Minister for Mines and Energy Edison Lobao said Wednesday the proportion of ethanol added to gasoline would be increased from 20% to 25% on May 1. Speaking to reporters in Brasilia following a meeting with Finance Minister Guido ...
Russia’s TMK, the biggest steel pipe supplier for the energy sector, reported cautious optimism on Tuesday as recovery of domestic demand in core pipe products. TMK shows a loss of pipeline project sales but welded oil country ...
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The export of local ceramic tableware, now hit hard by the eurozone crisis, is likely to experience a boom from May 2013, as the proposed European Commission's (EC) anti-dumping duties on Chinese products will be implemented from that ...
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India Ratings’ outlook for cotton textiles remains negative to stable for 2013 on account of subdued demand, although margins are expected to benefit from softening raw material prices. The outlook for synthetic textiles remains ...
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In January this year, the China HSBC Flash Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) increased to 51.9, indicating a 24-month high and comparing to the final value of 51.5 in December 2012, as announced by the HSBC. The production ...
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The China end-market dominated shipments of solar panels during the final quarter of 2012 with 33% of global end-market demand, according to NPD Solarbuzz. "Just two years ago, the China end-market was less than 10% of global solar ...
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China's Golden Sun Demonstration projects achieved a total installation capacity of 4.54GW in 2012, up 548.57% from 2011, according to media reports from China. China's government has been aggressively promoting domestic demand as the ...
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According to study report of CARE Research, India’s steel demand could have annual growth by 6.7 % until financial year 2016-17, which is faster than the expected growth in Chinese during the same period. In line with domestic ...
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As previously communicated, in the face of increasingly difficult domestic trading conditions for its soda ash business, Penrice Soda Holdings Limited has been conducting a strategic review of its entire chemicals business to improve its ...
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Many denim producers in India, who have increased their production capacity in the past anticipating a rise in demand in future, are facing a problem of surplus capacity. “Currently, the denim industry is facing a situation of ...
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Russia's second largest coking coal producer Raspadskaya has stated that in the fourth quarter of 2012 its coal output increased by 59 percent quarter on quarter to 2.2 million mt, rising by 38.5 percent year on year. In the full year 2012, ...
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The solar market saw many unexpected events in 2012. Solar makers believe in 2013, the Europe market will see adjustments such as Germany installations declining to government-planned levels and France increasing incentives. Market ...
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According to the market outlook released by IREPAS, the global association of producers and exporters of long steel products, business slowed down due to the holiday period in many long steel markets worldwide, but the balance of supply and ...
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It’s reported that the BlueScope planned to reconfigure its Australian cold rolling, metal coated and painted steel production. Mr. Mark R. Vassella, the Chief Executive of Bluescope Australia and New Zealand said that this ...
Italian brand Fiat will potentially look at exporting vehicles from its Indian operations to Australia in an attempt to increase traction and improve availability of right-hand-drive cars for our market. Speaking with the media at ...