According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in the second quarter of the current year Turkey's rebar (including round bar) exports increased 4.7 percent over the first quarter but declined 7.5 percent ...
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Specialty chemicals producer Clariant and Tasnee & Sahara Olefins have signed an agreement to establish a masterbatches joint venture (JV) in Saudi Arabia. Tasnee will acquire a 40% stake in Clariant's masterbatches operations in the ...
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At the end of 2013, 30 semi port trailers exported to Saudi Arabia undertaken by SINOTRUCK Taian Wuyue Special Vehicle are successfully delivered. The semi port trailer is designed by SINOTRUCK Taian Wuyue Special Vehicle in accordance to ...
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The New Zealand government will conduct a top level inquiry into how Fonterra’s whey product, which was potentially contaminated with botulism causing bacteria, was distributed globally. Prime Minister John Key said that Fonterra's ...
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The GCC glass industry is witnessing a period of unprecedented growth driven by a significant acceleration in new construction and infrastructure projects announced by regional governments. According to the UK-based Bowmedia Group’s ...
In July this year, Turkey's total steel product exports amounted to 1.4 million metric tons, falling 5.2 percent month on month and down by 9.8 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, with a total revenue of $1.1 billion, ...
Tags: Steel Exports, Mineral
China, Vietnam and Russia have imposed an import ban on milk powder and whey protein from the New Zealand-based Fonterra after the dairy co-operative warned that a batch of whey powder produced in 2012 may be contaminated with bacteria that ...
Global pipe and tube producer Tenaris S.A. announced that sales for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013 increased 6 percent sequentially. For Q2, Tenaris reported a profit of $429.6 million, down 5.6 percent from $455.3 million a year ...
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German automobile manufacturer MAN Truck & Bus has secured an order to deliver 440 trucks to multiple customers in Saudi Arabia. The company will deliver 240 MAN TGS type trucks to the food producer Almarai in the region that will be used ...
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has initiated the process to set up a polypropylene and polyethylene plant in the Koko Free Trade Zone (FTZ) by appointing a team for preliminary site inspection. This was disclosed by the Delta state ...
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The regulatory measures to reduce greenhouse gases are creating a billion dollar per year market for CO2 mitigation equipment and services. However, the amount to be spent for sequestration will be far less than for improving efficiency of ...
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Asian styrene monomer prices rose $8/mt from Wednesday's assessment, with Thursday morning pegs assessed at $1,808.50/mt FOB Korea and $1,837.50/mt CFR China amid market talk that Saudi Petrochemical Co, or Sadaf, has shut its 580,000 ...
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On July 23, the Department of Commerce (DOC) announced the initiation of antidumping duty (AD) investigations of imports of certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from India, the Republic of Korea (Korea), the Republic of the Philippines ...
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China imported 275,337 mt of methanol in June, 40% less than it did in May, data released by the General Administration of Customs on Tuesday showed. The fall can be explained by the high domestic methanol production in the country. Over ...
OPEC would need to cut production sometime in the second half of 2013 or early 2014 to stave off "a large drop in prices," Kuwait's leading bank said in a report over the weekend. In its latest economic bulletin, released late Sunday, the ...
Tags: Crude Output, Kuwait Bank