It's reported that Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless (NSSC) announced to raise its domestic prices for stainless steel rods for March-May contracts in order to reflect higher alloy costs and stronger Japanese Yen. The company will increase ...
Tags: Steel, steel rods, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
It’s reported that Egyptian Ezz Steel announced to hike the hot rolled coil (HRC) ex-work prices by EGP110/ton to EGP4, 965/ton for March, affected by higher input costs and depreciated Egyptian pound. Market insiders predicted that ...
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According to report, Japan’s Maruichi Steel Tube said it will life up all steel pipe and tube prices by ¥10,000/ton (US$108/ton) for April shipments. The price rise reflects the higher input costs, especially the hot rolled coils. ...
Reportedly, most of the Taiwanese steel pipe makers released its March price policy on March 1st. It’s learned that the steel pipe producers hiked the prices substantially by NT$1,000~NT$1,250/ton averagely for March in order to ...
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Because of the slumping nickel prices at LME, the major stainless steel producers in Taiwan including Yieh United Steel Corp. (Yusco), Tang Eng and Walsin Lihwa all announced to keep the price flat for March. However, the Taiwanese ...
It’s reported that the Korean section steel producers announced to hike the ex-factory prices for March to reflect higher input costs, in spite of weak demand. Hyundai Steel increased the prices of section steel by KRW30, 000/ton ...
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Australian manufacturing showed some tentative signs of improvement in February with the rate of contraction across the sector easing in the month. The latest Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index ...
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Cristal announced that it will increase prices on all of its anatase and rutile TiONA and Cristal titanium dioxide (TiO2) products sold in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and the Asia Pacific sub-regions ...
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US poultry producer Pilgrim's Pride moved to a profit in 2012 and claimed its "best results in recent years". The company made a profit of US$174m in the 12 months to the end of December. This compares to a net loss of $495.7m last year. ...
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Better management of input costs and higher sales in emerging markets have helped global snacks giant Mondelez International report higher underlying profits in 2012. The Cadbury owner booked a 4% increase in operating income to US$3.64bn ...
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Global snacks giant Mondelez International has affirmed confidence in its ability to increase sales by at least 5% on an organic basis in 2012 amid concerns on Wall Street. Better management of input costs and higher sales in emerging ...
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An unhealthy cash flow cycle exists among Australian businesses, with 62 per cent of accounts settled late and firms taking on average, 52 days to pay their bills, according to the latest Trade Payments Analysis by Dun & Bradstreet. The ...
Increases up to 15 percent expected, depending on geographies, applications and specific grades. The price increases are effective in Europe on Feb. 1 and the rest of the world on Feb. 15, 2013, in each case as contracts allow. These ...
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It’s reported that Japan’s Kobe Steel announced to raise the quotes of steel wires and bars by 1,000/ton in order to improve profits. The new prices will be applied for domestic and export markets, effective from April 1st. ...
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US food company Hillshire Brands has reported that its net income decreased by 86.1% to $65m for the second quarter ended 29 December 2012, compared to $470m for the corresponding period in the last year. The company's net sales increased ...
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