Avrupa Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:AVU)(FRANKFURT: 8AM) is pleased to announce that its JV partner, Antofagasta Minerals S.A. ("Antofagasta"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Antofagasta plc, has earned in to 51% of the Alvalade copper project ...
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Kortrijk, Belgium-based Bekaert, one of the world's largest steel cord and wire manufacturers, has announced its expansion plans for Central and Latin America, including the startup of a steel fibre plant in Costa Rica, the acquisition of ...
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Global brand motherboard shipments are expected to reach 75 million units in 2013, down slightly from 80 million in 2012, while shipments in China are estimated to fall slightly to about 30 million units, according to sources from the ...
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Packaging firm Pro Mach has signed a deal to acquire all the shares of French capping machinery manufacturer André Zalkin & Cie for an undisclosed value. Following the transaction, which is expected to be completed in early 2014, ...
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The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) reached US$5.66 billion in the third quarter of 2013, representing an on-year increase of 6.5%. On a sequential basis the third quarter of 2013 increased 5.2%. Meanwhile, the worldwide router ...
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The trade barriers between the European Union and Guatemala, have been lifted with effect from December 1, 2013, which effectively means that the whole region of Central America can now benefit from the EU–Central America Association ...
Tags: trade barriers, Textile
Posco E&C Australia Pty Ltd, a division of Posco Engineering & Construction, is to build a new $350m cement plant in East Timor. The project was awarded by BGC, an Australian group that specialises in residential and commercial building, ...
Tags: Cement Plant, Posco E&C, East Timor
Sugar and sweetener consumption are changing across many markets globally, driven by governmental taxations, health concerns and a shift in consumer sentiment, according to global market research organisation Canadean Ingredients. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that Latin America received 10.6 percent of global exports of finished steel from China in the third quarter of 2013. The volume of finished steel exports to the region from China ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
British-Dutch multinational company Unilever is looking to cut its product portfolio by 30% by the end of 2014, in a move to become more efficient and reverse its global slowdown. The company also said that it is set to eliminate 2,000 ...
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The new "Latin America Online Payment Methods 2013 – Second Half 2013" by Hamburg-based secondary market research company yStats.com indicates that online payment continues its growth in the emerging markets of this dynamic region. ...
Tags: online payment, mobile phone, mobile payments, online shopping
The leading international sports business exhibition ISPO MUNICH adds a number of new exhibitors to its 2014 lineup: primarily due to the expansion of the Health segment with its own dedicated exhibit hall, and its second new feature, the ...
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After a slow recovery period, Mexico's packaging machinery marketplace is coming back strong, according to PMMI's 2013 "Mexico Packaging Machinery Market Study," published in 2013. The study reviews current market data and interviews with ...
Tags: Packaging Machinery, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery
LONDON, Dec. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifty-five percent of private equity (PE) executives cite the growing capital requirements of the oil and gas industry as the foremost driver of their investment activity in the industry, according to a ...
Tags: the oil and gas industry, private equity, major capital investment
QCanywhere has been recognized as a finalist in the Annual 2013 Golden Bridge Awards as the industry's first cloud-based document, artwork and print inspection solution. The coveted annual Golden Bridge Awards program with active ...