Demand for steel pipe in the United Arab Emirates is still slow owing to the approaching Ramadan period, which runs throughout August, and the summer holidays. Prices remain unchanged since the second week of July, SBB learns from market ...
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Sentiment in the Chinese steel market continued to improve last week, but mills are hesitant to raise lift prices as end-user demand remains weak. Hebei Iron & Steel kept its August prices for hot and cold rolled coil and end-July prices ...
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US Steel reversed a series of quarterly losses yesterday, reporting a $222m second quarter profit on sales of $5.1bn - a turnaround driven by higher average realized prices and more stable raw materials costs, the company said. The improved ...
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Europe's carbon steel welded tube market in July continues to experience the quiet unexciting conditions which characterised June, and this is expected to continue through August, market participants tell Steel Business Briefing. So far ...
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1. Productivity growth too fast and disorderly competition serious broke the balance of the stainless steel supply and demand. From 2006 to 2010, China stainless steel industry develop rapidly, it keep the world's largest stainless steel ...
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CHINA'S steel industry faces increased oversupply pressure because exports are likely to continue falling in the second half of this year while growth in output may surge, an industry group said yesterday. Although production will remain ...
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Some prices down by as much as 20 to 30 yuan per ton. (CW Group) Prices of cement in several areas in China are now in a steady decline according to market monitoring reports. The report said in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui in East China, ...
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Increase caused by rise in demand. (CW Group) The prices of building materials have increased in Abu Dhabi, a report from the Khaleej Times said. According to the report, the average prices of 15 materials have increased in the country ...
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In the first half of this year, nine major South Korean makers of pre-painted steel sheets sold a total of 1, 107, 400 mt of their products, up 3.1 percent from the same period last year, posting 666, 800 mt in the domestic market and 1, ...
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According to AMA prospects for the tiles market into the medium-term will be determined by the timing, strength and pace of recovery of the economy, which in mid 2011 still remains relatively fragile. The short-term outlook indicates only ...
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The Saudi ministry of commerce and industry has imposed restrictions on export licenses for cement makers in an attempt to ensure enough resources to fuel the kingdom s construction boom, Gulf News has reported. "The ministry has set some ...
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Demand for materials causes surge. (CW Group) The prices of building materials have risen in the UAE, a report from MENAFN said. According to the report, the Statistics Center of Abu Dhabi revealed that the increase in demand has pushed up ...
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Traders now selling products at lower price points. (CW Group) After experiencing a cement shortage two months ago, Ghana has seen a decrease in cement prices, a report from Ghana Online said. Last week, Trade Minister Hannah Tetteh, was in ...
First, starting in 2011, China will implement the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, China's sustained growth and development, rapid urbanization to enhance the period of a year will increase by one percentage point. The country will have about 13 ...
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