It’s reported that Korea’s trade balance showed a surplus of US$19.6 billion in the first half of this year, posting a slight rise in exports in spite of weak external conditions, according to report released by the Export and ...
Tags: Mineral, Metallurgy
Revenues of € 100.0 million were achieved by Pfeiffer Vacuum in the first quarter of 2013. “Considering that we started the year 2013 with an order intake of € 97 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, we can be reasonably ...
More IT leaders plan to invest more in technology this year than they did in 2012, according to a recent Tech Poll/Tech Priorities survey conducted by CIO Research. But, before you get too excited, it's only a few more IT executives ...
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Dutch dairy cooperative Royal FrieslandCampina has reported a 26.9% increase in its full year net earnings to €274m, compared to €216m in 2011, driven by a higher operating profit and lower financing costs. The cooperative ...
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In February this year, China's producer price index (PPI) decreased by 1.6 percent compared to February 2012 and indicated a slight rise of 0.2 percent month on month, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Meanwhile, ...
The relentless rise in raw materials costs, which has been hitting European coatings producers over the last 2-3 years, has at last been easing. But the relief from the constant pressure of rising input prices may be short lived. The ...
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Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki has issued its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year 2012. In the fourth quarter, Ruukki posted an operating loss of €39 million, remaining almost unchanged compared to the ...
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In January this year, China’s producer price index (PPI) decreased by 1.6 percent year on year and indicated a slight rise of 0.2 percent compared with December 2012, China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced on February ...
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China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has announced that during last week (January 14-20) the average finished steel price in China decreased by 0.1 percent compared to the previous week.In particular, in the given week prices of 10 mm ...
Global steelmaker ArcelorMittal is considering resuming a blast furnace in its Dunkerque steel plant in northern France, according to media reports. The restart decision is believed to be a result of the slight rise in European steel ...
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After experiencing a boon in 2010, the weak LED market reaction in 2011 did not allow the global LED manufacturing production to grow as expected. Capacity utilization reached a low due to the fast capacity expansion and slower market ...
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Q2 1012 apparent consumption down more than 12% YoY Stocks reduced further Demand seen falling almost 9% in 2012 Market to remain depressed well into 2013 Timid recovery in H2 2013 In Q2 2012, EU apparent steel consumption fell by ...
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Imports fell 32% YoY over first 8 months of 2012 Flat products imports remained on a sharply downward trend Licenses: no indication for short-term rise Imports forecast to drop 26% in 2012, slight rise in 2013 Total steel imports ...
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The downhill trend in the price indices for solid wood products for manufacturing wooden pallets and wooden packaging did not continue in the second quarter of 2012. The HPE wood-price index for “solid wood for wooden pallets” ...
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Italian furniture manufacturers have again had to struggle against sharply declining domestic sales since 2011, a trend which especially affects small companies aligned primarily to the Italian market. The Italian furniture industry had ...
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