For coatings producers one of the big benefits of the sharp fall in oil prices in the second half of last year (2014) should be a drop in raw material costs. Some commentators are also predicting a rise in demand due to the effect of ...
Tags: Oil Prices, Raw materials, Construction
Union minister of state for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Rajiv Pratap Rudy said in Thiruvananthapuram that the national skill development policy which aims to address issues of skill development will be put in place by ...
Because of the slowdown of real estate and less investment in infrastructure construction, China’s steel and iron demand will show a slight growth in 2015. According to the report by China Metallurgical Industry Planning and Research ...
Taiwan's industrial production index in October this year increased by 8.97 percent as compared to October 2013 and was up 3.3 percent month on month, according to the country's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Meanwhile, Taiwan's ...
This year’s gradually improving business outlook looks set to continue into 2015, with the latest survey of Australian firms revealing that an increasing number expect to lift their sales and profits, sell their goods and services at ...
According to the monthly sectoral confidence survey released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the confidence index* for the construction sector in Turkey, which stood at 83.6 points in September of the current year, decreased by ...
Sustainability has been a concept which regional and national trade associations in Europe has been encouraging coatings producers and their suppliers to adopt to ensure that the coatings sector move in a more environmentally friendly ...
Tags: Marine coatings, coatings
According to first estimates released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in August this year the seasonally-adjusted production of the construction sector in the European Union member states (EU-28) increased ...
Tags: Construction Output
As reported by the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in July this year the total price-adjusted value of new orders in the overall German construction industry decreased by 5.3 percent year on year, with a 2.7 percent decrease ...
According to the monthly sectoral confidence survey released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the confidence index* for the construction sector in Turkey, which stood at 82.2 points in August of the current year, increased by ...
Tags: Construction Sector, Mineral
Taiwan's industrial production index in August this year increased by 7.03 percent as compared to August 2013 and was down 1.5 percent month on month, according to the country's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Meanwhile, Taiwan's ...
Tags: Taiwan, Output, Metallurgy
According to first estimates released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in July this year the seasonally-adjusted production of the construction sector in the European Union member states (EU-28) remained ...
Tags: EU-28 Construction, Output, Metallurgy
The Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) has released the domestic construction sector indicators for the second quarter of this year. The turnover index in the domestic construction sector in the second quarter of this year decreased by ...
In July of the current year, steel product orders, including specialty steels, booked by domestic sectors in Japan amounted to 4.86 million metric tons, up 0.52 percent compared to July 2013 and up 0.67 percent compared to June, according ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
BASF inaugurated its new production plant for concrete admixtures in Nairobi. The production site will allow BASF to better meet the increasing demand for construction chemicals of customers in Eastern Africa. There, BASF produces standard ...
Tags: BASF, Facility, Construction