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Although Australia is a relatively small producer of coal, it has an inordinate influence on the wor

Despite a slow start to 1994 during a severe winter that hampered coal mining and rail operations, e

Two U.S.-flag container lines serving the West Coast moved Wednesday to avert a threatened strike by

Laura D'Andrea Tyson was welcomed to Washington last year with a blistering attack that labeled her

Recent congressional scrutiny of the Interstate Commerce Commission presents a prime opportunity for

The rush into South America by many shipping lines over the last year has created a demand for mid-s

Virginia Hardwood International, sister company of P.J. Lumber Co., of Alabama, has opened a facilit

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 235.30 off 0.20 w

Rising on the heels of Tuesday's 1994 high of 102.5, The Journal of Commerce IndustrialPrice Index s

UPS TO DOUBLE CAPACITY ON HONG KONG FLIGHTSLOUISVILLE, Ky. - United Parcel Service w

Long-awaited proposals for Japanese tax reform are likely to be short on detail, but the outlines sh

Spain's industrial price index rose 0.1 percent in April and rose 4.1 percent year-on-year, the Nati

U.S. steam-coal demand will climb steadily but slowly over the next 25 years, driven bydomestic elec

The European Union's trade surplus with Eastern Europe is likely to narrow sharply during this year

U.S. salmon fishermen facing a stiff fee for crossing Canadian waters to reach salmon grounds off Al

A cashew-nuts plant in this coastal Kenyan town is up for sale, but mystery surrounds who its new ow

A group of ship lines fed up with longshore strikes and stowaway problems are giving France's two ma

An investigation by Sea-Land Service Inc. indicates that Romanian stowaways have been using a quick

Aeroflot Russian International Airlines is expanding its U.S. operations by adding new flights to th

Freightliner Corp. led the heavy-truck market last month with a 31.9 percent sales increase over yea

ALUMINUM OUTPUT FALLS 2.1 PERCENT IN EUROPELONDON - European primary aluminum produc

Hammered by drought, blight and late freezes this year, wheat merchants in Texas and Oklahoma are st

An insurance company trade association characterized an anti-fraud bill now on the floor of the stat

California job injury claims plunged to a record low in the first quarter of 1994, falling 11.4 perc

Furlough notices have been sent to 258 workers at TWA's overhaul base here, the company announced.

Competition between Germany and Switzerland to win international support for placing the new World T

Diesel fuel prices in Germany should be twice as high to take into account the environmental damage

A 3-month-old U.S.-Russian uranium trade agreement shows signs of falling of its own weight.

DUTCH RAIL UNIONS CALL FOR END OF STRIKEAMSTERDAM, Netherlands - The Dutch rail syst

Plans to publish information on ships detained in the United Kingdom because of unsatisfactory inspe

June 15, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

A coalition of industrial labor unions, environmentalists and West Coast oil refineries Wednesday la

Fresh supplies of Asian robusta coffee, primarily from Indonesia, are still hard to come by as rains

French holding company Cie de Suez said Wednesday it planned to sell its reinsurance business Abeill

Brazil's leading candidate ahead of presidential elections in the fall has vowed to duplicate Nelson

The U.S. draft resolution on sanctions against North Korea calls for a mandatory arms embargo, a cut

Sidney Fish, an award-winning writer and industrial news editor for The Journal of Commerce from 194

LIBYAN OIL MINISTER WINS OPEC PRESIDENCYVIENNA, Austria - Libyan Oil Minister Abdall

Leather and leather garments are a mainstay export for Pakistan, but the industry is in deep distres

Moves toward freer world trade will boost global economic growth and oil consumption but will mean r