Indian steel giant Tata Steel has announced that it expects to register an impairment charge of $1.6 billion for the financial year ended March 31, 2013, as a result of its review for the period in question. The company attributed the ...
Tags: Tata Steel, Mineral
According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa, in March this year the country's mining production decreased by 3.5 percent year on year, while the seasonally adjusted mining production index in March also decreased ...
Tags: Iron Ore Mining, Mineral
The Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has approved new sections of the U.S. Bicycle Route System in Minnesota, Missouri and Kentucky. With these additions, the USBRS now totals 5,616 miles in 10 states. ...
Lenders to London-based Stemcor, the world's largest independent steel trader, have appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to assess Stemcor's proposal for a standstill agreement on $850 million of loans, according to Reuters. After ...
Tags: Mineral, Standstill Deal Request
China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has announced that during last week (May 6-12) the average steel price in China decreased by 0.2 percent compared to the previous week. In particular, in the given week prices of 50 mm x 50 mm ...
Tags: Steel Price, Mineral
With as many as 1 in 10 Australian infants suffering from a food allergy, Food Allergy Week is an annual national campaign by Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA) that helps promote and develop the awareness of food allergy and ...
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The president of the Australian Industrial Truck Association (AITA), Steve Stewart, has announced the program for the Safety Week Seminar to be held on Tuesday 4 June at the Novotel Sydney, Rooty Hill, from 9 am to 12 noon. The seminar is ...
Mechel, one of the leading Russian mining and steel groups, has announced that its crude steel output in the first quarter of the current year decreased by 21 percent to 1.3 million mt compared to the same period of last year. In ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Mineral
The American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) reported according to government data, steel exports increased in March 2013 over February 2013 by 6.1 percent. "The stronger showing for steel exports in March was due primarily to ...
Taiwan Formosa group's investment of the Fujian Fuxin Special Steel Co, a Greenfield stainless steel works in south-east China’s Fujian province, is successful to produce the first batch of steel products on May 12th. The plant main ...
Tags: Speical Steel, Steel
According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japan's ferroalloy imports totaled 132,889 metric tons in March this year, increasing by 30.3 percent compared to the previous month, following three months of month-on-month ...
Tags: Imports Rise, Previous Decreases
As of May 13, inventory of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports amounted to 71.905 million mt, indicating an increase of 1.095 million mt or 1.55 percent on week-on-week basis, as announced by China’s Xinhua News Agency. As of May ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Chinese Ports
CFirst seen at the 2013 Chicago auto show in February, the new Volkswagen Beetle GSR pays tribute to the 1973 ‘Yellow-Black Racer’ special edition based on the Beetle 1303 S – with GSR standing for Gelb-Schwarze Renner or ...
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The Volkswagen Amarok Power-Pickup has been unveiled by the German car maker following teaser sketches of its 200kW ute concept. VW calls the Power-Pickup “designed as a rolling workshop to carry spare parts, tools and race ...
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Tanzania’s cotton output for the ongoing season is likely to plunge 40 percent, due to outdated agricultural techniques and other factors, according to a Tanzania’s Daily News report. Tanzania’s cotton cultivation ...
Tags: Cotton Production, Cotton