Solar cell maker Solartech Energy will temporarily suspend one of its 11 production lines in Taiwan and continue operating the other 10 to maintain a local capacity utilization rate at 90%, according to Chinese-language newspaper Economic ...
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Total global solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity is forecast to reach 498 gigawatts (GW) in 2019, which is 177% higher than 2014, according to IHS. While total global solar PV demand is projected to grow steadily, the large number of discrete ...
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China's auto sales accelerated in the first two months of this year, led by demand for sport utility vehicles and minivans. Retail deliveries of passenger vehicles increased by 16 percent to 3.49 million units in January and February, the ...
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With 'wildfire' growth over, many production lines idle Overcapacity is proving to be a headache for automakers in China as sales slow in the world's largest auto market, said analysts and industry insiders. Though 23.5 million vehicles ...
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Solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) expects utilization of its polycrystalline ingot growing capacity to rise from 70% currently to 100% in first-quarter 2015, according to company president Doris Hsu. The utilization ...
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Falling LNG costs and rising domestic gas prices in China have made opportunistic purchases increasingly attractive for non-traditional LNG buyers, which are now putting pressure on state-owned terminal operators to gain access to their ...
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The worldwide solar market demand in 2014 was approximately at 44GW, even though the China market did not perform as well as expectations, due to the continuous growth in Japan and the U.S. market, the supply and demand remained stable. At ...
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YoungTek Electronics, which provides backend services for LED and IC testing and sorting, is expected to post an up to 10% sequential decrease in fourth-quarter revenues due to a seasonal slowdown in demand, according to market watchers. ...
Tags: LED testing, IC sorting, Lights
Thailand based, Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL) said in the first nine months of fiscal 2014, its core net profit skyrocketed in triple digits, from the same period of previous fiscal year. IVL, a producer of intermediate ...
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In October this year, the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 75.4 percent, down from 76.6 percent recorded in September, while the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal ...
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According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending October 18, 2014, US domestic raw steel production was 1,822,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 75.7 percent. Production was 1,832,000 net tons in ...
According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending October 4, 2014, US domestic raw steel production was 1,825,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 75.9 percent. Production was 1,850,000 net tons in the ...
For Chinese solar manufacturers, the fourth quarter is the most important time for solar photovoltaic installations. It is then that Chinese vendors speed up deployment to meet the central government’s annual targets. The Chinese ...
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Karachi-based Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) has announced that it has received two shipments of 20,000 mt and 50,000 mt of iron ore, while another shipment of 50,000 mt of iron ore was being unloaded as of September 19, with all these cargoes ...
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In September this year, the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 76.6 percent, up from 76.0 percent recorded in August, while the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing ...
Tags: Basic Metal, Mineral