Industry Outlook

The Hawaii Beef Industry: Situation and Outlook Update

The purpose of this report is to present qualitative and quantitative information on the situation and outlook for the Hawaii beef industry. Since 1986, Hawaii’s market share of the local beef market has decreased from about 30 percent to less than 10 percent. Hawaii cannot com­ pete in the production of grain-finished beef from the mainland USA because of the high cost of inputs here. Currentl...

Review and Outlook of Chinese Manganese Mining Industry

According to the publication by US Minerals Survey in 1999, the total reserve of manganese ore in the world is 0.66 billion tons. See Table 1. Table 1 World Manganese ore reserve(Mn metal weight, million tons) __________________________________________ Name of counties Reserve in 1999 __________________________________________ South Africa 370 Ukraine 135 China 40 India 34 Australia 26 Gabon 20...

Blockchain application and outlook in the banking industry

Blockchain technology is a core, underlying technology with promising application prospects in the banking industry. On one hand, the banking industry in China is facing the impact of interest rate liberalization and profit decline caused by the narrowing interest-rate spread. On the other hand, it is also affected by economic transformation, Internet development, and financial innovations. Hen...

Outlook.

A little over a year ago I gave the summary talk at SUSY-95 in Paris. It was quite a dreadful experience. I came to the Conference with nothing in my hands, sat through all the talks but one, preparing my transparencies at night, skipping all social events. Very tired, I ended trying to summarize every talk, even the one which, not only I had missed, but also, as I learned later, had been cance...

Minority and Female Employment in the Omaha MSA Construction Industry: Status, Trends and Outlook