In the first nine months of the current year European stainless crude steel production declined by almost six percent year on year to 5.4 million mt, according to the Stainless Steel Report December 2013 issued by Germany-based service ...
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Kortrijk, Belgium-based Bekaert, one of the world's largest steel cord and wire manufacturers, has announced its expansion plans for Central and Latin America, including the startup of a steel fibre plant in Costa Rica, the acquisition of ...
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The growth rate of China's steel demand will decline from 6.3 percent this year to 3.2 percent in 2014 in the wake of the country's economic transformation and the government's efforts to improve the environment. The nation's steel ...
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BASF has signed a contract to sell its Vinuran PVC modifier business to Kaneka Belgium N.V., a subsidiary of Kaneka Corporation, Japan. The transaction comprises intangible assets and inventory. It does not include a transfer of the ...
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In November this year, Germany's construction sector saw a seventh straight month-on-month increase in the level of total construction activity. As indicated by Markit's seasonally adjusted Germany Construction Purchasing Managers' Index ...
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US construction employers added 17,000 jobs in November as the sector's employment hit the highest level since August 2009, and the industry unemployment rate fell to 8.6 percent, according to an analysis of new government data by the ...
Today in Barcelona, Repsol Chairman Antonio Brufau presented the document "Spain, enterprises and exports" which was prepared by the Business Council for Competitiveness (CEC). The event was held at the Casa Llotja de Mar and presented by ...
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The global glass industry, valued at US$1.3 billion (RM4.18 billion), is expected to maintain a healthy growth rate as a result of continuous investments in the construction sector by developing countries. Singapore Glass Association ...
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Taiwan's industrial production index in October this year increased by 0.78 percent as compared to October 2012 and was up 3.55 percent month on month, according to the country's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).However, when excluding ...
Last week, from the floor of the annual Greenbuild Conference’s International Summit, it was announced that Greenbuild for Europe and the Mediterranean region will launch in Verona, Italy in 2014. “Greenbuild for Europe and ...
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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 78.3 points in October this year, decreased by 1.6 percent ...
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As reported by the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the total price-adjusted value of new orders received by building construction and civil and underground engineering enterprises in Germany increased by 5.6 percent in ...
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Last week, from the floor of the annual Greenbuild Conference's International Summit, it was announced that Greenbuild for Europe and the Mediterranean region will launch in Verona, Italy in 2014. "Greenbuild for Europe and the ...
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According to first estimates released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in September this year the seasonally-adjusted production of the construction sector in the European Union member states (EU-28) ...
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Scania AB (SCV-A.SK) plans to produce about 2,000 heavy trucks as well as 1,000 inter-city buses each year at its first factory in India, the Swedish company said Tuesday. Scania, majority owned by Germany's Volkswagen AG (VOW.XE), has ...
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