Global crude steel production in November this year slightly increased by 0.1 percent year on year, amounting to 130.5 million metric tons, while a 4.5 percent decrease was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel ...
Tags: Crude Steel Output, Mineral
The European Commission has announced that it has ordered the registration of cold rolled stainless flat imports from China and Taiwan, highlighting the possibility of imposing antidumping and countervailing duties for both import sources. ...
Tags: import sources, flat imports, Metallurgy
The World Diamond Conference that took place last week in New Delhi, India, created a buzz in the industry that, frankly, needed a bit of a pick-up considering the state of the market. It not often that two heads of state attend a diamond ...
Tags: Diamond Trade, Arts
In the January-November period of this year, world pig iron production amounted to 1.08 billion mt, rising by 1.1 percent compared to the same period of 2013, according to the preliminary data covering 38 countries accounting for ...
Tags: Pig Iron, blast furnace pig iron
It all happened very quickly in advance of the EU Environment Council’s meeting in Brussels on December 17. The EU decided to scrap the Circular Environment package because in 2015 “we want to put something on the table that is ...
Royal Philips NV (PHG) plans to buy medical-imaging company Volcano Corp. (VOL) for $1.2 billion, in one of Philips’ largest acquisitions in years, according to a Bloomberg report. The purchase of San Diego–based Volcano will ...
The Welsh Government has published guidance on waste management, ahead of new EU legal requirements on the separate collection of waste paper, metal, plastic and glass for recycling, due to come into force at the start of next year. All ...
Tags: Waste Management, waste paper
Croatian food establishment Podravka is planning to shut down its Podravka Polska factory in Kostrzyn, Poland, in a move to reduce its operational capacity. Podravka has decided to locate its production operations for the European Union ...
Tags: meat, baby food, sweets, Agriculture
The likelihood of tighter European Union regulations on air emissions being imposed on the European coatings and other industries has been receding as the EU gives top priority to economic growth at a time when many of the region’s ...
Tags: IAQ labelling system, volatile organic compounds, Construction
The recently held annual meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), welcomed contributions from African Regional Economic Communities (RECs) about their work with the International Trade Centre (ITC) on a regional ...
The European Commission has launched an in-depth investigation into a proposal by Douwe Egberts Master Blenders (DEMB) and Mondelēz International to merge their coffee businesses. The Commission will investigate whether the ...
Tags: coffee businesses, Agriculture
New EU food labelling laws have been introduced in the UK, requiring restaurants and takeaway outlets to tell customers if any of the main 14 food allergen ingredients are in the food served by the food outlet. The EU Food Information for ...
Tags: Labelling Rules, Restaurants, Agriculture
Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BKMEA) has compiled ‘Global Buyers Information Directory’ in order to help the readymade garment (RMG) sector in expanding its market. The research and development ...
Tags: readymade garment, Textile
Clever, the leading electric mobility operator in Denmark and ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, today announced that CLEVER will expand its charging network in Denmark and neighboring countries with 100 ABB ...
Tags: Fast Charging Stations, Auto
New food and drink labels would be introduced across Europe as per the new European rules that will come into effect from 13 December 2014. In response to the new rules, food and drink manufacturers are making wide-ranging changes to ...
Tags: drink labels, vegetable oils