Iron ore prices could continue to trade above $130/dry mt CFR North China in the first quarter of 2014, after higher-than-expected steel production in China supported them last year, Macquarie analysts said Thursday. "We believe Q1 2014 ...
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A consortium of Taiwanese companies is proposing to build a petrochemicals complex in China's Fujian province with state-owned Sinopec, Taiwan's Commercial Times newspaper reported Friday. The report said six Taiwanese companies, ...
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China's oil demand in November fell 2.1 percent year-on-year to an average 9.9 million barrels a day, according to a report by Platts that was based on China's latest government data. It is the second time that China's oil demand declined ...
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Electrolytic manganese metal prices have risen as increased domestic demand coupled with reduced run rates at most plants tighten supplies further, sources said Thursday. Platts assessed 99.7% manganese at $2,170-2,220/mt FOB China ...
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China's Shougang Group plans to maintain its crude steel output at 33 million mt in 2014 amid uncertainties on steel prices, a company source said Friday. The state-owned steelmaker has six 2,500-cubic meter blast furnaces at Caofeidian, ...
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According to a report from Alacero, finished steel imports from China to Latin America reached 4.7 million tons between January-November 2013, growing 17 percent versus same period of 2012. Latin America represented 10 percent of the global ...
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On January 3, Chinese steelmaker Chongqing Iron and Steel (Group) Co. announced that in 2014 it plans to produce 6.42 million mt of pig iron, 6 million mt of crude steel, 5.65 million mt of finished steel and 3.065 million mt of coke. The ...
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An agreement has been signed to build a cold rolled silicon steel coil project with an annual output of 100,000 mt in the city of Shahe in China's Hebei Province, as reported by local media sources in Hebei on January 3. The facility will ...
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Shanxi Province-based Chinese steelmaker Taiyuan Iron and Steel Co. (TISCO) has announced that it produced 9.98 million mt of crude steel in 2013, including 3.22 million mt of stainless steel. In addition, in the given year the company ...
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On January 6, Hubei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp. (WISCO) announced that in 2013 it produced an estimated 39.68 million mt of crude steel, while it achieved an estimated net profit of RMB 1.5 billion ...
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Liaoning Province-based Chinese steelmaker Anshan Iron and Steel Group Co. (Ansteel) has announced that its board of directors have approved a joint venture project for the construction of a high-strength galvanized automotive sheet ...
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Sichuan Province-based Chinese state-owned steel producer Panzhihua Iron and Steel (Pangang Group) has announced that it has signed an agreement with Sichuan-based CSR Meishan Rolling Stock Co. regarding cooperation in the fields of ...
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A hepatitis B vaccine has been ruled out in the deaths of nine children in China, a health official said. Yu Jingjin, director of the National Health and Family Planning Commission's disease control bureau, said investigators were still ...
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UK manufacturers can beat China on price, quality and service, as Bolton based contract electronics manufacturer, Ability Tec, has proved. This social enterprise company was born out of a former Remploy Electronics factory and three ...
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China exports were maintain sustained growth since the beginning of the year,it is according to the Chinese customs statistics that the total valume of import and export are over $2.05 trillion.It is including exports of $1.05282 trillion. ...
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