Photo: Scott Stephenson King Under The Mountain: In the PandaX experiment, a vat of liquid xenon is stored beneath hundreds of meters of rock. With luck, the isolation will keep things quiet enough to sense signs of dark matter. In the ...
Tags: WIMPs, PandaX, Dark-Matter, LUX
A few Chinese thermal coal buyers were reportedly concluding deals for March-delivered imported shipments, even as most of them were getting ready to wind up for the upcoming holidays, sources said Monday. A mini-Capesize cargo of ...
When Louis Pasteur developed and patented the process of pasteurization in the 1860s, it had nothing to do with milk. He was more concerned with keeping beer from spoiling. But, by the turn of the century, this method of preservation had ...
Tags: Pasteurization, HTST, shelf life, milk
Textile exporters from Pakistan have expressed disappointment on the withdrawal of zero-rating regime for the export-oriented sector stating that the withdrawal is adversely affecting exports at a time when huge amounts of Sales Tax Refunds ...
The H&M Group total sales including VAT increased by 10 percent in local currencies in December. Adjusted for calendar effects total sales increased by just above 12 percent. The total number of stores amounted to 3,176 on 31 December ...
More Chinese thermal coal buyers may renege on contracts for imported thermal coal shipments as international prices continue to slide, sources said Tuesday. "All the [thermal coal] prices have come down and so some reports of Chinese ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Mineral
Like for like sales in five weeks to December 28th up 6.93 per cent. The Entertainer delivered record breaking sales during the Christmas trading period, the retailer has revealed. The Entertainer's total sales for the five weeks to ...
Tags: Toys, Christmas Toys
Reportedly, the two major steelmakers in Turkey, Kardemir and Icdas, both announced to increase bar prices for the Turkish domestic market and the new prices will be effective from January 7th. The two companies explained that the ...
Tags: Bar Mills, Turkish Bar Mills, Prices Rise
Chinese domestic thermal coal prices have fallen further, fuelling speculation that some power utilities might be looking to walk away from existing contracts for imported material, sources said Monday. "I have heard rumours maybe that ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Domestic Prices
House of Fraser, the UK and Ireland’s premium department store group, provides an update on its best ever Christmas trading period. Trading highlights include: - Like-for-like sales (ex VAT) for the first 9 weeks of the fourth ...
Tags: House of Fraser, Online Sales
The Industrial Price Index (IPRI) for Spanish textiles increased by 0.8 percent year-on-year in November 2013, according to the data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE). The IRPI registered in the month of November is ...
Tags: Textile Industry, Price Index
It’s reported that the Chinese steelmaker Shagang announced to cut its rebar ex-work prices by RMB50/ton for deliveries during December 21-31. After the adjustment, Shangang’s ex-work prices for HRB400 rebar with diameters of ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy
The China Iron&Steel Association will start publishing a daily iron ore price index from January next year,a CISA official said Friday. But the index was expected to have little impact on trading or prices,market sources said Friday. It ...
Tags: China Iron&Steel Association, daily iron ore price index, iron ore
The mood among consumers in Germany is again remarkably good as 2013 draws to a close. Further increases were recorded in economic expectations and willingness to buy. Income expectations declined slightly from a high level. Following a ...
Tags: upswing, consumer climate, economy
France may be sliding back into recession after activity in its key manufacturing and services industries shrank for the second month running in December. French GDP shrank by 0.1% in the three months to the end of September and a second ...
Tags: Recession, French Economy