Platts assessed spot aluminum premiums on a CIF Japan basis at $90-$100/mt plus London Metal Exchange cash on Tuesday, up from $90-$95/mt plus LME cash on Monday as sellers held on to higher premiums. Two overseas sellers said they would ...
Major iron ore producers will have to cut production like aluminum producers did in 1994 to halt the current slump in spot prices, investment bank Investec said in a note Tuesday. "In our view if iron ore prices prevail at current levels ...
Gas Natural Fenosa plans to invest $1.1 billion over the next decade to double its number of clients at Chilean subsidiary Metrogas to 1.5 million, from around 700,000 currently, CEO Rafael Villaseca said Tuesday. During the first five ...
How do people manage a company? Do they try expanding the company business to make it big and comprehensive? Or do companies focus all their resources on a few selected businesses? Manufacturers’ business strategies may vary. For ...
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Century Aluminum is proposing to continue operating its 224,000 mt/year Mt Holly smelter in South Carolina at 50% capacity even as the company on Monday began shutting down the first potline in a dispute with its longtime electricity ...
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US methanol imports in October were nearly 50% lower than the year-ago month as expanded domestic capacity has impacted import demand, according to data released by a trade group on Thursday. October US methanol imports reached 249,000 ...
Purity Bakeries, in collaboration with the United Nations Food & Agricultural Organisation and the BADMC, have developed, formulated and introduced an exciting new loaf, using fresh grated cassava blended meticulously into our Junior Bran & ...
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Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed its plans to open a £1bn manufacturing facility in Nitra, western Slovakia. With the plant, Jaguar Land Rover will be first British car maker to set up a plant in the country and it will employ ...
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The EU will stick to its goal to cut emissions by at least 40% by 2030 for the moment, and any decision to change that will not be taken till after 2020, the EU's climate action and energy commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said Monday. The ...
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Indonesia is expected to have as many as 55-60 of uncommitted LNG cargoes next year from the Tangguh and Bontang LNG plants, the head of upstream regulator SKK Migas' communications department, Elan Biantoro, said Monday. The available ...
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Philips announced it will be closing down its lighting plant in Burgaw, Pender County in North Carolina, U.S. recently, according to a report by Triangle Business Journal. The factory closure, which will become effective as of Sept. 2016, ...
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Online search giant Baidu Inc said on Monday that it has set up a new business unit to spearhead its automobile efforts and plans to put self-driving cars on the roads in the next three years. The Beijing-based company, which successfully ...
Spurred by major and emerging markets, global photovoltaic (PV) demand has grown substantially this year. According to the latest Gold Member Report by EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce, installed capacity worldwide for 2015 is ...
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After reaching its Kickstarter goal in just 24 hours, Bildy's designer Jane Bromfield believes that the construction toy will be popular with pre-schoolers, thanks to its various 'building boards' and connectors. After reaching its ...
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Mark Chao stars in the upcoming movie Till the End of the World, shot in Antarctica. [Photo provided to China Daily] An upcoming romantic film, the first homegrown fictional feature shot in Antarctica, recently concluded its shoot in the ...