raw materials

Amid ongoing geopolitical tensions and economic instability, the European Union's reliance on imported raw materials has become a pressing issue. Between 2014 and 2023, Romania doubled its imports of recyclable raw materials from non-EU…

Europe will resume the extraction of magnesium for the first time after more than a decade, in the context in which the EU tries to reduce its dependence on imports of essential raw materials from China, reports the Financial Times, quoted…

Agroland Business System, a Romanian entrepreneurial retail, agriculture, and food group, which operates the largest network of agricultural stores in Romania, obtains non-reimbursable financing under the SME AGRI-FOOD program (working…

Romanian companies are mainly concerned about the unfavourable evolution of general costs, amid rising prices of energy and raw materials internationally, about the workforce shortages and the geopolitical context, according to the latest…

Private companies around the world expect the wide-ranging impacts from the pandemic will continue to be felt for the next several years, according to the latest Deloitte Private Survey, conducted among 2,750 privately held companies in 33…

Last year, Romania registered deficit in the agri-food trade of EUR 853.9 million, up by 53 percent against 2016 – EUR 557.4 million, according to figures provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR). ”Romania…

The National Bank of Romania (BNR) has revised downwards the inflation forecast for this year by 0.4% to 1.7%, central bank Governor Mugur Isarescu announced on Thursday during a press conference focused on inflation. For the end of 2018…

The World Bank has improved slightly the advance estimates of the Romanian economy in 2016 to 4% from 3.9%, as estimated in January, according to the biannual report ‘Global Economic Prospects’ released on Tuesday. However, the World…

Alro Slatina, the only producer of primary and alloy aluminium products in Romania and the biggest aluminium producer in Central and Eastern Europe, registered a preliminary adjusted net profit of RON 85 million in 2015, compared to an…

As of October 11 and until November 20, 2015, Rompetrol Rafinare, company member of KMG International will shut down the Petromidia refinery and the petrochemistry division in order to perform maintenance works for the scheduled general…