Raw materials, industrial products prices on the rise (Toronto Star) - The Industrial Product Price Index increased one per cent in November, while the Raw Materials Price Index rose 2.2 per cent due to higher prices for petroleum and metals.

Commodities mixed amid uncertain demand outlook (Taipei Times) - Commodity prices diverged this week as traders reacted to a mixed demand outlook for raw materials. OIL: World oil prices rose this week as traders eyed demand concerns, the US dollar and hopes of global economic recovery.

Gold sinks most in seven weeks on China worries (The Age) - Gold in New York fell to the biggest weekly loss in seven weeks on speculation that China will raise interest rates to control inflation, reducing demand for raw materials including precious metals.

Associated Materials and AMH Holdings Report Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Associated Materials today announced results for the quarter and fiscal year ended January 2, 2010. Financial highlights are as follows:

American Coatings Show 2010 (ChemPoint) - targets technical professionals interested in learning about the latest coating methods for products. This show gives firsthand knowledge of the latest developments in raw materials, equipment, and services for the industry.

BHP’s Kloppers Winning War to End Annual Price Talks (Update2) (Bloomberg) - March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Marius Kloppers , chief executive officer of BHP Billiton Ltd. , is winning his war on how the steel industry buys its raw materials.

Google-Mapping Your Life: Which Way to Omelet-Town? (Fast Company Magazine) - Christoph Niemann's latest project is an atlas of daily life. Maps aren't just for getting around anymore; they've become so ubiquitous--and so easy to manipulate--that they're more like raw materials that artists, designers, and everyone else use to make sense of the world as it is, or just make a new one. Sharing the shelves with dozens of newly compiled atlases of historic cartography are ...

Sector movers: Yule sale sparks positive chemical reaction (ShareCast) - LONDON (SHARECAST) - Some well received news from raw materials company Yule Catto has proved a catalyst for good gains in the chemicals sector.

Corrugated box makers prepare index to back price rise (Business Standard India) - Western India Corrugated Box Manufacturers’ Association (WICMA) is preparing an “index” that would give detailed information about raw materials and the finished product (corrugated boxes). This, according to sources, would initiate a process that would enable the association to convince customers that a price rise is indeed the need of the hour for the industry. If implemented, this would be ...

U.S. Stocks Pare Retreat as Technology Companies Rally (Bloomberg) - March 11 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks pared losses as technology companies rallied and raw-materials producers trimmed their retreat. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fell 0.1 percent to 1,144.17 at 10:44 a.m. in New York after decreasing as much as 0.6 percent earlier.