The diversified logistics firm Stobart has announced "solid progress" in the first half of its financial year and the appointment of a new chairman in a pre-close trading statement, ahead of its interim results. Stobart's interim ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
After falling hard in June, volumes for used class 8 trucks sold in July came back strong, ACT Research reported today. ACT said that all three market segments — auction, retail, and wholesale — helped the total market improve ...
Tags: Used Class
A wide price spread between naphtha and cheaper propane is making propane an attractive petrochemicals feedstock in Northwest Europe. When heating demand is low during the summer large quantities of North Sea propane are used by the ...
TransCore has reported that Canadian spot market freight volumes remained steady in July, sidestepping the traditionally July slowdown. The same was recently reported of North American spot market volumes. Load volumes in July were at ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts, truck
Intel plans to become a leader in wireless and will ship its first?multi-mode?LTE processor later this month as part of that drive. The XMM 7160, a modem chip for mobile devices, can be equipped to work on as many as 15 LTE spectrum bands ...
Tags: LTE Chip, Chip, Computer Products
In their monthly dealer survey for the Your Marketplace column in the latest edition of Modern Tire Dealer magazine, they say dealers noted that unit volumes fell 1.1% in June compared to June of 2012, which marks a slowdown from May when ...
Tags: Tire, Auto Parts
In the second of a series of three articles on the treatment of waters, oil and gas industry expert David Robinson discusses the treatment and discharge of produced and other waters from onshore oil and gas production. First stage ...
Tags: Oil, Gas, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Nokia's credit rating has been cut even further by ratings agency Moodys, over concerns about the company's cashflow. The company's credit rating now stands at B1, four levels below "investment grade". Further reading Nokia to launch ...
Australian port and rail company Asciano Wednesday posted a 41.2% year-on-year rise in net profit to A$342 million ($311 million) for the fiscal year to June 30, due in part to new rail contracts to haul coal in the state of Queensland and ...
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According to the customs statistics provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in the first half of the current year Turkey's billet imports amounted to 1.5 million mt, rising 34 percent year on year, while its slab imports ...
Australian steelmaker BlueScope Steel has posted a net loss of AU$84 million for the 2012-13 financial year ended June 30, down from the net loss of AU$1.04 billion in the previous financial year, primarily reflecting the benefit of the ...
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According to a recent announcement by China Beijing International Mining Exchange (CMBX), Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) and CBMX have signed a cooperation agreement to push forward the building and development of domestic platforms for ...
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Nearly 1.1 million containers crossed Port of Tacoma docks through July, marking a 24 percent increase year-to-date, according to a report released late Tuesday. Despite the gain on the year, container volume growth appears to be ...
Tags: Moderate Cargo, Mineral
The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index slipped 0.4 percent in July after edging 0.1 percent higher in June. (June's increase was the same as ATA reported on July 23, 2013.) The ...
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Finland-based nickel and zinc miner Talvivaara Mining Company Plc has announced its financial results for the second quarter and the first half of the current year. In the second quarter, Talvivaara registered a net loss of €27.6 ...
Tags: nickel, zinc miner