It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,32 commodities increased in prices, 21 fell and 47 remained unchanged on 06/08/2013.The largest rises were BR (4.25%),SBR (3.88%),Phenol (3.00%),while the largest falls ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,34 commodities increased in prices, 13 fell and 53 remained unchanged on 05/08/2013.The largest rises were SBR (2.41%),LLDPE (1.71%),Tin ingot (1.44%),while the largest ...
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On August 6, Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang Group) announced that in July this year its outputs of pig iron, crude steel and finished steel amounted to 845,200 mt, 895,400 mt and 872,200 mt, up ...
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In July of the current year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland fell four percent compared to June and were up 36.5 percent year on year, totaling 26.6 million metric tons. According to the information released by the Port ...
The auto parts joint venture plant of Hubei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corporation (WISCO) with Chinese automobile manufacturer Chery Corporation has commenced production operations ahead of schedule, ...
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Henan Province-based Chinese steelmaker Zhongyuan Special Steel Co. has issued its financial results for the first half of the current year, indicating a net profit of RMB 32 million ($5.23 million), down 732.93 percent compared to the same ...
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Liaoning Province-based Chinese steelmaker Anshan Iron and Steel Group Co. (Ansteel) has announced that on August 6 construction work started on its high-strength galvanized auto steel sheet project in Yufu Industrial Park in Liangjiang New ...
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Indirect trade (exports of manufactured goods with significant steel content) from China to Latin America reached $20.8 million during the first six months of 2013, 7 percent of total Chinese exports, similar to levels recorded during the ...
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An insider from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has disclosed that the ministry is carrying out checks on a second batch of domestic steel enterprises to see whether they conform with required standards in the ...
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Major Chinese steelmaker Baosteel announced on August 8 that it has commissioned the third phase of grain oriented silicon steel project. The third phase with an annual production capacity of 300,000 mt helps Baosteel to reduce cost and ...
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In the January-July period of this year, China's total fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) amounted to RMB 22.1722 trillion ($3.6 trillion), up 20.1 percent year on year, the same as the year-on-year growth recorded in ...
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In July this year, China exported a total of 5.15 million mt of finished steel, down by 140,000 mt from June, indicating a third consecutive month-on-month decrease, but up 19.21 percent year on year, as announced by the Chinese customs ...
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Angang Steel Company, listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange, announced on August 7 that its leading shareholder Anshan Iron and Steel Group Corporation has planned to increase the shareholding in the company, acquiring less than 2 percent ...
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In July of the current year, China's producer price index (PPI) decreased by 2.3 percent year on year and was down 0.3 percent month on month, according to data released by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on August 9. In the ...
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Fujian Province-based Chinese steelmaker Fujian Sangang (Group) Co. has announced that in the first half of the current year its crude steel output totaled 3.9416 million mt, up 22.26 percent year on year, on the back of improvements in ...
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