Continued rainfall in the east-central Plains and northwestern Corn Belt in the U.S. is just one of several moisture extremes making weather headlines as the week begins. The rain is falling in spots where it's badly needed, and it's ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Lift has been driven by seasonal products, electrical, video gaming and TV sales. Argos has seen a rise of 4.9 percent in like-for-like sales in its first quarter of 2014, driven by seasonal products and continued growth in electricals. ...
After the recession in 2011 and 2012, the LED industry saw a turning point in 2013 when the die and package LED markets rose 8.3% from 2012 to about $15.188bn, according to the 'Global and China LED Industry Report, 2013-2014' from Research ...
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According to first estimates released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in April this year the seasonally-adjusted production of the construction sector in the European Union member states (EU-28) increased by ...
Russian steel giant Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has announced that its Turkey-based subsidiary MMK Metalurji registered a quarter-on-quarter decrease of 20.2 percent in its sales revenues for the first quarter of the current ...
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Contrary to PV manufacturers’ high utilization rates spurred by UK and Japan market demands in first quarter of 2014, pricing in the PV industry is likely to drop in the following quarter, according to EnergyTrend, a subsidiary of ...
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Taiwan solar cell makers' utilizations remained high between the beginning of June and mid-June, but are expected to substantially drop by the end of the month, which will affect cell price quotes, according to EnergyTrend. Relevant ...
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Global 2014/15 cotton mill use is forecast at 112.3 million bales, 2 percent above the previous season. Mill use in China is expected to rebound in 2014/15 to 37.0 million bales—up from an estimated 35.5 million bales this season and ...
Tags: Cotton, World cotton trade
European styrene production margins, which appeared to be rising after an explosion June 3 during maintenance at Shell-BASF's Ellba joint venture in Moerdijk, the Netherlands, are falling again, Platts data shows. Styrene's premium over ...
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Footfall in May was 0.2% down on a year ago, marginally down on the 0.1% fall in April and below the three-month average of a 0.6% increase. Footfall on the high street was 0.9% down on the previous year for May, up on April’s fall of ...
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Global 2014/15 cotton production is projected to decline 2 percent from a year ago to 115.9 million bales; lower expected crops in several major cotton-producing countries more than offset increases in the United States, Brazil, and Turkey. ...
Tags: Cotton Output, cotton production
The expenditure on clothing by Spanish citizens would grow by 26.4 percent to €25.526 billion from the current spending of €20.196 billion, says a latest report released by the Strategic Research Centre of the EAE Business School. ...
US coal stockpiles essentially held steady at 141 million st in the week that ended Thursday, but are likely to begin declining in the coming weeks as coal burn increases with summer demand, according to Bentek Energy. Bentek, a unit of ...
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U.S. cotton demand for 2014/15 remains projected at 13.4 million bales or 5 percent below the 2013/14 estimate. Exports account for 9.7 million bales while mill use contributes the remaining 3.7 million bales. Despite higher U.S. ...
Tags: Cotton Demand, textile industry
The US posted a second consecutive year of record oil production growth in 2013 with its surging shale industry balancing out supply disruptions to underpin an unprecedented period of stable global oil prices, BP said Monday. US output ...
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