Turkish specialty steel producer Asil Celik A.S. (Asil Celik) has announced its financial results for 2012. In 2012, Asil Celik saw a net profit of TRY 22.5 million ($12.4 million), down 66.9 percent compared to the previous year. Sales ...
Kazakhstan-based mining group Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Plc. (ENRC) has announced that in 2012 it registered a net loss of $852 million compared to a net profit of $1.98 billion in the previous year, while its revenue amounted ...
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Gujarat NRE Coking Coal (GNCCL), the Australian subsidiary of India-based Gujarat NRE, has announced that India-based Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL) has increased its shareholding in the company to 29 percent as of March 22. JSPL also ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Coking Coal
According to the report from the Latin American Association of Steel (Alacero), in February 2013 the volume of crude steel produced was 5.5 million tons, an increase of 4 percent compared to the volume registered in the same month of 2012. ...
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-based iron ore mining company MMX Mineracao & Metalico SA (MMX) has announced its financial results for 2012. In 2012, MMX registered a net loss of R$792.4 million ($400 million), compared to a net loss of R$19.2 ...
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In 2012, German exports to China increased by 2.7 percent compared with the previous year to €66.6 billion, while imports from China were down 2.8 percent year on year to €77.3 billion. As reported by the Federal Statistical ...
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A new Sophos survey has found that the average technology user carries 2.9 devices. The vendor’s Naked Security site conducted a survey of more than 2,200 users worldwide, asking readers how many devices they carry, and which ...
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A new survey conducted by IMS Research of more than 400 global photovoltaic (PV) inverter customers has revealed a rapidly growing need for energy storage in PV systems. Despite the infancy of the energy storage market, nearly one third ...
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Based on the US Department of Commerce's most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that steel import permit applications for the month of February total ...
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In January this year, Japan's cold rolled sheet and strip shipments increased by 4.4 percent month on month and were up by four percent on year-on-year basis, according to the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF) data. The country's CR ...
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According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in January this year Turkey's rebar (including round bar) exports amounted to 553,020 metric tons, decreasing by 29 percent compared to the previous month and down ...
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A new survey shows that Americans are changing their lighting habits. But awareness of new technologies is still mixed. The penetration of incandescent light bulbs in American homes has dropped significantly in 2012, according to a new ...
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The Game Developers Conference (GDC) has polled more than 2,500 North American game developers who attended the conference in 2012 or plan to attend GDC 2013 in March about their development practices, revealing several notable trends with ...
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In 2012, Japan's hot rolled plate and sheet shipments decreased by six percent on year-on-year basis, amounting to 11.17 million metric tons, following the three percent year-on-year decrease recorded in 2011. 72 percent of shipments were ...
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Brazil-based steel producer Gerdau SA has reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year 2012. In the fourth quarter, the net profit of the company was R$142 million ($72 million), down 70 percent compared to the ...
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