industry

Feb. 1, 2011 - Indian refractory makers with a turnover of around a billion dollar are the David compared with the Goliath of the steel industry. The industry's largest Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) alone is nearly a $10-billion enterprise. But unlike in the case of David, ...
Feb. 7, 2011 - Global economic meltdown affected the feldspar and nepheline syenite market during 2008 and 2009 and significantly reduced market revenues. However, the market showed signs of recovery in 2010 and is projected to grow in the coming years driven by increasing demand ...
Feb. 14, 2011 - It's reported that the government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region announced that a public and private partnership project started operation in Inner Mongolia to extract 200,000 tonnes of alumina per year from coal fly ash. The project is launched by Datang ...
Feb. 21, 2011 - World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 119 million metric tons (mmt) in January 2011. This is 5.3% higher than January 2010. China s crude steel production for January 2011 was 52.8 mmt, an ...
"China International Textile Machinery Exhibition & ITMA Asia Exhibition" was held on June 22-26 in Shanghai, 110 Italian textile machinery manufacturers formed Italian National Pavilion exhibitors during the session. President of the Italian Textile Machinery Industry Associatio...
Feb. 23, 2011 - South Korea today sought Indian government's support for taking off POSCO's proposed joint venture with SAIL to set up a 3 million tonne steel plant at Bokaro in Jharkhand at an estimated cost of INR 15,000 crore. Mr Park Young June South Korea's deputy minister ...
Just in time for Independence Day celebrations on July 4th, Seattle-based organic apparel manufacturer Greensource Organic Clothing Co. has worked with Walmart to create a patriotic line of men's, boys, and toddler organic cotton tees and muscle shirts with a July 4th flag motif. ...
China's large textile businesses took in 133.15 billion yuan (19.57 billion U.S. dollars) in profits in the first 11 months of last year, according to figures released by the China Textile Industry Association. The profits were up by 25.39 percent year on year, 36.40 percentage ...
Textile maker Unifi Inc. reported Thursday that its fiscal second-quarter 2010 sales were up 13.1 percent. Greensboro-based Unifi (NYSE: UFI), which makes multifilament polyester and nylon textured yarns, said its sales in the second quarter, which ended Dec. 27, reached $142.3 ...
Textile maker Unifi Inc. reported Thursday that its fiscal second-quarter 2010 sales were up 13.1 percent. Greensboro-based Unifi (NYSE: UFI), which makes multifilament polyester and nylon textured yarns, said its sales in the second quarter, which ended Dec. 27, reached $142.3 ...
China textile industry reversed the downward trend and maintained rapid growth in Jan.-Feb. 2010, owing to favorable global economic conditions. According to China Customs, the import and export value of Chinese textile and garment totaled $31.368 billion in Jan.-Feb. 2010, up 4...
BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhua) -- China's retail sales, the main gauge of consumer spending in the world's fastest-growing economy, rose 18.7 percent year on year to 1.25 trillion yuan (183 billion U.S. dollars) in May, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Friday. The ...
BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Urban fixed assets investment in China for the first five months rose 25.9 percent year on year to 6.74 trillion yuan (986.76 billion U.S. dollars), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Friday. The growth rate was 0.2 percentage points ...
Chinese researchers have compared the retention period of mushrooms in normal air to 80% or 100% O . Treating with gas and especially 100% O was found to be effective in extending the shelve life and the quality. The mushrooms were stored for a period of 12 days at 2 C in 3 ...
Taipei-based First Bank placed a "charity" order with the Pingtung county government in southern Taiwan Tuesday for 35 metric tons of locally grown bananas, the price of which has slumped again this season due to a production glut. First Bank Vice President Chou Poh-chiao placed ...
As China experiences high inflation-with rates hitting four and a half percent-the price of produce at markets and retail outlets across the country has gone up drastically. Chinese citizens are wondering how they will continue to afford to buy produce when staples like green ...
Walmart, the world's largest retailer by sales, is launching a push to reach lower-income and rural consumers in China with a new "compact hypermarket" format originally developed in its Latin American markets. Doug McMillon, chief executive of Walmart's international business, ...
A customer walks out of the store of Media Markt in Shanghai, east China, Nov. 29, 2010. German retailer Metro Group, teamed up with Foxconn International in a 200-million-U.S. dollars joint venture, opened Media Markt China, its first consumer electronic shop in China, in ...
CHINA - The Barents Sea cod and haddock fisheries in cooperation with Ocean Trawlers Group have been certified as sustainable under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) environmental standard for sustainable and well managed fisheries. Around 87,000 metric tonnes of Russian cod ...
SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc., a processor of kiwifruit, apple, pear and other concentrated specialty fruit juices, has launched four new Hedetang juice labels for a 500ml bottle. The company has now begun shipping to its bases in Xi'an and Beijing. The Management expects to expand ...
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