February steel imports are expected to hold at elevated levels seen in January, which was already a near 27% boost from December, according to Department of Commerce data that was updated Tuesday. The US had 2.9 million mt of steel ...
Tags: Steel Imports, Plate products
In the first two months this year, the Turkish domestic passenger car market narrowed by 17.74 percent year on year, with sales falling to 51,535 units, according to the statistics released by the Turkish Automotive Distributors Association ...
Tags: Passenger Car, Mineral
In January this year, Turkey's pre-painted galvanized iron (PPGI) exports decreased by 78.40 percent year on year to 4,691 metric tons and were down 55.84 percent month on month, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical ...
Tags: PPGI Exports, galvanized iron
In January this year producer prices in French industry decreased by 0.6 percent month on month, following a month-on-month rise of 0.1 percent recorded in December, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of ...
A key gauge of China’s manufacturing activity fell again in February as companies are becoming increasingly cautious about future business conditions amid sluggish demand both at home and abroad. The official Purchasing ...
Tags: PMI, manufacturing activity
In January this year, Japan's industrial production increased by four percent from December and rose by 10.6 percent from January 2013, according to the preliminary indices of the Industrial Production report published by Japan's Ministry ...
Tags: Iron and Steel, Mineral
According to the monthly consumer tendency survey released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the consumer confidence index* in Turkey, which stood at 72.4 points in January, decreased by 4.3 percent month on month in February ...
Tags: consumer tendency, Mineral
According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in February this year the domestic producer price index (PPI) for Turkish industry in general rose by 1.38 percent over January and was up 12.40 percent year ...
Tags: Metal Producer, Mineral
The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector was at 50.2 percent in February of the current year, down 0.3 percentage points compared to January but remaining above 50 percent , according to China's National Bureau ...
Tags: Manufacturing PMI, Mineral
In February this year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) for the Chinese steel sector stood at 39.9 percent, down by 0.8 percentage points as compared to January, falling to the lowest level since September 2012, as announced by the China ...
Tags: Steel Sector, Mineral
Japan's LNG imports in January rose 1.2% from December to 8.18 million mt but fell 0.8% year on year, data released Thursday by the Ministry of Finance showed. Australia was the largest supplier with 1.73 million mt of LNG, up 10.4% year ...
Tags: LNG Imports, Chemicals
The net volume of gas imported into the UK outstripped domestic production in 2013 for the first time ever, the Department of Energy and Climate Change said Thursday. "Imports of gas again exceeded UK production, and in 2013 for the first ...
Tags: Gas Imports, Domestic Output
Taiwan's industrial production index in January this year decreased by 1.78 percent as compared to January 2013 and was down 2.93 percent month on month, according to the country's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Meanwhile, Taiwan's ...
Tags: Basic Metal, Metal Output
According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in December last year Turkey's coking coal imports totaled 600,517 mt, up 52.56 percent year on year and increasing by 62.91 percent on month-on-month basis. ...
Tags: Coking Coal, Mineral
China's crude oil imports from Iran in January jumped 82.2% year on year to 2.4 million mt, or an average 566,856 b/d, according to final data released by the General Administration of Customs on Wednesday. The imports were also up 11.2% ...
Tags: Crude Imports, Crude