For a lot of U.S. farmers, a relevant number may have passed unnoticed this year. The USDA reveals that China imported a volume of 84,000 tons of sorghum in 2011/2012. Just two years later, during the 2013/2014, the Asian giant imported 3.4 ...
Tags: Sorghum, US growers
In September this year, the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 76.6 percent, up from 76.0 percent recorded in August, while the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing ...
Tags: Basic Metal, Mineral
In the first eight months of the current year, Georgia's total external trade turnover with Turkey, which is the top trading partner of the country, totaled $1.26 billion, including exports of $158.06 million, up 30.6 percent, and imports ...
Tags: Georgia, Semi-Finished Exports
Nippon Paper Industries will likely report a 25% year-on-year increase in operating profit to around 13 billion yen ($118 million) for the six months ending Tuesday, falling short of a prior projection of 16 billion yen amid soft corporate ...
Tags: Paper, printing paper, Office Supplies
In August this year, Taiwan's basic metal and basic metal product export orders amounted to $2.38 billion, up 0.4 percent compared to July and increasing by 6.4 percent compared to August 2013, according to Taiwan's Ministry of Economic ...
Tags: basic metal, Mineral
In the January-August period of the current year, new car registrations totaled 8,336,159 units in the European Union (EU), with an increase of six percent year on year, according to the latest figures issued by the European Automobile ...
Tags: EU, New Car Registrations, Metallurgy
In August this year, Swedish crude steel production amounted to 306,400 metric tons, increasing by 31.1 percent compared to July, but down 3.6 percent year on year, according to the latest data released by the Swedish Steel Producers' ...
Tags: Crude Steel, steel
In August this year, Ukraine-based steel mill Donetskstal Metallurgical Plant (DMZ) produced 38,000 mt of pig iron, down from levels of around 105,000 mt in the previous months, according to the company's preliminary results. The decrease ...
Tags: Pig Iron, steel mill
Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings, Inc. reported net sales increased by 2.3 percent to $159.5 million from $155.9 million in the second quarter and 13 weeks ended Aug. 2, compared with the second quarter of fiscal 2013. Same store sales ...
Tags: Sportsman's Warehouse, IPO
In August, China heavy truck market delivered 48,000 units totally, down by 5% over last month and down by 7% year on year. From Jan to Aug, deliveries of heavy trucks registered 527,600 units, up by 5% earlier-year. The top 3 makers, ...
Tags: heavy truck market, Sinotruk
In the first eight months of the current year, Turkey's steel pipe exports increased by 2.16 percent year on year to 1.26 million metric tons, according to the statistics provided by the Turkish Steel Pipe Manufacturers Association (CEBID). ...
Tags: Steel Pipe
On September 10, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in late August (August 21-31) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China - all CISA members - ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
In the first eight months of this year, Ukraine's ferroalloy production increased by 47.6 percent compared to the same period last year to 705,400 mt, as stated by the Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers (UkrFA). Accordingly, in ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Ferroalloy
Northwestern China's Shanxi province, the country's third largest coal production base, produced 50.42 million mt of raw coal in Augest, up 11.79% from a year ago, according to the Shanxi Administration of Coal Mine Safety. The August ...
The largest LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics posted consolidated revenues of NT$2.859 billion (US$95.3 million) for August 2014, its highest monthly figure on record, with growth of 9.43% on month and 18.61% on year, and ...