China exported 7.54 million mt of finished steel in April this year, up 11.5 percent month on month, while it exported 25.87 million mt of finished steel in the January-April period of the year, rising by 29.5 percent year on year, ...
Tags: Finished Steel, coke
In April of the current year, China's total foreign trade value amounted to $358.627 billion, indicating a year-on-year increase of 0.8 percent, as announced by the Chinese customs authorities on May 8. In the given period, the total value ...
Tags: Foreign Trade
Germany's trade surplus narrowed in March as a drop in exports from Europe's largest economy outpaced a drop in imports. The Federal Statistical Office reported Friday that Germany exported goods worth 91.6 billion euros ($127.81 billion) ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Due to China's export potential to Mexico regarding the production of steel wire and the dynamics of the two markets, Mexico's Ministry of Economy (SE) has launched an investigation into the potential impact of unfair trade practices in ...
Chile exported $3.076 billion worth of copper in April, down 11% from $3.468 billion in the year-ago month, central bank data showed Wednesday. Chile is the world's largest producer of copper and is forecast to produce a record 6 million ...
Tags: Copper, copper producer
Indonesia's Newmont Nusa Tenggara was expected to reduce production at its Batu Hijau copper and gold mine around June 1, unless it is able to complete the process to secure an initial export permit from the government, the company said ...
Tags: Copper Output, PT Smelting
The Singapore Exchange (SGX) will launch two coking coal swaps contracts in July settled against prices produced by The Steel Index (TSI), to capitalize on growing interest in steel raw materials derivatives, the exchange said in a ...
Tags: Coking Coal, coking coal futures
A major survey of more than 1,600 firms has found that the high value of the Australian dollar, difficulties in obtaining finance and a lack of information about overseas markets remain major barriers to expanded international operations. ...
Tags: Australian dollar
China’s manufacturing contracted in April for the fourth straight month but the pace of decline was less severe, suggesting the downturn in the world’s No. 2 economy is bottoming out. HSBC’s purchasing managers’ ...
In April of the current year, new motor vehicle registrations (including automobiles and commercial vehicles) in the German market totaled 300,650 units, down by 8.61 month on month and decreasing 3.51 percent year on year, according to the ...
Tags: Auto Output, motor vehicle
In April this year, manganese ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland totaled 117,325 metric tons, decreasing by 35.97 percent from 183,220 metric tons in March and up 118.06 percent compared to the same month of 2013, according to the ...
Tags: Manganese Ore, Port Hedland
The US Census Bureau and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced Tuesday that total March exports of $193.9 billion and imports of $234.3 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $40.4 ...
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Russian exports of stainless steel products in the first quarter this year decreased by 49.8 percent year on year to 2,713 mt, according to Russia-based SpetsStal Association. In particular, in terms of stainless steel products, in the ...
Tags: Stainless Steel
In the January-April period of the current year, coal production in Russia decreased by 1.8 percent year on year to 113.085 million mt, including 26.8 million mt of coal produced in April, down 9.8 percent compared to April 2013, according ...
Tags: Coal Production, coal imports
April coal exports out of the Richards Bay Coal Terminal fell 13% year on year and 21% on the month to 5.45 million mt, the 91 million mt/year South African facility said Tuesday. RBCT shipments at the end of April stood at an annualized ...
Tags: Coal Exports, coal