Chemical and Material Market Statistics, May 2013

Rubber Production Statistics In The United States: Desert Shrub Guayule May Be New Major Source Of Natural Rubber

Company news
9 hours ago
by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services

2013-05-21 --Twenty years ago, scientists at the University of Arizona began studying guayule, a small desert shrub farmed as a source of natural rubber. The research helped 1 Arizona Industry player commercialize guayule on a limited scale, producing a virtually allergy-free latex used in medical gloves. Now, the UA is studying guayule -- pronounced "why-YOU-lee") -- again as the plant is poised...

Industries : Resin and Rubber
Countries : United States

Electronic Component And Semiconductor Deals And Alliances In The United Kingdom: Capita Plc - Capita Selected By O2 To Form 10 Year Partnership

Company news
11 hours ago
by PR Newswire

21 May 2013 Capita selected by O2 to form 10 year partnership Capita plc today declares that it has been selected by leading communications Industry player Telefónica UK (O2) as their preferred bidder to form a 10 year strategic partnership for customer management services. The deal, which builds on Capita's existing long-term partnership with O2, will see Capita run , manage O2's customer ...

Industries : Electronic Component and Semiconductor
Countries : United Kingdom

Gold Trade Data In India: Fm

Industry news
13 hours ago
by Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha

FM New Delhi , 2013-05-21 (BSS/PTI) Worried over widening current account deficit (CAD), the government yesterday indicated that it could take more steps to check gold imports. "Some more steps, if necessary, would have to be taken, but I appeal to the people of India to contain their passion for gold," Finance Minister P Chidambaram told reporters here. Gold imports jump...

Industries : Metal Mining
Countries : India

Textile Market Overview In Pakistan: Pending Sales Tax Refunds Irk Textile Exporters

Industry news
13 hours ago
by HT Media

ISLAMABAD , 2013-05-21 -- Asghar Ali , Chairman , Muhammad Asif , Vice Chairman of Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) said that huge amounts of value-added textile exporters are stuck up in sales tax, local taxes drawbacks, customs rebate, , federal excise duty refund regimes creating severe financial crunch , if that amounts are released, exporters can invest that capital t...

Industries : Textile Manufacturing
Countries : Pakistan

Textile Production Statistics In Pakistan And The United States: 18 Hours' Load Shedding Hampers Textile Sector

Company news
13 hours ago
by HT Media

LAHORE , 2013-05-21 -- Around 16-18 hours load shedding has seriously affected the production of textile Market causing huge damages to export orders , precious foreign exchange, said All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Chairman Ahsan Bashir on Monday. Expressing his concern over energy crisis prevailing since last 1 week, which was likely to linger on until the new govern...

Industries : Textile Manufacturing
Countries : Pakistan

Gold Price Data In Nepal: Gold Price Near 2-year Low; Falls To Rs 48,700 Per Tola

Industry news
13 hours ago
by HT Media

KATHMANDU , 2013-05-21 -- Gold price on Monday fell by Rs 400 per tola (11.664 gm) to nearly 2-year low of Rs 48,700 per tola. The precious metal was traded at Rs 49,100 on Sunday. Along with gold , price of silver also dropped to Rs 830 from Sunday's Rs 850 per tola. The bullion price has been plummeting for the last week in line with international trends. Last Monday, gold was pr...

Industries : Metal Mining
Countries : Nepal

Gold Price Trend In Turkey: Gold Prices Dip, Demand Soars

Industry news
13 hours ago
by Al Bawaba Ltd.

Muscat : Many gold shops on Ruwi High Street have no gold bars for sale after prices plunged below OMR16.5 today, sparking a buying frenzy, noted a group of jewellers on Monday. Confirming this, Jose K. F ., regional manager of Joyalukkas, said some shops were facing a shortage in gold bars because of the high demand. "However, we have managed to obtain 3 kilograms of gold in dif...

Industries : Metal Mining
Countries : Turkey

Electrical Device Innovation Trends In India: Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application For 'resist Stripping Compositions And Methods For Manufacturing Electrical Devices' Filed...

Company news
13 hours ago
by HT Media

Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Resist Stripping Compositions , Methods for Manufacturing Electrical Devices' Filed by BASF MUMBAI, India , 2013-05-21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (8010/CHENP/2011 A) filed by BASF SE , Germany , on Nov. 2, 2011 for 'resist stripping compositions , methods for manufacturing electrical de...

Industries : Electronic Component and Semiconductor
Countries : India

Gold Price Trend In Spain And The United States: Gold Prices Fall To Record Low On Strengthening Dollar

Industry news
13 hours ago
by HT Media

New Delhi , 2013-05-21 -- Gold hit a 2one-month low , silver prices plunged to a 2-,-a-half-year level Monday. Experts said this happened because of the strengthening of the dollar. as reported by MCX data, gold price plummetted to Rs.25,574 per 10 grams (down Rs.261.00 ) , silver dipped to Rs.41,459 per 1 kilogram (down Rs.1,170 ). "This slow , steady downfall of gold price is m...

Industries : Metal Mining
Countries : Spain, United States

Staple Fibre Trade Statistics In India: Report

Industry news
13 hours ago
by HT Media

India , May 21 -- The value of India s man made staple fibre imports in April 2013 has fallen to $ 50.47 million a decrease of 0.49 % compared to March 2013 as reported by InfodriveIndia.com.Compared to March 2013 a decrease of us dollar 50.47 mn in April 2013 has been noticed said Pradeep chief research associate of InfodriveIndia.com . Imports of yarn of synthetic staple fibres not...

Industries : Textile Manufacturing
Countries : India

Gold Price Statistics In Spain And The United States: Gold, Silver Prices Fall To Record Low On Strengthening Dollar

Industry news
13 hours ago
by HT Media

New Delhi , 2013-05-21 -- Gold hit a 2one-month low , silver prices plunged to a 2-,-a-half-year level Monday. Experts said this happened because of the strengthening of the dollar. as reported by MCX data, gold price plummetted to Rs.25,574 per 10 grams (down Rs.261.00 ) , silver dipped to Rs.41,459 per 1 kilogram (down Rs.1,170 ). "This slow , steady downfall of gold price is m...

Industries : Metal Mining
Countries : Spain, United States

Nonferrous Metal Mining Price Data In Nepal: Gold Price Increases, Rs 50,300 Per Tola

Industry news
13 hours ago
by HT Media

KATHMANDU , 2013-05-21 -- Gold price has increased by Rs 1600 to reach Rs. 50,300 per tola on Tuesday. as reported by Federation of Nepal Gold , Silver Dealers' Associations , the price of precious yellow metal increased as per the ris...

Industries : Metal Mining
Countries : Nepal

Gold Industry In India: Chidambaram

Industry news
13 hours ago
by HT Media

India , 2013-05-21 -- Finance Minister P Chidambaram again came for appeal to the Indians to check their passion for yellow metal which has been widening the region's current account deficit , increasing the chances of rating downgrade in next 12-24 months. "Some more steps, if necessary, would have to be taken, but I appeal to the people of India to contain their passion for ...

Industries : Metal and Mineral
Countries : India

Metal Mining Market Figures In Japan: Copper Rises For 2nd Day On Supply Concerns, Declining Stockpiles

Industry news
13 hours ago
by HT Media

India , 2013-05-21 -- Copper prices rose for the 2nd day on Tuesday at the domestic markets as a result of supply disruption from the world's 3rd-largest open-pit copper mine, Grasberg due to a fatal accident. At the MCX, copper futures for June 2013 contract were trading at Rs. 410.20 per 1 kg, up by 0.29 per cent, after opening at Rs. 408.55 against the previous closing price of Rs...

Industries : Metal Mining
Countries : Japan

Electronic Component And Semiconductor Innovation In The United States: Erchonia Assigned Patent

Industry news
13 hours ago
by Targeted News Service

By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va. , 2013-05-21 -- Erchonia, McKinney, Texas , has been assigned a patent (8,439,927) developed by Steven C. Shanks , McKinney, Texas , , Kevin B. Tucek , McKinney, Texas , for a "method of using a multi-probe laser device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent , Trademark Office states: "A hand-held laser device that can si...

Industries : Electronic Component and Semiconductor
Countries : United States

Flash Memory Market In The United States: Sandisk Advances Its Market-leading Manufacturing Technology

Industry news
13 hours ago
by Business Wire

MILPITAS, Calif. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK ), a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, today announced it has begun customer sampling of flash memory products based on its Market-leading 1Ynm process technology, which represents its 2nd generation 19 nanometer (nm) manufacturing technology. ...

Industries : Electronic Component and Semiconductor
Countries : United States

Iron Ore Sector In Australia: Arrium Quarterly Iron Ore Shipments Up 8pc

Industry news
15 hours ago
by Asia Pulse Pty Ltd

Sydney - Tuesday - May 21 : ( RWE Australian Business News ) - Arrium Ltd (ASX:ARI) today reported March quarter iron ore shipments of 1.97Mt (dmt) (including 0.5Mt of Southern Iron sales), up 0.15Mt or 8pc on the prior quarter. This brings year-to-date sales to 5.39Mt (dmt), up 23pc on the prior corresponding period Average realised price was around $US114 /t FOB ...

Industries : Metal Mining
Countries : Australia

Graphene Trends In South Korea: S. Korea Moves To Commercialize Graphene Products

Industry news
15 hours ago
by Yonhap News Agency

SEOUL , 2013-05-21 (Yonhap) -- The region took its 1st step Tuesday toward commercialization of products using graphene, a move also aimed at developing dozens of global companies. Graphene is an atom-thin sheet of carbon that can conduct electrons 100 times faster than silicon , has twice the strength of diamonds. The material can be used in various applications, including touch-scree...

Industries : Advanced Material
Countries : South Korea

Metal Mining Production Statistics In The United States: Felman Cutting Production, Workers At New Haven Plant

Company news
16 hours ago
by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services

2013-05-20 -- CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Citing a poor sales environment , high electricity costs, New Haven steel additive manufacturer Felman Production is planning to lay off some workers , temporarily shut down 1 of its furnaces next month. The Industry player announced the decision late Friday evening as part of a series of strategic cost reduction measures it hopes will combat poor Industry condit...

Industries : Metal Mining
Countries : United States

Coating Industry: Sono-tek Declares Fiscal Year 2013 Results

Industry news
19 hours ago
by PR Newswire

MILTON, N.Y. , May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sono-Tek Corporation (OTCQB: SOTK) today announced sales of US Dollars 9500000 for the fiscal year ended 2013-02-28 , compared to sales of US Dollars 12053000 for the previous fiscal year % a decrease of 21%. We also announced net income of US Dollars 132000 or US Dollars .01 per share, versus US Dollars 143200 ...

Industries : Paint and Coating

Density Polyethylene Innovation Trends In Brazil: Braskem Launches Ethanol-based Ldpe

Company news
19 hours ago
by Business News Americas

Brazilian petrochemical Industry player Braskem (NYSE: BAK) has launched a new line of low-density polyethylene (LDPE), which will be produced at a plant that uses ethanol feedstock derived from sugarcane in Brazil . Annual production of the new resin will amount to approximately 30,000t , th...

Industries : Petrochemical
Countries : Brazil

Steel Production Statistics In The United States: Ak Steel Joint Venture Completes Us Dollars 375 Million Financing For New Iron Ore Pellet Plant

Company news
20 hours ago
by PR Newswire

WEST CHESTER, Ohio , 2013-05-20 /PRNewswire/ -- AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) said today that Magnetation LLC ("Magnetation"), its joint venture with Magnetation, incorporated , has successfully completed a US Dollars 325 million senior secured note offering , has entered into a US Dollars 50 million senior secured credit facility. The proceeds from the note offering will be used primarily to fun...

Industries : Metal Mining
Countries : United States

Nonferrous Metal Mining Price Statistics In The United States: Us:gold, Silver Finish Higher

Industry news
20 hours ago
by Australian Associated Press

NEW YORK , 2013-05-20 Dow Jones - Silver prices dropped to their lowest level in nearly 3 years before staging a midday turnaround, forcing bearish traders out of the Industry , ending the day higher. Gold snapped its longest losing streak since the financial crisis, notching its 1st rise in 8 trading sessions as it followed silver's lead. The most actively traded gold contract, fo...

Industries : Metal Mining
Countries : United States

Mining Price Data In The United States: Outook For Latin American Mining And Metals Market Worsens - S&p

Industry news
20 hours ago
by Business News Americas

The outlook for the Latin American metals , mining Market has worsened as recovery prospects weaken, as reported by a report by Standard & Poor's (S&P). "We expect metal prices to continue to drop in 2013, as a result of oversupply , slowing demand, which will pressure credit metrics," S&P said in the report, adding that the risk of negative rating revisions has increased despite expectati...

Industries : Metal and Mineral
Countries : United States

Paint And Coating Financing Deals In The United States: Hybrid Coating Technologies Incorporated - 10-q - Management's Discussion And Analysis Of Financial Condition And Results Of Operations

Company news
20 hours ago
by Edgar Online

Forward Looking Statements The Management's Discussion , Analysis ("MD&A") is designed to assist investors in understanding the nature , the importance of the changes , trends, as well as the risks , uncertainties associated with the Industry player's operations , financial position. Some sections of this report contain forward-looking statements that, because of their nature, necessarily ...

Industries : Paint and Coating
Countries : United States

Plant Nutrient Financing Deals In The United States: Cf Industries Prices Senior Notes Offering

Company news
20 hours ago
by Business Wire

DEERFIELD, Ill. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CF Industries Holdings, incorporated (NYSE:CF) announced today that its subsidiary CF Industries, incorporated has priced a US Dollars 1.5 billion public offering of senior notes, comprising US Dollars 750 million aggregate principa % amount of 3.45% senior notes due 2023 , US Dollars 750 million aggrega percente principal amount of 4.95% senior notes due 2043. The s...

Industries : Fertilizer
Countries : United States

Electronic Component And Semiconductor Corporate Finance In The United States: Probe Manufacturing Incorporated - 10-q - Management's Discussion And Analysis Of Financial Condition And Results Of Operation

Company news
21 hours ago
by Edgar Online

Overview Probe Manufacturing Industries, incorporated was incorporated on 1995-07-07 . On April 21, 2005 , the Industry player was re-domiciled from California to Nevada , , changed its name to Probe Manufacturing, incorporated (the "Industry player," "Probe," or "PMI") We provide global design , manufacturing services to original electronic equipment manufacturers from our 23,000 sq./ft. facility in Irvin...

Industries : Electronic Component and Semiconductor
Countries : United States

Fertilizer Financing Activities In The United States: Global Ecology Corp - 10-q - Management's Discussion And Analysis Of Financial Condition And Results Of Operation

Company news
21 hours ago
by Edgar Online

The use of the words "we," "us," "our" or "the Industry player" refers to Global Ecology Corporation , its subsidiaries, except where the context otherwise requires. The following discussion of the Industry player's financial condition, changes in financial conditions , results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements , notes for the period ended 2012-03-31 Company...

Industries : Fertilizer
Countries : World

Electronic Component Production Capacity In The United States: Kemet Names Mouser Electronics High Service Distributor Of The Year

Company news
21 hours ago
by Business Wire

DALLAS & FORT WORTH, Texas --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mouser Electronics , incorporated, a top design engineering resource , global distributor for semiconductors , electronic components, has won High Service Distributor of the Year from KEMET . The prestigious award was presented to Mouser during the Electronic Distribution Show in Las Vegas . KEMET also pre...

Industries : Electronic Component and Semiconductor
Countries : United States

Nonferrous Metal Mining Price Trend In Cyprus And The United States: Gold Breaks A Losing Streak; Other Metals Rise

Industry news
21 hours ago
by Associated Press, The

The price of gold is rising for the 1st time in nearly 2 weeks, breaking a long losing streak. Gold for June delivery rose US Dollars 19.40 to settle at US Dollars 1384.10 an ounce Monday, an increase of 1.41stent. It was the first ...

Industries : Metal Mining
Countries : Cyprus, United States