A STEADY-AS-SHE-GOES statement from the US central bank and easing fears about Cyprus has had little impact on the Australian dollar. At 7am AEDT, the local unit was trading $US1.0379, level with where it ended the local session ...
According to data released by the National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus, in the first two months of the current year the value of metallurgical production in Belarus increased by five percent compared to the same period ...
In 2010, GDP per capita, expressed in terms of purchasing power standards, in the EU27's 270 NUTS-2 regions ranged from 26% of the EU27 average in the region of Severozapaden in Bulgaria, to 328% of the average in Inner London in the United ...
In February this year, French crude steel production amounted to 1.29 million mt, down by 0.8 percent year on year, constituting the ninth successive month of decline on year-on-year basis, according to the latest data released by the ...
According to the latest data released by the Swedish Steel Producers' Association (Jernkontoret), in February this year Swedish crude steel production amounted to 338,700 metric tons, decreasing by 10.5 percent year on year and down 8.6 ...
According to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat), in the January-February period of the current year Russia registered a 2.6 percent decline in its rolled steel product output to 8.9 million mt, a 4.4 percent decrease in its ...
In January of the current year, the Italian seasonally-adjusted industrial production index increased by 0.8 percent compared with the previous month, according to ISTAT, Italy’s national statistics office. The average index value for ...
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As reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in February this year the producer prices of industrial products in Germany fell by 0.1 percent compared to January this year and were up 1.2 percent compared to February 2012, ...
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Russia is considering a Chinese request to double crude oil export capacity to China to 30 million mt/year (600,000 b/d) by building a second line alongside the Skovorodino-Mohe pipeline, an offshoot of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean ...
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Gas prices on Continental Europe's trading hubs were seen higher on the prompt Monday morning, with temperatures in Germany and the Benelux region set to remain below seasonal averages in the coming week, keeping demand high, while curve ...
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Russia should maintain Gazprom's monopoly on exports of Russian gas to Europe but allow other companies to export LNG to rapidly growing markets of the Asia-Pacific region, energy minister Alexander Novak said Saturday. As Gazprom has the ...
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It’s reported that the steel giant ArcelorMittal released its plan of US$3 billion in savings by end of 2015, through enhancing its reliability and productivity at its blast furnace as and reducing its fuel costs. The steel giant ...
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According to a report released by the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS), in February this year the producer price index (PPI) for the UK manufacturing industry rose by 0.8 percent compared to January this year, following a ...
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International credit rating agency Moody's has announced that it has downgraded Russian steelmaker Mechel's rating to B3 from B2, changing its outlook to negative from stable. Moody's stated that the downgrade reflects low coking coal ...
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In February this year, Italian crude steel output decreased by 15 percent year on year to 2.123 million metric tons, according to the figures released by the Italian steel producers association Federacciai. February is the 11th month in a ...