Taiwan's largest steelmaker China Steel Corporation (CSC) has announced that in September this year its carbon steel sales volume amounted to 838,719 metric tons, rising 1.21 percent compared to August and accounting for 65 percent of ...
South Africa headquartered Sasol Limited has taken the final decision to set up an US$ 8.1 billion ethane cracker and derivatives complex at its existing site in Lake Charles, Louisiana. "At the heart of the project is an ethane cracker ...
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Supported by the commissioning of two lines, the VSF business at Grasim Industries, achieved record sales volume of 100,927 tons, up 8% from a year ago quarter in the second fiscal quarter ending September 2014. “Concerted market ...
After falling by about 50% from 2009-2014, pricing for solar glass is set to commence a rebound starting in 2015, as anti-dumping duties levied by the European Union go into effect on China suppliers. Average global pricing for glass used ...
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New Taipei has adopted a PFI (private finance initiative) scheme to replace streetlamps with LED models in the northern Taiwanese city. Lite-On Technology and Delta Electronics have both won the city's PFI contracts to install 120,000 and ...
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South Korean steel maker POSCO has started construction on an automotive steel sheet plant in Thailand which is expected to be completed by 2016. The plant will be producing galvanized steel sheet for automotive applications and the plant ...
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China imported 9,942 tons of polysilicon in September, the highest-ever monthly level with on-month growth of 18.7%, according to the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CNIA). Of the import volume, 6,415 tons or 64.52% came ...
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According to a statement released by Argentina, China will China to open sorghum market to Argentina. It will create mpetition for the US farmers who have been the main beneficiaries so far of a surge in Chinese demand for the grain ...
Netherlands based – Tanatex Chemicals, a producer of innovative textile processing solutions, has started production at its new plant in Thailand. Tanatex says with the opening of this new Thai plant, it will be able to better focus ...
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Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Friday that the US imported a total of 3,892,000 net tons (nt) of steel in September, including 2,946,000 nt of finished steel (up 5.2 percent ...
Tags: Import Market, 29 Percent, Energy
In the first nine months of the current year, Turkey's steel pipe exports increased by 2.71 percent year on year to 1.44 million metric tons, according to the statistics provided by the Turkish Steel Pipe Manufacturers Association (CEBID). ...
The delivery ceremony of 70 Foton Auman GTL heavy trucks was held in Beijing on Oct. 21, and the 70 truck include tractors, cargo vans and slag trucks. Xiang Long Logistics Company was one large logistics transport company in Beijing and ...
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Weakening demand from cotton spinning mills in early October, led to cotton prices, resuming moving down in the Brazilian market. Spinners are offering lower prices than those quoted by sellers, for even high-quality cotton, while also ...
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Australian iron ore miner Atlas Iron has announced that it shipped 3.1 million wet metric tons of iron ore in the quarter ended on September 30, remaining unchanged compared to the previous quarter. In the given quarter, the company's iron ...
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According to the data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global direct reduced iron (DRI) production in the 14 countries accounting for approximately 87 percent of total world DRI production in 2013 amounted to 4.89 ...
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