The US manufacturing sector expanded in November for the sixth consecutive month, and the growth gained momentum from the previous month, a leading industry survey showed Monday. The US Institute of Supply Management (ISM) said the ...
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But experts also pointed out that the foundation for future stable growth needs to be further consolidated. "Although the manufacturing PMI has stablized after it rose for a fourth month, forces that drove up the index were not balanced ...
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In November this year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) of the Chinese steel sector stood at 49.0 percent, increasing by 1.5 percentage points as compared to October, but staying below 50 for the third consecutive month, as announced on ...
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Amarinth, a leading company specialising in the design, application and manufacture of centrifugal pumps and associated equipment to the Oil & Gas, petrochemical, chemical and industrial markets, has secured three new orders this year from ...
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Homag Group has reported a 4.4 % reduction in order intake to €142.1m in the third quarter of 2013 from €148.6m in the previous quarter. However, new orders were 13.8 % higher than the same stretch last year. CEO Dr. Markus Flik ...
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As reported by the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the total price-adjusted value of new orders received by building construction and civil and underground engineering enterprises in Germany increased by 5.6 percent in ...
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Beijing - Activity in China's vast factory sector grew at a milder pace in November as new export orders shrank, a preliminary survey showed on Thursday, bolstering expectations the economy could lose some of its vigor in the fourth quarter ...
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It’s reported that Keystone Steel and Wire announced to raise prices for wire rods and coiled rebar by US$30/short ton, effective from December 2nd shipments. Besides, the other steel longs producers in the US have all increases ...
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In Sweden, industrial production was unchanged in September this year compared to August and fell 0.9 percent year on year in working day-adjusted figures, according to Statistics Sweden (SCB). The SCB said that development remained mixed ...
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Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, today announced a price increase on its aluminum automotive sheet products in North America. The price increase of $0.11 per pound for 6000-series, 5182-series and 5000-series ...
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In October this year, Germany's construction sector saw a sixth straight month-on-month increase in the level of total construction activity. As indicated by Markit's seasonally adjusted Germany Construction Purchasing Managers' Index ...
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Non-manufacturing activity continued to show solid growth in October, according to the Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) Non-Manufacturing Report on Business. The ISM's index to measure growth—the NMI—inched up 1.0 ...
The current blooming rise scrap price in U.S. domestic market has propelled Taiwanese rebar buyers to restart their new purchase recently. In the beginning of this week, the rebar market transaction was still quite, but the purchase action ...
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Japan's Honda Motor Co Ltd has announced plans to discontinue the operations of its copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing subsidiary Honda Soltec Co Ltd in spring 2014 and withdraw from the ...
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The HSBC purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China rose to a final reading of 50.9 in October from 50.2 in September, unchanged from the flash estimate released previously, HSBC Holdings PLC has announced. The final manufacturing PMI ...
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