Long steel producer Siderurgica Norte Brasil (Sinobras) has received a license to expand its mill in the city of Maraba, in the state of Para, Brazil, the company announced on Thursday. The state’s governor delivered the document to ...
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In July this year, Germany's crude steel output decreased by 3.1 percent month on month to 3.45 million metric tons, rising by 1.5 percent compared to July 2013, according to the information provided by the German steel federation ...
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In June this year, Swedish crude steel production amounted to 400,500 metric tons, increasing by 8.1 percent year on year, but down 2.6 percent as compared to May, according to the latest data released by the Swedish Steel Producers' ...
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Kocaeli-based Turkish steel wire and rope producer Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayii Inc. has announced its financial results for the second quarter and the first half of the current year. In the second quarter, the company posted a net profit ...
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Brazil's iron ore export volume amounted to 29.55 million mt in June this year, decreasing by 3.70 percent compared to May and up 13.20 percent compared to the same month of 2013, according to the information released by the Brazilian ...
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According to a report released by the South East Asia Iron and Steel Institute (SEAISI), in 2013 China overtook Japan as the biggest source of steel imports of ASEAN (Association of South East Nations) countries, with a market share of ...
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There's an old saying in China that a word is worth a thousand pieces of gold, but one anti-corruption official's accusations involving the name change of a medicinal herb may prove it can cost much more. Lu Qun, deputy director of an ...
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In the first half of this year, Japan's cold rolled sheet and strip shipments decreased by 0.46 percent on year-on-year basis to 3.25 million metric tons, according to the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF) data. 52 percent of shipments ...
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According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in the first half of this year Turkey's pre-painted galvanized iron (PPGI) exports amounted to 83,256 mt, decreasing by 26.02 percent, while the revenue from these ...
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In the first six months of the current year, Turkey's pre-painted galvanized iron (PPGI) imports amounted to 33,047 mt, increasing by 26.1 percent, while the revenue of these imports rose to $35.67 million, up 7.77 percent, both year on ...
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Global demand for specialty silicas -- which include precipitated silica, silica gel, silica sol, and fumed silica -- is forecast to grow 5.0 percent per year through 2018 to 2.9 million metric tons, valued at $6.9 billion. This will ...
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Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the first half of this year finished steel imports from China to Latin America increased by 65 percent year on year to 4 million metric tons. Latin America, which ...
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China's apparent oil demand* in June turned directions from May and climbed 2.7% versus the same month a year ago to 41.94 million metric tons (mt) or an average 10.25 million barrels per day (b/d), according to a just-released Platts ...
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SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, a theme park and entertainment firm, has used Coca-Cola’s PlantBottle packaging technology to develop the first refillable plastic cup. The PlantBottle technology, which is usually used for Coca ...
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Voith Paper, a division of Voith Group, has delivered three paper machines to China-based Sun Paper. The two medium-sized packaging paper machines PM 31 and the PM 32 with a wire width of 7.3m will be installed at the Sun Paper's facility ...
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