Retail sales have continued to slow, with the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) CHEP Retail Index revealing growth of only four per cent year-on-year in the March quarter, slowing to three per cent by the June quarter. Retail ...
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The Australian retail sector is expected to see a further slowing in growth nationally, with the AFGC CHEP Retail Index showing growth of 4 per cent year-on-year in the March quarter, slowing to 3 per cent by the June quarter. Within this ...
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First-quarter steel exports surged 40.7 percent to 25.78 million metric tons as mills responded to weak domestic demand and falling prices, the China Iron and Steel Association said on Wednesday. "Although domestic steel companies face ...
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In late March, on the 10 hectare former airstrip at the Gatton campus of The University of Queensland in Brisbane St Lucia, the 3.275MW Gatton Solar Research Facility (the state's largest solar array) was officially opened by Industry and ...
Tags: First Solar, Queensland, PV System
State-owned Shandong Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd said on Monday that it has acquired the remaining 75 percent stake it does not own in a mining project in western Africa's Sierra Leone. Shandong Steel had earlier acquired a 25 percent ...
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China's central bank said yesterday it would cut the level of funds commercial banks must hold in reserve by 1 percentage point, the second such move this year to boost lending.The move, effective today, comes after the world’s second ...
Despite concerns over lethargic industrial output and increasing downward pressure in the first quarter (Q1) of 2015, growth in China's key emergent sectors fed positive sentiment. Industrial output in China grew 6.4 percent year on year ...
BASF will once again be present with its polyurethane experts at the 2015 UTECH International Polyurethane Exhibition and Conference in Maastricht (NL). For the first time, the company will display a new roof module based on the PU system ...
Tags: "Green"Coatings, Marine Coatings, Decoration
The Indian subsidiary of Clariant, a producer of specialty chemicals has acquired the black pigment preparations business of Lanxess, located at Nagda in Madhya Pradesh. Lanxess manufactures black pigment preparations used for processing ...
Tags: specialty chemicals, acquisition, Textile
RPM International Inc. has announced that its Rust-Oleum Group has acquired Spraymate Group, producer of South Africa’s leading aerosol paint brand. Spraymate is based in Randvaal, South Africa outside Johannesburg. Terms of the ...
China's industrial profits for the first two months of the year declined 4.2 percent year on year, narrowing from the 8-percent decrease seen last December. Profits of Chinese industrial businesses hit 745.24 billion yuan (121.5 billion ...
The LED industrial lighting market scale will be worth US$2.366 billion in 2015, and by 2018 will reach US$3.935 billion, according to findings from LEDinside. Compared with home lighting products, industrial lighting products operate for ...
RPM International Inc. has announced that its Rust-Oleum Group has acquired Spraymate Group, the producer of South Africa's leading aerosol paint brand. Based outside of Johannesburg, South Africa, Spraymate has annual net sales of ...
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China's declining use of coal may be felt from Australia to the United States, especially the US state of Wyoming where coal is major part of the economy. Last week Premier Li Keqiang said China wanted to reduce its energy intensity ...
Tags: Metallurgy, coal, Coal Consumption
Chinese steelmakers are facing more headwinds this year as economic growth slows and need government support to tackle long-term overcapacity, the chairman of Anshan Iron & Steel Group said. China's steel sector has been struggling with ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral