The expected growth in global steel demand through 2050 may require a tripling of current seaborne metallurgical coal exports, which may be tough for miners to deliver, according to forecasts delivered Monday by two consultants. An annual ...
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On April 10, Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang Group) announced that in the first quarter this year it exported 375,000 mt of finished steel, up 26 percent, with an export value of $220 million, ...
Tags: Finished Steel, Iron, Steel
Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang Group) announced that in March this year it produced 704,000 mt of pig iron, down 24.02 percent, 749,800 mt of crude steel, down 19.14 percent, and 680,000 mt of ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Steel, finished steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
The World Trade Organization has ruled in favour of the US, Europe and Japan in a dispute with China over its export restrictions on rare earth. China's rare earth industry – responsible for almost 90% of global output – ...
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Chinese dairy producer Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group and Wageningen University will jointly develop a food security system. The announcement comes as part of a series of cooperative agreements aimed at supporting agriculture ...
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Fears of China moving to ban the import of lower grade coal have again resurfaced amid concern over the country's high pollution levels, with several market participants indicating that the government is seriously contemplating such a move ...
China's domestic copper cathode output is expected to rise 5.6% year on year to 6.6 million mt in 2014, an analyst from state-owned nonferrous metals information division Beijing Antaike said Wednesday. In 2013, China's output stood ...
Tags: scrap, copper cathode, Mineral
On March 10, Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang Group) announced that it has completed issuance of two-year corporate bonds worth a total of RMB 3 billion ($490 million). Baogang had received approval ...
Bishkek, the capital and largest city in Kyrgyzstan, will host the 13th international exhibition ‘Fashion Industry: products and equipment in 2014’ from March 5-10, 2014. The success of previous exhibitions attracted ...
Tags: Garment Industry, Apparel
On February 28, Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang Group) announced that in the current year it expects to produce 12 million mt of pig iron, 12.45 million mt of crude steel and 11.66 million mt of ...
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Chinese dairy producer Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group has partnered with Wageningen University to establish a new R&D center in the Netherlands. Wageningen University and its R&D center are the leading scientific research ...
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In order to develop the garment industry of Kyrgyzstan, apparel enterprises operating in the sector need to expand business contacts with international firms and need to increase competitiveness amongst them, for competing in global ...
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The world refined copper market balance for November 2013 showed an apparent production deficit of 129,000 mt, mainly due to record-high Chinese apparent demand, according to preliminary data issued last Friday by the International Copper ...
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China's rare earth industry suffered a sharp drop in profits in 2013 despite modest revenue growth, a report said. Industry revenue was close to 77 billion yuan (12.6 billion US dollars) last year, up 7.9 percent, but profits fell 28.1 ...
Tags: Rare Earth, Mineral
The Chinese export spot price of 75%-Si ferrosilicon was assessed at $1,410-1,440/mt FOB Thursday, compared with $1,410-1,450/mt a week ago, on slow domestic and export demand. This week, an Inner Mongolia-based producer sold around 300 ...
Tags: Ferrosilicon, Mineral