Volkswagen Group has sold 4.11 million vehicles from January to May, representing a 6.3% increase compared to the same period of 2013. The company handed over 864,600 (May 2013: 816,300; +5.9 percent) units to customers in May. "The ...
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US spot mixed xylene was assessed at $3.96/gallon ($1,199.88/mt) FOB US Gulf Coast for June, a near-seven-month high, as buyers sought to buy product in a tightly supplied market, sources said. US mixed xylene pricing was last seen above ...
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As of June 9, inventory of iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports amounted to 114.71 million mt, down 0.48 million mt or 0.42 percent compared to the inventory level recorded on June 2, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency. As of the ...
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Kortrijk, Belgium-based Bekaert, one of the world's largest steel cord and wire manufacturers, has announced that in the first quarter of the current year it achieved consolidated sales of €782 million, falling 2.1 percent compared to ...
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The North American net new aluminum mill order index rose 0.32% in April compared with March, according to the Aluminum Association. New mill orders increased 0.02% compared with April 2013, but the year-to-date index slipped 1.16%, the ...
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France's manufacturing output in March this year decreased by 0.7 percent month on month, after an upward trend which had begun in October 2013, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic ...
Chinese aluminum stocks at Shanghai Futures Exchange warehouses fell 0.5% Wednesday, halting a 14-week upward trend in weekly stock levels, according to data released late Wednesday by the bourse. Aluminum inventories at SHFE warehouses ...
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Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. says it will establish an overseas subsidiary in Germany on May 1, 2014.It will be called Toyo Tire Deutschland GmbH (TTD). Previously, all tire sales for the German and Austrian markets were handled by the ...
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Following the relative improvement of real steel consumption in the second half of 2013, estimates for consumption in the first quarter of 2014 indicate that the recovery in final demand gained further strength, according to the Economic ...
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Freight rates for shipping coal from northern China's Qinhuangdao port to the other Chinese ports of Zhangjiagang, Shanghai and Guangzhou dropped significantly in the week to March 25, ending a five-week upward trend, Qinhuangdao Port said ...
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Con-way Freight is the latest less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier to announce it’s increasing rates. Come March 31, the company will raise its general rate by about 5.4 percent, which will be applicable to non-contractual business. ...
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In 2013, amid slowing economic growth and sluggish demand in China, economies overseas witnessed a gradual recovery. Under such circumstances, China's stainless steel imports declined, while its exports continued to increase. Stainless ...
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From a technical point of view the market did resolve the flag formation that we had mentioned last week and broke out to the upside, which propelled March to a six-month high, while May traded at its best level since April 2012. On ...
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The mood of German consumers was notably buoyant at the start of 2014. Both economic and income expectations as well as willingness to buy improved, in part quite considerably. Following a revised value of 7.7 points in January, the overall ...
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Canadian contractors took out $6.8 billion worth of building permits in November, down 6.7 percent from October. This decline follows an 8.0 percent gain the previous month. Despite this monthly decrease, the total value of permits ...
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