TEHRAN — Iran has emerged as the world`s seventh largest consumer of cosmetics, spending 2.1 billion dollars annually on various beauty products, state-run Engish language Iran Daily newspaper said on Sunday. SEE MORE Research from the US shows how natural beauty is becoming less of a premium concern and moving into the mainstream of cosmetics. Kline & Company, a global research and consulting firm, has released its latest study of the impact of the recession on the cosmetics market in the US. SEE MORE Hitachi has achieved a breakthrough in the design of lithium-ion batteries that it claims will lower production costs and extend lifespans to up to 10 years. SEE MORE The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan, SOCAR, is working to revive the Azerikimya state chemicals concern. Azerikimya is to become a SOCAR production unit now that it has been transferred to SOCAR administration. SEE MORE 02:08 PM @ 06/04/2010
International rubber research institutes all forecast that demand for natural rubber will increase steadily from 2010 until 2019.SEE MORE
