Beating all previous records, India exported Rs. 11.16 billion worth of coir and coir products in 2012-13, which is a 6 percent or Rs. 640 million more than previous fiscal’s exports of Rs. 10.52 billion, Coir Board Chairman G ...
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In the week ended May 17, cash payment prices indicated a significant fall in the London Metal Exchange (LME) billet market, after the strong overall rise recorded in LME billet market prices in the previous week. The following prices were ...
Market reports that China's National Energy Administration is considering a proposal to outlaw the import of some grades of lower calorific thermal coal has been greeted with a mixture of consternation and disbelief by participants in the ...
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Iran's Petrochemical Commercial Co is expected to offer more LPG to Asia after selling a cargo to South Korea, possibly its first to this region in 2013 since an EU ban late last year, by using ships made available for CFR deliveries, ...
Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2013. Accordingly, in the first quarter Severstal registered a net profit of $44 million, down almost 90 percent compared to the corresponding quarter ...
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Switzerland’s multi-line insurance provider Zurich Insurance Group has reported a business operating profit (BOP) of $1.4bn and net income attributable to shareholders (NIAS) of $1.1bn for the three months ended on 31 March 2013. ...
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SAP’s co-CEO, Jim Hagemann Snabe, has responded to analyst Forrester’s criticisms following the launch of HANA enterprise cloud, claiming that it is a logical business model because customers want to control their core ...
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PC shipments in Western Europe declined by 20.5% during the first quarter: The only vendors to see shipments grow were Lenovo and Apple, which returned to the top five. Shipments during the quarter dropped to 12.3 million, compared to ...
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Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. (JSPL),an Indian steel and energy company based in New Delhi, India has commissioned SMS Siemag to install two of 250 tons basic oxygen furnace(BOF) converter shop along with secondary metallurgy facility and gas ...
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While the rail industry did not find the budget entirely positive, there are many good points for rail in the Budget. ARA: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown The 2013 Federal Budget has delivered largely positive outcomes for commuters, ...
Turkey's largest steelmaking group Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS (Erdemir) has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2013. In the first quarter, the net profit of the company amounted to TRY 228.25 million ...
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China Steel Corp. (CSC), the largest carbon steelmaker in Taiwan announced that its operating revenues totaled NT$29.62 million in April, falling by 5.16% from a month ago. In April, CSC’s earnings before taxes totaled NT$2.86 ...
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Specialist meat packing business Hilton Food Group is benefiting from its "broad geographic reach" despite the tough economic conditions, said City analyst Pamure Gordon. Hilton's wide geographic spread is helping to mitigate the full ...
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Bang & Olufsen today announces the launch of a cutting-edge, surround sound speaker system that presents an entirely new category of speakers to the Bang & Olufsen product portfolio.The BeoLab 14 surround speaker system is a conveniently ...
Some predictions of surging global production of light, tight oil from unconventional source rocks may be overblown, with a of number of environmental and political question marks still hanging over the industry, delegates at a London oil ...