South African platinum miner Implats said Friday gross refined platinum output in the January-March quarter fell 40% to 205,000 oz, hit by ongoing strike action. The company's "good start to the financial year was severely impacted in the ...
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There are signs that hungry workers are trickling slowly back to work at two of South Africa's largest platinum mines on the eve of what threatens to be a tricky court case for the employers. The industry has lost more than $1.8 billion ...
Integrated machine-tool marketing plan is inaugurated by (from left to right) C.H. Wang, a manager of CHMER EDM; TMBA Sectary General J.C. Huang; TMBA Chairman Eric Chuo; TAITRA Secretary General W.R. Huang; TAMI Chairman S.C. Hsu; Penang ...
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First Turkey store is expected to open in Mall of Istanbul in June 2014. Build-A-Bear Workshop has signed a deal with Horizon Toy Company of Turkey to open a store in Turkey. Turkey's first Build-A-Bear Workshop store is expected to ...
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German automaker Mercedes-Benz has started production of its C-Class sedan vehicles at East London plant in South Africa. The move represents second of the four locations that started production of the highest volume Mercedes-Benz ...
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South Africa's primary carbon and alloy steel product imports (excluding semi-finished steel, stainless steel and drawn wire) amounted to 55,207 mt in March this year, decreasing by 57.7 percent compared to February and down 39.5 percent ...
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The Bridgestone stand at the Reifen International Trade Fair will herald the arrival of its first Agri tire. Our eyes and ears at the Reifen 2014 International Trade Fair this year will be the intrepid John Stone, who writes European ...
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According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa, in March this year the seasonally adjusted index of iron ore mining production in South Africa increased by seven percent, while the country's manganese ore production ...
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Africa's largest steel producer, ArcelorMittal South Africa, has announced its financial results for the first quarter of the current year, reporting a net profit of ZAR 322 million ($31.1 million), compared to a net loss of ZAR 275 million ...
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India imported around 15.86 million mt of coal at 24 major ports in April, up 6.45% from March, according to data released Wednesday by Indian ship broker Interocean. The April imports consisted of 12.3 million mt of thermal coal, up ...
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According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa (SSA), in March this year South Africa's manufacturing output rose by 0.7 percent compared to the same month of 2013. The main reasons for the increase included the 4.6 ...
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The bottler eeded a new PET production line to capitalise on a growing domestic market for cola carbonates – total annual sales in the country recently reached 1,800 million litres, with further growth expected. Sidel, global PET ...
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The global economy will strengthen over the coming two years, but urgent action is still required to further reduce unemployment and address other legacies from the crisis, according to the OECD's latest Economic Outlook. According to the ...
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The price of platinum is forecast to average $1,457/oz in 2014, 2% down from the 2013 average of $1,487/oz, as strike action has failed to give the metal any meaningful lift so far, metals consultancy GFMS said Friday in a report. "The ...
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Norilsk Nickel produced 67,818 mt of nickel in the first quarter, down 5.2% from 71,571 mt in the first quarter of 2013 due to lower production volumes at some of its global operations, the Russian producer said Tuesday. The company said ...
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