Houston, Texas-based TMK IPSCO, the American Division of global pipe manufacturer TMK, announced Monday plans to reduce the number of operating hours used to produce welded pipe at its Blytheville, Arkansas, Camanche, Iowa and Wilder, ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Welded Pipe
FirstEnergy has selected Accenture to manage the roll-out of smart meters to its customers across its four Pennsylvania-based utilities, including Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power and West Penn Power. Signed after approval from the ...
Tags: Smart Meters, West Penn Power
Multi-touch Technology: Intuitive Functionality Advances AutomationRichard Clark, Product Manager, InduSoft Multi-touch HMI takes HMI visualization to the next level to improve performance, enhance safety, and cut costs. Most industrial ...
Tags: Industrial Equipment, Components
Import volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 6.1 percent in April, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. ...
The global LNG market will remain tight through the end of the decade as growing demand in Asia, South America and Europe outpaces supply constrained by high costs and underdeveloped infrastructure, according to a study released Thursday by ...
Tags: LNG Market, LNG demand
NY cotton futures fell four straight sessions before pulling back up Friday, ending the week lower by dropping 134 points in the spot May contract month. Monday’s weaker session set the tone for this week’s trading as USDA ...
Tags: NY cotton, Cotton Futures
European polyethylene converters have rejected contract prices increases for April announced by PE producers, they said this week. PE producers announced increases of Eur20-40/mt, while converters were eyeing at a rollover in prices. ...
Tags: Chemicals, Polyethylene, PE
Indian steel producer Essar has announced that its Projects Minerals & Metals Asset has won a second contract from Indian state-owned steelmaker Steel Authority of India (SAIL) for a project at the SAIL Bhilai steel plant in Chhattisgarh. ...
Tags: steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
The Furniture Industry Sustainability Programme (FISP), internationally recognised as an environmental benchmark for the furniture industry, has gained seven new members in the last six months, including the first Irish company to achieve ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
Woolworths has announced new long-term milk supply contracts Australian supermarket giant Woolworths has announced two new 10-year milk contracts across Australia that it says "will give dairy farmers and processors more certainty to ...
Tags: Milk, Agriculture, Food
Birmingham-based Pinstripe Print Group has announced that it has successfully won part of a significant three-year print services contract Framework agreement contract with Dudley Council. The Framework agreement Tender contract win comes ...
Tags: Office Supplies
Fonterra Australia has secured a ten-year contract from Woolworths to supply and process the retailer’s own brand milk in Victoria. The deal allows farmers to further invest in their businesses as they have a guaranteed buyer for ...
Tags: Milk Supply, milk, local farmers
Gas prices on the European prompt markets fell sharply Wednesday, extending the previous day's steep losses, on reduced demand and increased Norwegian flows. The day-ahead gas contract in the Netherlands TTF hub traded below Tuesday's ...
The spot US benzene contract price for April settled at $4.80/gal ($1,436.64/mt), a decline of 15 cents compared with March's CP, industry sources said Tuesday on the sidelines of the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers conference ...
Tags: Spot Benzene, Fuel, Petrochemical
Norway-focused iron ore miner Northern Iron said Tuesday concentrate produced at Sydvaranger was being trialed at further sinter plants in Europe, after inaugural cargoes were bought by ArcelorMital and ThyssenKrupp in 2013. Northern Iron ...