Amidst restricting food imports from various European countries, Russia is set to import food from Iran, starting January 2015. Citing Russian agriculture watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor representative Alexey Alexeyenko, Russian news agency ...
Tags: fish, seafood, vegetables, fruits, Agriculture
Mazda Motor Corporation has announced that total global production of the Mazda6 (known as Mazda Atenza in Japan) reached three million units*1 at the end of November 2014. The milestone figure was reached in approximately 12 years and nine ...
Tags: Mazda model, safety technologies, Auto
It's reported that Apple announced to raise iPhone prices by 35% due to to a devalued ruble. After the adjustments, price of iPhone 6 with 16GB storage was 53990 ruble (US$856), much more than previous price 39990 ruble (US$558). Apple ...
RIA Novosti reported that global steel output in the first 11 months of 2014 was 1.498 billion tons, increasing 1.8% on year. China produced 749 million tons of steel, up 1.9% on year, ranking first. Russia followed China with 64.794 ...
Tags: Steel Production, steel output
With falling home prices and slowing growth, Beijing already has plenty on its plate. Such challenges are now fueling concerns about how the current Russian currency turmoil will impact the world’s second largest economy, and ...
Tags: Currency Depreciation, home prices, rubble
Syngenta today announced that it has received the safety certificate for its Agrisure Viptera trait (MIR162) from China’s regulatory authorities, formally granting import approval. The approval covers corn grain and processing ...
BASF and Gazprom have agreed that they will not complete an asset swap, which was planned for the end of the year. “We regret that the asset swap will not be concluded. We will continue our cooperation of over 20 years with Gazprom ...
Tags: targeted oil, gas-rich regions, Construction
The government of Egypt has decided to buy wheat from France and Russia at an average price of $273.94 per tonne, country’s General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) stated. The country has signed contracts to import 240,000t ...
Tags: Wheat, Agriculture
Nissan Motor and its partner Renault announced that it has stopped taking orders for few models of cars in Russia, and is planning to raise the price of the other models in the country. The decision was triggered due to the fall in ...
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 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
Russia-based steel pipe producer ChTPZ Group has announced that it has launched a new storage facility for raw materials and finished goods from its ceramic flux production department. The new site means ChTPZ will be able to increase its ...
Tags: storage facility, raw materials, flux production, Metallurgy
Chinese companies are feeling the chill from the rouble crisis, with automobile and food trading firms aching the most. Automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co has started to increase the prices of its vehicles in Russia to offset losses ...
Russia's rouble went into free-fall in Tuesday trading, falling repeatedly to hit record lows, despite the central bank's dramatic decision to raise interest rates from 10.5% to 17%. The rouble's slide this week was prompted by fears ...
Tags: Russia's rouble, durable goods
According to organisers of FESPA Eurasia 2014, which took place December 4-7 in Istanbul witnessed over 8,600 visitors attending the event, up 30 per cent from last year. To begin with, FESPA Eurasia secured commitment from many local and ...
Tags: digital printing, screen printing, signage, textile