Australian dairy processor Burra Foods has signed an agreement with dairy farming company Inner Mongolia Fuyuan Farming, allowing the company to gain a majority shareholding in it. The move is part of Burra's growth plans to improve ...
Tags: Burra Foods, dairy processor
Canada's Alberta province Sunday announced a new "climate leadership" plan that includes a cap on greenhouse gas emissions by oil sands producers as it moves to overhaul its image and kick start export opportunities. The cap on emissions ...
Tags: greenhouse gas, oil sands, oil
The United Nations have declared 2016 to be the Year of Pulses or as Australians refer to them, legumes. Australia is amongst 40 countries participating in the initiative which will launch globally on 6 January 2016. Australia’s ...
A proposed free trade agreement between Canada and South Korea would remove the current 3% to 8% tariff that Canadian oil and gas producers have to pay for exports into that Asian nation, a Canadian government spokeswoman said Monday. ...
Tags: LNG Exports, Oil Exports
Canada and the Republic of Korea have concluded negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) that will significantly boost trade and investment ties between the two countries. The negotiations were concluded during the visit of ...
Higher prices for construction materials and nonresidential construction will squeeze margins for construction companies despite an overall improving construction outlook, Associated General Contractors said. AGC’s analysis of ...
Tags: private-sector demand, improve market, materials cost increases
Global market research firm TrendForce's Green Energy Division LEDinside said that, in 2013 Chinese LED packaging market value increased far quicker than the global average. LED lighting is still the largest application field of 2013 ...
Tags: LED Package, LED lighting
Flint Group has acquired the remaining shares in Tintas Graficas Vencedor (TGV) from Corporacion Peruana de Productos Quimicos ('CPPQ'). The acquisition to fully own TGV will allow Flint Group to improve market position in the liquid ...
In another sign of the government's resolve to tackle the problem of excess industrial capacity, the Ministry of Land and Resources will reject applications for land acquisition by companies in sectors with low capacity utilization ratios. ...
Tags: Surplus Capacity, Mineral
Best figures in 16 months suggest overall economic situation improving China's manufacturing industry picked up in August to its highest level since May 2012, suggesting a steady improvement of the overall economic condition, official ...
Tags: Manufacturing, economy
Major Chinese steelmaker Baosteel announced on August 8 that it has commissioned the third phase of grain oriented silicon steel project. The third phase with an annual production capacity of 300,000 mt helps Baosteel to reduce cost and ...
Tags: Baosteel, Silicon Steel Project
The group also posted a 60% rise in underlying earnings per share (EPS) to €49.4 cents for the six months ended June 2013. Group revenue rose to €3.342bn from €2.819bn. Underlying operating profit was 35% higher at ...
Blumberg Grain, a US-based multi-national food security firm, has signed a letter of intent with the Nigerian federal government to invest around $250m in the country's agribusiness sector. The investment will be used for the ...
Recently, Baosteel Development Corporation and Meishan Steel hold renewable resource comprehensive utilization industry collaboration promotion meeting and sum up and exchange the results obtained over the past year. They explore the ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, steel
Defra, the Environment Agency and British Glass are also working on the project. According to the trade bodies, the key drivers for this project are to gain a better understanding of the volatility experienced in the market in 2012 and ...
Tags: Glass Pack, Packaging