State-owned PetroChina lost some Yuan 49 billion ($7.9 billion) last year importing natural gas from foreign suppliers and selling it at lower domestic prices in China, the company revealed Thursday when it released its 2013 financial ...
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Consumption of prepared meals in Thailand is forecast to rise at an annual rate of 9.8%, while other South East Asian countries, such as Indonesia and the Philippines, are only expecting respective growths of 6% and 2.3%. According to ...
Tags: Packaged Food, packaging, prepared meals
Over the last four years, a new crop of ‘Irish’ alcoholic beverage brands has gained popularity among Australian drinkers, while consumption of Guinness remains steady, according to market research organisation Roy Morgan ...
While China continues to be the rare earth industry leader, producing about 92% of the global output, its share in global production has decreased steadily in recent years, a study by Germany's Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural ...
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Trader procurement continued to boost spot demand in the Asian iron ore market, as trades got concluded at increasingly higher levels on the day, supporting a firming market. The Platts 62% Fe Iron Ore Index rose $2.75/dmt to $111.50/dmt ...
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In January 2014, Japan imported 86.6161 billion yen of textile yarn and fabric, registering a sharp increase of 35.8 percent year-on-year, according to the trade statistics released by the Ministry of Finance. Region-wise, ...
Tags: Textile Yarn, fabric imports
Canada and the Republic of Korea have concluded negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) that will significantly boost trade and investment ties between the two countries. The negotiations were concluded during the visit of ...
Brazil's ferrous scrap exports increased 24% in February to 53,071 mt, from 42,930 mt in the same month last year, according to the most recent official customs data. Exports were also up 29% when compared with January shipments abroad ...
Tags: Mineral, ferrous scrap, Energy
From the outside, it's hard to imagine that the Flexan Corp. facility in an unassuming neighborhood in Chicago serves as the headquarters for a thriving global enterprise. But the 65,000-sq.-ft. complex not only houses production for the ...
Scotland-based potato producer and packer Albert Bartlett and UAE's Al Dahra National Investments have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture (JV) in Abu Dhabi. The new company, Al Dahra Bartlett, will be engaged in potatoes and ...
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Tredegar Film Products, a subsidiary of Tredegar Corporation, today announced plans to expand its manufacturing capacity for apertured film for personal care applications at its Pune, India facility. The expansion will serve the growing ...
Tags: hygiene, personal care, Daily Use
The installation was for a new company set up to serve the whole southeastern region of Asia. When Thai businessman, Pongsakorn Pongsak established the General Beverage Company Limited in his home country, he was entering the beverage ...
Bosch says reman alternator additions cover 2.4 million vehicles in the U.S. and Canada. Robert Bosch LLC has added 44 part numbers to Bosch QuietCast and Bosch Blue Brake pads, Professional Preferred Remanufactured Alternators and Bosch ...
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Toray Industries is bolstering production of high-performance fibers in emerging countries in Asia to reap the benefits of anticipated demand growth. “Textiles is a growth industry if you look at it on the global scale,” said ...
Tags: Textiles, expanding emerging markets, strengthening supply systems
China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, has slashed its ex-works butadiene prices in East and South China by Yuan 1,000/mt ($163/mt) to Yuan 8,500/mt Friday, a Sinopec company source confirmed Tuesday. "I think the main reason [for ...
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