New orders to German chemical producers recovered in October 2.5% from weakness in September as export demand picked up again, preliminary data by the federal statistics office showed Thursday. Foreign orders bounced back 4.6% from a 3.5% ...
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The challenge in terms of sustainability: The glass production is a very energy intensive process, where a large part of the spent fossil energy, which is necessary for the melting process, is emitted to the atmosphere again without being ...
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According to the monthly sectoral confidence survey released by the Turkish Statistical Institute, the confidence index for the construction sector in Turkey which stood at 79 points in October this year decreased by 3.6% MoM in November ...
According to the country's Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan's industrial production index in October this year climbed by 4.56% as compared to October 2011, after rising by a revised 2.88% year on year in September and was down 1.2% ...
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According to the China Metallurgical Industrial Planning and Research Institute (CMIPRI), China's steel demand may rise by 4.1% year on year to reach 666 million tons in 2013. In 2013, the steel demand from the Chinese construction ...
Rio Tinto, the second-biggest iron ore exporter in the world, expects Chinese annual steel production will increase by around 30% to reach to 1 billion tons within the next two decades. Rio Tinto's chief economist Vivek Tulpule said that ...
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It is learned that Colombia is an important market for the steelmaking countries with oversupply problem, such as Brazil, Turkey and China. For example, steel giant in Brazil Usiminas reported that the company sold 1.7 million tons of ...
Tags: steel giant, steel importation, Attractive Market, Steelmaking Countries
Statistics Centre Abu Dhabi(SCAD)issued its monthly report on the prices of building materials for the month of October 2012.The report presents an analysis of the movements in the prices of the various materials used in the construction ...
Tags: Prices Down, Building Materials, SCAD
Billings at architecture firms in October accelerated to their strongest pace since December 2010,according to the most recent Architecture Billings Index.The American Institute of Architects reported the October ABI score was 52.8,up from ...
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Cement despatches for the month of October decreased by 5.87 percent primarily because of a drastic decline of 20.59 percent in cement export, said the manufacturers on Monday. They said local despatches, however, showed a marginal growth ...
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Cement dispatches for October declined by 5.87 percent mainly due to a drastic decline of 20.59 percent in cement exports, while local dispatches show a marginal growth of 0.19 percent, according to official data on Monday. Revealing the ...
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Cement despatches for the month of October 2012 declined by 5.87 percent mainly due to a drastic decline of 20.59 percent in export of cement while local despatches show a marginal growth of 0.19 percent. Revealing the data for the month of ...
Tags: market view, cement
HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- The Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade will grant a $220 million credit to Fanavid SA to build a glass factory in Cuba, Hipolito Rocha announced. Rocha, general director of the Brazilian ...
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Recycling bottles and jars is a concept we are all familiar with. The 750, 000tonnes that we put in bottle banks each year goes someway to offsetting the 2 million tonnes or so that we use for containers. Half as much glass (at least 1m ...
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There are many indicators used to help us understand where the economy is going and where it has come from. One area of interest is the commercial building and construction sector. This sector impacts a few key areas. First, when the ...