New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra Co-operative Group has cut the current season forecast Farmgate milk price to $4.40 per kilo of milk solids (kgMS) after the increase in global commodity prices failed to meet the required expectations. ...
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Oxea has expanded its phthalate-free plasticizer portfolio with the introduction of Oxsoft L9TM (linear trinonyltrimellitate). Oxsoft L9TM is ideally suited for special applications where products must meet the most rigid demands, such as ...
Tags: Oxea, L9TM Plasticizer, C8/C10 Trimellitate
April's Chinese light vehicle results echoed previous concerns as sales of locally made models grew by as little as 2 percent from a year earlier to 1.91 million units. Leaving aside any discrepancies that might have risen from the timing ...
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The total volume of Egyptian cotton exports rose by a whopping 94.3 per cent year-on-year during the second quarter of the 2014-2015 agricultural season, to reach 246,000 metric quintals, a leading Egyptian newspaper reported quoting a ...
Nigeria’s textiles traders are a worried lot over the increasing Chinese footprint in the country. While the proliferation of Chinese-made textiles is a boon for low income consumers, traders in Kano, northern Nigeria’s biggest ...
Tags: textile market, textiles
Coles has seen success but there is a lot more hard work ahead according to Managing Director John Durkan. Speaking at a strategy briefing day last week, Durkhan looked back on the wins and losses over the last year for the supermarket. ...
Tags: Coles, in-house brands
NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of hybrid photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based modules and subsystems for high-speed communications networks, has announced the pricing of a follow-on ...
Wacker Polymers is to raise its prices for Vinnapas vinyl acetate homopolymer dispersions as well as Vinnapas vinyl acetate-ethylene and Vinnol ethylene-vinyl chloride-based copolymer dispersions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa ...
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) slashed key interest rate to a record low of 7 per cent at the weekend, laying a foundation for implementing growth-oriented economic policies in the country, the country’s media has reported. ...
China Unicom and handset vendor Xiaolijiao have jointly launched an ultra-low priced 4G smartphone, the Honglajiao, in China, which is likely to trigger a new round of price-cut competition for 4G models in the market, according to sources ...
Tags: 4G Smartphone, handset
USDA said it has initially projected the 2015/16 global cotton crop at 111.3 million bales, 7 per cent or 8 million bales below the 2014/15 estimate. In a report, USDA said area reductions in many countries are expected to account for ...
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Spot offers for Chinese electrolytic manganese metal, or EMM, on a FOB basis have halted the downward trend seen since March, market sources said Friday. Despite the prevailing weak overseas demand, sources said Chinese domestic prices ...
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Spot offers for Chinese electrolytic manganese metal, or EMM, on a FOB basis have halted the downward trend seen since March, market sources said Friday. Despite the prevailing weak overseas demand, sources said Chinese domestic prices ...
Tags: Ferrous Scrap, Ferrous
Automobile markets in China and Russia are losing steam, bearing down on automobile manufacturers. On one hand, the euphoria set in by the recovery of European market post-recession fail to cheer up carmakers as their efforts to post ...
Tags: Volkswagen, Automobile markets
A study by German market intelligence firm GfK has found the situation for retail in crisis countries in Europe has improved. GfK has carried out a comprehensive analysis of the retail scene in 32 European countries. The study examined ...
Tags: European Economy, German market