Midsummer AB of Järfälla, Sweden, a supplier of equipment for manufacturing flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film solar cells, has increased the energy conversion efficiency of its cells from 15% to 16.2% ...
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German automaker Volkswagen Group has announced its plans to unveil the new Passat Saloon and Estate vehicles in July 2014. The new 4MOTION all-wheel drive Passat will be powered by 2L four-cylinder bi-turbo diesel engine paired to a new ...
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Steel demand in Latin America is expected to grow 3.5 percent this year, driven by infrastructure programs and new sectors such as energy and automotive. Rafael Rubio, general director of the Latin American Steel Association (Alacero) ...
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In April this year, Spanish crude steel output amounted to 1.2 million mt, down 9.3 percent year on year and decreasing by 7.3 percent compared to March, according to the Spanish steelmakers association Unesid. On the other hand, in the ...
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The Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade has announced that it has found preliminary evidence of dumping in seamless pipe imports from Ukraine. The antidumping duty investigation was launched in February this ...
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According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending May 24, 2014, US domestic raw steel production was 1,875,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 78.0 percent. Production was 1,833,000 net tons in the ...
In April this year, China exported 339,407 mt of stainless flat steel products, up 38.67 percent over 244,780 mt in March, and up 72.39 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the latest data from the Chinese customs ...
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Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium, South African subsidiary of Russia-based steelmaking and mining giant Evraz, has announced its financial results for the first quarter this year, posting a net loss of ZAR 105 million ($10 million), ...
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According to a report released by the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in April of the current year the import price of iron ore in Germany decreased by 20.4 percent year on year and was down 7.5 percent month on month. In ...
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Major Indian steelmaker JSW Steel (JSW) has announced its financial and operational results for the fourth quarter ended March 31 of the financial year 2013-14, posting a net profit of INR 4.62 billion ($78.4 million), up 40.8 percent year ...
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Brazil-based iron and steel maker Gerdau said Tuesday its proposed logistics and mining investments will enable the company to more than double iron ore production within the next six years, to 24 million mt/yr, from the current 11.5 ...
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SEMI-GAS Systems, a division of Applied Energy Systems Inc of Malvern, PA, USA and a manufacturer of high-purity gas source and distribution systems, has introduced the new model MGE-XS to its mini gas enclosure product line. Created to ...
Ross Vacuum-rated High Speed Dispersers are a family of tank-mounted and raisable mixers featuring a laser-cut saw-tooth blade that runs to approximately 5,000 ft/min. Also sometimes called a High Speed Dissolver, this classic workhorse is ...
German plantmaker SMS Siemag has announced that it will revamp one of the converters at the Salzgitter steelworks of German-based steel producer Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH. Through the modernization works, the specific volume of converter ...
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According to a report released by the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS), in April of the current year the producer price index (PPI) for the UK manufacturing industry remained unchanged compared to March, following the 0.2 percent ...
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