In the January-February period of this year, China's total fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) amounted to RMB 2.5676 trillion ($409 billion), up 21.2 percent year on year, according to the figures released by China's ...
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As of March 8, inventory of the main finished steel products (plate, hot rolled coil (HRC), cold rolled coil (CRC), rebar and wire rod) in the major steel markets in China totaled 22.316 million mt, up 565,000 mt week on week and ...
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Chang Zhenming, chairman of Hong Kong-based conglomerate CITIC Pacific, has stated at China's 12th National People's Congress (NPC), that the company's Sino Iron project in Western Australia will probably achieve an annual output of 5 ...
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In February this year, China's producer price index (PPI) decreased by 1.6 percent compared to February 2012 and indicated a slight rise of 0.2 percent month on month, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Meanwhile, ...
In the January-February period of the current year, China's overall value-added industrial output increased by 9.9 percent year on year, with this growth rate down 0.4 percentage points compared to that observed in December last year, as ...
Tags: Added-Value Industry, steel output, electrical equipment
Stocks ended 0.3 per cent stronger yesterday, leaving the market hovering near record highs and sustaining hopes of a prolonged recovery, buoyed by further healing in the US economy and signs of a soft landing in China. Investor resolve ...
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The Australian dollar was unchanged late in local trade today even after taking a dent from a decline in China's trade surplus in February. China's trade surplus fell to $US15.25 billion from $US29.15bn in January. Economists polled ...
THE Australian sharemarket closed higher, boosted by mining stocks after the release of a bumper trade report in China. IG Markets analyst Stan Shamu said the local bourse narrowly missed posting a fresh four-year high, despite a late ...
It’s reported that Chung Hung Steel, one of the major re-rollers in Taiwan announced to lift its domestic prices for hot rolled coils (HRC) by NT$1,000~NT$1,200/ton and cold rolled coils (CRC) by NT$1,000/ton for domestic sales in ...
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The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) has stated that in late February (Feb. 21-28) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.7323 million mt, up 0.8 ...
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Wuhan Iron and Steel Corp. (Wisco), a Hubei Province based leading Chinese steel and iron group has used 200mm x 200mm continuous casting large billets to produce nearly 90,000 tons of enhanced strength HRB400 rebar, accounting for almost ...
Unit: % February January Increase Rate over Last Month Historical Average in February Non-manufacturing PMI 54.5 56.2 ...
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January 2013 December 2012 Increase Rate over Last Month Historical Average in January Unit: % ...
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According to data released by China’s Customs, China’s exports of welded pipes in January increased by 20% from a month ago, driven by a rebound in shipments of oil and gas line pipes. The country’s welded pipe ...
It’s reported that Taiwan’s export prices of small-diameter wire rods with diameter less than 14mm hit the two-year low in this January. In January, the export prices of small-diameter wire rods averaged at NT$21,425/ton, ...