Cotton Australia is working with state and local authorities to help Queensland grower’s access emergency flood relief, while the banking sector has also stepped up to offer relief packages. Recent flooding has impacted much of ...
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Gildan Activewear Inc announced record results for the first quarter of a fiscal year, which was slightly in excess of the guidance range which it had previously provided, and reconfirmed its earnings guidance for fiscal 2013 which it had ...
IBM been selected to continue supporting Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) by operating the province’s Meter Data Management & Repository (MDM/R) system with new computing infrastructure and an updated ...
Olam International, a Singapore-based processor of agricultural products and food ingredients, has reported that its revenues increased by 9.2% to S$4.9bn ($3.95bn) for the second quarter of 2013, compared to S$4.48bn ($3.61bn) for the same ...
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Kemet and NEC Tokin have completed the first step in their alliance with a payment of $50m (approximately Yen 4.4bn) by Kemet into NEC Tokin. The alliance with NEC Tokin, which was agreed last March, will potentially double ...
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This paper provides an updated review on the boron problem, and discusses methods for boron removal as well as comparative studies on technologies for water deboronation. This review paper by Polish researchers – in a Special Issue ...
IDE Technologies Ltd. has entered into an agreement with Statkraft, Europe’s largest renewable energy company, for the development of an Osmotic Power Generation pilot plant in Norway. The project is first of its kind to generate ...
The new generation of the Porsche Cayman, the German car manufacturer’s most affordable sports coupe, has made its international debut. Porsche refers to this Cayman as the third generation, though technically the second iteration ...
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The relentless rise in raw materials costs, which has been hitting European coatings producers over the last 2-3 years, has at last been easing. But the relief from the constant pressure of rising input prices may be short lived. The ...
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Cisco CEO John Chambers has reiterated the company’s ambitions to become the biggest company in IT after the firm posted higher revenue and profit in its fiscal second quarter. For the quarter ended on January 26, Cisco posted ...
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According to the latest ‘Stainless Steel Briefing February 2013' report issued by Germany-based service centre Damstahl, in the first 11 months of 2012 European stainless crude steel production amounted to 7 million mt, falling one ...
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During the panel discussion at the SteelOrbis Market Talks Meeting held in Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey on February 13, Turkish steelmaker Toscelik's foreign trade and corporate sales director Bulent Saygili said that Toscelik's flat ...
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Output in the European Union (EU) mechanical engineering sector fell 2.8 percent year on year in the third quarter of 2012 and a further drop of around two percent year on year is projected for the final quarter of the year, said the ...
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The European Commission (EC) has held a roundtable meeting today, February 12, attended by representatives from 13 steel producing member states and the European Parliament, regarding the EC's plan to deliver an action plan by June to ...
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Africa's largest steel producer, ArcelorMittal South Africa, has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year 2012. In the fourth quarter of 2012, ArcelorMittal South Africa registered a net loss of ZAR ...
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