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Prospects for manufacturing in 2019.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB239839
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Outlook for the mining sector.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB205706
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Purchasing managers’ indices (PMIs) show that activity has slowed abruptly this year. Business conditions will deteriorate further amid looming energy shortages in Europe…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273151
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Prospects for manufacturing in 2016.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB206867
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Cost-control is no longer the overriding consideration, given regulatory and investor demands to address environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns, and consumer demands…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257826
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High inventories in Chinese steel mills have reduced steel and iron ore prices this year. Concerns about retaliation against the US tariffs are accentuating the trend. Prices of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB233433
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China-US trade tensions are affecting global trade patterns, and this includes the outlook for US shipping -- an industry which itself faces a changing operating environment as…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB245117
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This spending is needed as manufacturers are under pressure to re-engineer their businesses by deploying technologies to enhance productivity and develop and scale new products…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB243754
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Even though it has lost around 13% since that peak, gold is only down by 7% in US dollar terms in the year to date, although the dollar has risen by a record amount this year.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271957
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Mexico, with its long US border and relatively low wages, is well-placed to take advantage of this trend, and is doing so to some extent, but several factors are weighing on its…