Category «Numbers»

Trust in Global Financial Institutions – Thomson Reuters TRust Index Third-Quarter 2013 Results

Trust in global financial institutions remains negative overall, but regional differences widen Divergence between positive analyst earnings and investors discounting growth still evident Level of regulatory activity accelerating and doubled since the Dodd-Frank Act India, October 17, 2013 – Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced the …

RUOSH Introduces the Wedding Collection

~ For a dash of grandeur on the most important day in a man’s life ~ October 2013, Mumbai: – RUOSH, passionate about design, comfort and craftsmanship announces their wedding collection. Admired for its craftsmanship and exquisite finishes, RUOSH wedding has been carefully selected to mirror the significance of this grand occasion. This unique collection …

India: The Current Downturn Presents an Opportunity to Push Ahead With Reforms to Accelerate Growth, Says World Bank

India: The Current Downturn Presents an Opportunity to Push Ahead With Reforms to Accelerate Growth, Says World Bank Expects GDP to expand 4.7% in 2014 and 6.2% in 2015; pace of poverty reduction faster, especially in low income states New Delhi, October 16, 2013 – Recent global market turmoil is unlikely to have major adverse …

BlackBerry 10 Festive Offer for BES10 Customers in India

BlackBerry today announced a limited period exclusive offer on BlackBerry 10 smartphones for BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 (BES10) customers. BES10 customers can now purchase BlackBerry Q10 smartphone at just Rs.39,990/-, BackBerry Z10 smartphone at Rs.29,000 /- and BlackBerry Q5 smartphone at Rs.22,699/-. The offer is only available to BlackBerry’s existing BES10 customers in India with …

Rio Tinto announces strong third quarter production results

Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh said “We achieved strong production results in the third quarter, with copper volumes up as Oyu Tolgoi ramps up to full capacity and Kennecott continues to recover ahead of expectations. Productivity improvements in our Australian operations led to record quarterly thermal coal production. In iron ore, we achieved record …

Global Hunger Index Calls for Greater Resilience-Building Efforts to Boost Food and Nutrition Security

October 14, 2013, Washington D.C.—The developing world is becoming more vulnerable to a variety of shocks and stressors, from extreme weather events, climate change and environmental degradation to population pressures, macroeconomic crises, conflict, and poor governance. The traditional approach to dealing with shocks is temporary infusions of aid, with separate development efforts focused on mitigating …

Indian producer orders newly designed rebar rolling mill from Siemens

• Production capacity 250,000 metric tons per year • First order for this type of plant • Plant design permits fast and cost-efficient execution of projects The Indian steel producer Kalika Steel Alloys Pvt. Ltd. (Kalika Steel) has placed an order with Siemens Metals Technologies to supply a rolling mill for reinforcing steels. The mill …

ISSF : Stainless steel production for first half of 2013: Mixed results

Brussels, 8 October 2013 – Preliminary figures released by the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) show that stainless steel crude steel production has been further growing in the first half of 2013 with an increase of 4.6% compared to the same period of 2012. Total production for the first six months of 2013 was 18.6 …

Sustainability Indicators: A decade of collective achievement by the steel industry

São Paulo, 08 October 2013 – worldsteel has published its 2013 Sustainability Indicators, providing the steel industry sustainability performance trend for the last decade. Edwin Basson, Director General of worldsteel, said: “The steel industry established a set of eight sustainability indicators in 2003 to measure its environmental, social and economic performance, in recognition of …

worldsteel Short Range Outlook

São Paulo, October 07 2013 – The World Steel Association (worldsteel) today released its Short Range Outlook (SRO) for 2013 and 2014. worldsteel forecasts that global apparent steel use will increase by 3.1% to 1,475 Mt in 2013 following growth of 2.0% in 2012. In 2014, it is forecast that world steel demand will grow …