Reporting a 34% revenue increase year on year in 2012 and expecting sales for the second half of 2013 to climb from the flat first half, L&L Machinery Industry Co., Ltd., a leading heavy-duty-lathe maker in Taiwan, is moving in a new ...
According to HSBC that China's Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) in August rose to a final reading of 50.1 from 47.7 in July, indicating an expansion for the first time in four months from a three-month consecutive downtrend on ...
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group became China's largest vehicle exporter in July for the first time ever, as its exports continued to see a strong uptrend, despite the overall sector reporting a year-on-year drop in exports for three ...
Tags: vehicle exporter, Volvo Car
The low availability of high-quality cotton and price rises in the international market halted the downward trend in Brazil in early August. Moreover, dollar quotes at high levels keep import and export parities stable, leading sellers to ...
Tags: High-Quality Cotton, Textile
According to the statistics released by the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, in the first half of this year France's basic steel product and ferroalloy exports amounted to a value of €4.8 billion, decreasing by 11.1 ...
Tags: Steel Product, ferroalloy export
During the week ended August 2, prices resumed their decreasing trend in the London Metal Exchange (LME) billet market, following just one week of upward movement. The following prices were recorded in LME billet contract trading as of the ...
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In July this year, the average prices of residential housing in 100 major cities in China rose by 0.87 percent compared to June, rising to RMB 10,347 per square meter, as announced on August 1 by the China Index Academy, a Beijing-based ...
Global 40W equivalent LED lamp ASP dropped 2.7% to US$15.60 in June 2013, according to LEDinside. Overall regional market prices continued to fall steadily, of which China's decline was the most evident. Global ASP of 60W equivalent LED ...
Tags: LED Lamp, LED Market
According to the statistics released by the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, in the first five months of this year France's basic steel product and ferroalloy exports amounted to a value of €4 billion, decreasing by ...
Tags: Steel Product, Mineral
As of June 24, inventory of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports amounted to 75.18 million mt, indicating an increase of 520,000 mt or 0.7 percent compared to June 17, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency. As of the same date, the ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Chinese ports, Mineral
The downtrend of iron ore prices in the Chinese market is expected to continue in the third quarter this year, according to a report issued by Standard Chartered Bank on May 29. Due to earlier declines in iron ore prices than expected, ...
The Asia Contract Price for paraxylene is likely to reach a settlement for June, after no conclusion for May, as a firmer purified terephthalic acid production margin has narrowed the gap between buyers and sellers, sources close to the ...
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Turkey's scrap prices which had fallen to $380/mt CFR for HMS I/II 80:20 by early April were still unsustainable given billet and finished steel prices at that period, said Helveco Intertrade SA director Yusuf Güven in a telephone ...
Tags: Scrap, Turkey, Metallurgy
On May 27, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced that during last week (May 20-26) the average steel price in China decreased by 0.4 percent week on week, declining at the same rate as recorded in the previous week. In particular, ...
Tags: Steel Price, China
According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in the first quarter of the current year Turkey's seamless pipe imports amounted to 48,109 mt, increasing 11.3 percent compared to the same quarter of 2012, but ...
Tags: Seamless Pipe, Turkey, Q1