 years of PPG service. ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Fiber Glass
A few days ago, evaluation results of the 15th China Patent Award were announced, and《A type of oriented silicon steel and its production methods and devices》,《A kind of flexible strip processing line suitable for ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel, Baosteel
China's industrial output and investment growth cooled in November while retail sales unexpectedly picked up, presenting a mixed growth picture. The output from industrial enterprises with annual sales of more than 20 million yuan ($3.29 ...
Tags: economy, industrial output, Retail sales
Platts assessed the spot price of 98.5% 553-grade silicon metal at $2,000-2,050/mt FOB China Thursday, unchanged week on week, as buying interest stayed scant as offer prices from Chinese sellers rose. This week a Chinese producer with ...
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State-owned PetroChina has signed a purchase contract with Datang International Power Generation for natural gas supply into Beijing, PetroChina said Thursday. Under the contract, Datang will supply 4 million cubic meters/day of natural ...
Tags: PetroChina, Datang, Gas Supply, Beijing
Five Spanish apparel firms would be making their presence felt at the next edition of the Hong Kong World Boutique, scheduled to be held parallel to the Hong Kong Fashion Week 2014, from January 13 to 16, at the Hong Kong Exhibition and ...
Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials—fabrics, leather, technical textiles and composite materials—recently opened a new International Advanced Technology Center ...
Tags: Lectra, Atlanta, integrated technology, IATC, soft materials
The average annual rise in China's petroleum use will drop to 2.5 percent during the years 2013 to 2020 as the government tries to slow down economic growth and reduce carbon emissions, said experts. The figure will keep declining to 1.5 ...
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While China's economy has expanded at a record pace over the past decade, the country's economic success has come at a serious environmental cost. Coal-fired energy plants, minimally-regulated factories and large numbers of vehicles with ...
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Recently, China’s Urban Street Lighting Design Standard drafting group launched its first conference in Beijing. At the conference, 21 members included representatives from Beijing, Chengdu and Shanghai’s Urban Lighting ...
Guoqing Tang, China President of LED BU, Samsung, who is also Chairman of SEMI China LED Committee, gives an in depth analysis of the LED industry developments and categorization in this article. Chinese baby boomers born in the 1950s ...
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China's yuan has overtaken the euro to become the second most-used currency in international trade finance. The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) said the market share of the yuan, also known as the ...
Driven by a virtuous cycle of falling prices, policy support and energy goals, the light-emitted diode’s share of the lighting market in China will nearly double from 9.6% to 18% in four years, forecasts Lux Research in its report ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED market
Chinese demand for lower-to-medium grade Indonesian thermal coal was stable, with a few deals being reported on Monday as buyers look to take deliveries of the cargoes before the Lunar New Year holidays, sources said. Two Handymax cargoes ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Chinese Buyers