China's environmental degradation has become a growing source of public consternation and a potential political liability. Premier Li Keqiang declared a "war on pollution" in March 2014, vowing to reduce emissions from power generation and ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Shale
Taiwan panel makers are continuing to see pressure from China makers as they expand production capacity for high-end handset panels. China makers are focusing on LTPS TFT LCD production, with capacity expected to continue increasing ...
Tags: High-End Panel, handset panels
For a lot of U.S. farmers, a relevant number may have passed unnoticed this year. The USDA reveals that China imported a volume of 84,000 tons of sorghum in 2011/2012. Just two years later, during the 2013/2014, the Asian giant imported 3.4 ...
Tags: Sorghum, US growers
SSD (solid-state drive) prices in the China market have drastically fallen, with prices for a 128GB model dropping to US$50-55 and those for a 256GB model to below US$100, according to Taiwan-based memory module makers. The prices ...
Tags: solid-state drive, SSD
In view of increasing competition from China-based firms, Japan-based PV module vendors have been in talks with Taiwan-based solar cell makers about OEM production for 2015, according to industry sources. Japan-based PV module vendors ...
Texas Instruments Inc (TI), which develops analog ICs and embedded processors, has introduced its first transimpedance amplifier (TIA) for the 100G optical networking market. TI says that, as a key component of the system, the ONET2804T ...
Tags: TIA, TI, Electrical
Hurricane Grill & Wings, a casual-dining franchise known for its never-frozen, jumbo wings and more than 35 signature sauces and rubs, announced today a new and modernized website. The revamped website was designed with the user in mind ...
Australia-based miner Northern Iron has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Sydvaranger Gruve AS has amended its offtake agreement with its largest customer regarding the supply of iron ore concentrate from its mining operation in ...
Nucor Corporation announced Wednesday guidance for its third quarter ending October 4, 2014, expecting results to be in the range of $0.70 to $0.75 per diluted share, which represents an increase from both the third quarter of 2013 and ...
Tags: Nucor, Structural steel
Serene Furnishings is continuing to enjoy unprecedented levels of growth, with year-on-year turnover up 15% on the previous financial year. Recognised as one of the country’s leading bed suppliers, Serene offers great variety in ...
Tags: Serene Furnishings, growth, Furnishing
Lead times and prices in the electronics components industry saw a little more movement in September than in prior months, according to Avnet’s latest Market & Technology Trends report. Pricing of analog components, discretes, logic ...
Tags: Component Trends, Volatility, Electrical
"Pricing is always determined by market forces. In terms of value creation, MEG prices are a bargain today. However, MEG has been one of the most attractive ethylene derivatives in the last five years,” says a senior official of a ...
Tags: MEG Prices, Bargain, Textile
Malaysia-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers, viewing that Taiwan-based competitors are subject to an average US anti-dumping tariff of 25%, have quoted their solar cells specifically for exports to the US at US$0.38-0.41/W, with ...
Tags: crystalline silicon, solar cell
The diamond industry needs to support programs to uplift its vast artisanal mining sector. The more than 1.5 million diamond diggers – predominantly in West Africa – and their estimated 10 million dependents, remain the most ...
Tags: Diamonds
TV sales in China during the October 1 holiday period are estimated to grow 2-3% on year in 2014, according to sources in the supply chain. Additionally, China-based research firm AVC has indicated it expects sales to grow 2.2% to 5.53 ...
Tags: TV sales, Ultra HD TVs