Evraz ZSMK, a Siberian steel division of steel and mining group Evraz, has announced that in the first six months this year it shipped 3.24 million mt of rolled steel products by railway, up five percent compared to the same period of last ...
Tags: Rolled Steel, Increase, Metallurgy, Mineral
Worldwide volume growth of 3% in the quarter Worldwide sparkling volume growth accelerated to 2% in the quarter, with brand Coca-Cola up 1% both globally and in North America Global value share gains in nonalcoholic ready-to-drink ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, volume growth, Agriculture
Pending home sales rose sharply in May, with lower mortgage rates and increased inventory accelerating the market, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). All four regions of the country saw increases in pending sales, with ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
The volume of cotton traded internationally is expected to decline by 8% to 8.1 million tons in 2014/15, driven by reduced shipments to China from a record of 5.3 million tons in 2011/12 to an anticipated 2.1 million tons 2014/15. While the ...
Tags: Cotton, imported cotton
Despite a recent recovery in London Metal Exchange copper prices, market analysts were still bearish this week on the metal's price for the rest of this year, based on factors such as a surge in supply and a weak Chinese construction ...
Tags: copper, copper prices
All India cotton arrivals have dropped to approximately 85,000 bales per day. The total cotton pressed for the fortnight ending 30th April is approximately 3 crore 35 lakh bales as per trade sources. The unsold cotton stock with ginners and ...
Tags: Cotton, cotton crop
Goldman Sachs remains bearish on the outlook for the copper price in 2014, with a target price of $6,200/mt, the investment bank said late Wednesday. "After selling off from $7,450/mt to $6,320/mt in mid-March, driven by Chinese property ...
Tags: Goldman Sachs, Copper Price
"We had a good start to the year in our chemicals business and in the Agricultural Solutions segment. We sold more. This more than compensated for the negative effects on sales from the comparatively weak U.S. dollar and currencies in ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Chemicals, Oil, Gas
"Clariant had a promising start to the year with good volume growth and an increase in operating profitability," said CEO Hariolf Kottmann. "Overall, our businesses performed well in an improving but still mixed economic environment. The ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, economy
Corn planting remains behind the normal pace, though a weather window may be opening this week to allow farmers to play a little much needed catch-up. As of Sunday, 6% of the nation's crop was planted vs. the usual 14% for this point in ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Crown Holdings today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. First Quarter Highlights -Mivisa acquisition approved by European Commission -Income per diluted share $0.17; Before Certain Items $0.57, ...
Tags: Crown Holdings, Beverage segment
US service center inventories of steel products contracted in March, while Canadian steel inventories rose to their highest level since June 2013, according to Metals Service Center Institute data published Tuesday. At the end of March, ...
Tags: steel products, steel shipments
Russian AK5M2 secondary aluminum feedstock prices remained under downward pressure for a second week from weak export demand, Japanese buyers said Tuesday. Several Russian producers Tuesday offered $1,940/mt CIF Japan for AK5M2 feedstock ...
Tags: Aluminum Prices, Japanese Demand
Inditex's net sales increased by 5% in FY13 (1 February 2013 - 31 January 2014) to €16.7 billion. Sales in constant currency terms grew by 8% and like-for-like sales grew by 3% during the same period, on top of the 6% achieved in FY12. ...
Argentine polymer and synthetic rubber output rose 4.3% in January compared with the year-earlier period, state statistics office Indec said Friday. Production of these petrochemicals fell 5.4% in January compared with December, Indec ...
Tags: Polymer Output, Polymer