CHICAGO (Reuters) - Raw materials like steel, copper and plastics are likely to remain expensive this year due to the voracious appetite of such emerging markets as China, but several prominent ...

China’s factory activity contracted for the eighth straight month in November, according to an official survey on Sunday, underscoring challenges for the country’s economy despite the U.S.-China trade ...

In recent years, purchasing managers indexes have become important indicators of where the global economy might be heading. But in the current slowdown, where small businesses were some of the hardest ...

Manufacturing PMI slips to 51.0 in May from 51.1 in April Services PMI rises to 55.2 in May from 54.9 in April Raw materials costs grow at fastest pace since 2010 BEIJING, May 31 (Reuters) - China's ...

(Beijing) — China’s manufacturing activity expanded at the fastest pace in 13 months in March, with business confidence hitting an 11-month high, driven by growing new orders from customers at home ...

Dozens of workers at a shoe factory in southern China’s Dongguan city glue, sew and buff foam slippers and canvas shoes. They punch every hole and lace every shoe by hand. “Every lacing is [done] ...

Industry sources said that the withdrawal of the QCO imposed on viscose fibre and yarn would make the raw material available ...

NEW DELHI: RC Bhargava, Chairman of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) said that dependence on China for raw materials (primarily lithium) is the primary reason why companies are not interested in ...