China will aim to increase the share of non-fossil fuels in its overall energy consumption to 10.7 percent in 2014, in an effort to further improve its energy mix, the national energy authority said on Tuesday. Raising energy efficiency, ...
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Stockpiles of imported iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports dropped slightly during the previous two weeks, which included the weeklong Spring Festival holiday, new data showed Tuesday. At the end of the Jan. 28 to Feb. 10 period, ...
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Sales of smartphones in China grew 21.9% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2013, but the growth rate dropped to 15.9% on an annual basis which indicates the smartphone market in China is becoming more saturated, according to Digitimes ...
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Semiconductor material distributor Wah Lee Industrial is expected to see its revenues decrease within a range of 5% in the first quarter of 2014 thanks to strong sales of silicon wafers in China and rising demand for semiconductor materials ...
Tags: silicon, Semiconductor material, photoresists, chemicals
Polysilicon quotes in the China market have risen from US$24/kg in January to US$25/kg currently because the China government has imposed anti-dumping and anti-subsidization tariff rates on materials produced by some US- and South ...
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Flooded by orders in the first quarter of 2014 and upbeat about business for the second quarter, Taiwan's leading machine-tool makers will inaugurate expansion plans earlier than originally scheduled. Industry executives point out that ...
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Chinese steelmaker Bayi Steel's 1750 hot rolled unit has successfully rolled high-quality X80 pipeline steel which meets a high technical standard. X80 pipeline steel, a grade of steel plate with high strength and high corrosion ...
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Iron ore demand intensity in China will fall further amid continuous drops in steel market prices and lower steel outputs, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) said in its monthly report published on its official website. Chinese ...
In January this year, China exported 6.77 million mt of finished steel, up 37.6 percent year on year and rising by 1.4 million mt compared with the previous month, as announced by China's General Administration of Customs on February 12. ...
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Shanghai-based Chinese steel giant Baosteel Group has stated that special steel bars produced by its subsidiary Guangdong-based Shaoguan Iron and Steel Co. (Shaoguan Steel) have been approved by the International Automotive Task Force ...
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Styrene monomer prices nosedived $40/mt or 2.4% Monday to $1,594.50/mt FOB Korea and $1,621.50/mt CFR China, compared to last Friday, as the Chinese market returned from the Lunar New Year holidays amid a build-up in inventory levels and ...
A near-doubling of the market for cwas unable to help the computer-related storage industry in 2013, which slid 5% in shipments because of continuing contractions in the hard-disk drive and optical disk drive segments, according to IHS. ...
Shandong Province-based Chinese steelmaker Shandong Iron and Steel Co.(Shandong Steel)has announced that it achieved an operating revenue of RMB 120.6 billion($19.8 billion)and recorded a net loss of RMB 600 million($98.4 million)in 2013.In ...
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Japanese automaker Toyota has expanded its Camry Hybrid line-up with a new Camry Hybrid SE Limited Edition 2014.5 model. Camry Hybrid SE Limited Edition combines the appearance of the Camry SE grade with Toyota Hybrid Synergy drive. The ...
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Audi is expanding its ultra strategy with 11 new models: Especially efficient engine versions in the A4, A5 and A6 model lines will be launched in early 2014. A new and powerful two-liter TDI will provide the drive at 100 kW (136 hp), 120 ...
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