Cotton Corporation of India (CCI), a Government of India undertaking under the Ministry of Textiles, is planning to set up its first ginning and pressing factory in Adoni, located at the border of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, in Kurnool ...
Tags: CCI, First Ginning Factory, Textile
Global polypropylene capacity increased at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 5.2% from 2003, reaching 65 million tons per year (mmty) in 2013, and is expected to continue rising to 86 mmty by 2018, at a slightly higher CAGR of 5.8%, ...
Tags: China&Russia, Polypropylene, Textile
Iran-based Fanavaran Petrochemical Company has surpassed its own earlier record of monthly methanol production, FARS News Agency reported. During the last month of the Iranian calendar year that ended on July 22, the company produced ...
Brazil’s crude steel production fell 4.9 percent in June, year-on-year, to 2.6 million metric tons (mt), the country’s steel institute (IABr) said. “We’re seeing the portrait of what was being drawn during the ...
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For week from 14th to 18th July, China cotton plants nationwide were in flowering period. The abundant sunlight in Northwest, Huabei and Huanghuai regions was good for cotton growth. The high temperature and drought in parts of Henan ...
Tags: China Cotton Price, Declines, Textile
Global crude steel production in June this year increased by 3.1 percent year on year to 137.122 million metric tons, while a 2.88 percent decline was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel). ...
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According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending July 19, 2014, US domestic raw steel production was 1,893,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 78.7 percent. Production was 1,852,000 net tons in the ...
Tags: US, Raw Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
In the first half of this year, world pig iron production amounted to 593.22 million mt, rising by 1.68 percent compared to the same period of 2013, according to the preliminary data covering 38 countries accounting for approximately 99 ...
Tags: Pig Iron, pig iron output, Mineral
The steel trade balance in Mexico grew in the last 10 years by 150 percent, according to a report issued this week from the National Chamber of the Iron and Steel Industry (CANACERO. Foreign trade of steel has a deficit, according to the ...
Tags: Steel, Iron, Steel Industry
St. Louis, Missouri-based Arch Coal announced Monday that it has idled its Cumberland River Coal Company complex as a result of weak coal prices in the market. The facility, located on the Virginia-Kentucky border, is comprised of two ...
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Techint, which owns Mexico Ternium, TenarisTamsa, and Tecpetrol, is reportedly contemplating an expansion of its Pesquería Industrial Center Ternium, in Nuevo León state,in order to satisfy the demand for steel that will grow ...
Tags: Techint, Galvanizing Line, Mineral
Canton, Ohio-based TimkenSteel Corporation announced Thursday plans to open an additional continuous heat-treat facility in the US to produce more value-added steel for demanding applications. "Many of the applications we serve require ...
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Altos Hornos de México (AHMSA) recorded crude steel production of 4.14 million tons in 2013, up 7.1 percent year-on-year according to a report this week from the National Chamber of Iron and Steel Industry (CANACERO). The ...
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In 2013, steel tube production by European Union (EU-27) countries decreased by 9.2 percent year on year to 12.16 million mt, according to the Europe Steel Tubes Association (ESTA) data released by the European Steel Association (Eurofer). ...
Tags: steel tube, EU, Metallurgy, Mineral
Praxair, Inc., through a subsidiary, has signed a long-term contract to supply industrial gases to Nanjing Jinling Huntsman New Materials Co., Ltd., a joint venture between SINOPEC Jinling and Huntsman. Jinling Huntsman will use the gases ...