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Sharemarket Closed Slightly Weaker as Investors Sold off Defensive

Apr 11, 2013

The sharemarket has closed slightly weaker as investors sold off defensive and high-yielding financial stocks after a couple of days of gains. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 8.8 points, or 0.18 per cent, at ...

Tags: Stocks

In Q4 2012, Activity in The Eurozone Contracted by 0.6%

Apr 11, 2013

In Q4 2012, activity in the Eurozone contracted by 0.6% (-0.1% in the previous quarter). The decrease in exports put a drag on GDP growth while domestic demand remained on a negative trend. However, in the first quarter of 2013, the ...

Tags: Eurozone Economic, Gradually Moving

Aussie Rallied Against The Greenback to Its Highest Level

Apr 11, 2013

The Aussie rallied against the greenback to its highest level in 2 1/2 months on the back of data that showed solid growth in exports to China, the country's largest trading partner, over the past year. China posted a trade deficit of ...

Tags: Dollar, Exports to China

RINL Planned to Raise Its Steel Output by 24% Year on Year in The Fiscal Year During April

Apr 11, 2013

Reportedly, Indian Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) planned to raise its steel output by 24% year on year in the fiscal year during April, 2013 through March, 2014 after the company increased producitono from its newly commissioned units at ...

Tags: Steel Output, Steel

Hyundai Hysco Would Commission Commercial Production at Its New Plant

Apr 11, 2013

According to report, Korea’s major auto sheet maker, Hyundai Hysco said it would commission commercial production at its new plant in Dangjin with annual capacity of 1.5 million tons. The plan is to meet growing demand for auto ...

Tags: CR Mill, CR

CSC Is Going to Announce Its List Prices for Ef Al-Killed Wire Rods for May

Apr 11, 2013

China Steel Corp. (CSC), the largest carbon steelmaker in Taiwan is going to announce its list prices for electric furnace (EF) Al-killed wire rods for May. Market participants predicted that CSC might leave its list prices for EF ...

Tags: CSC, Steel, steelmaker

Korea's Posco Planned to Decrease Export Prices by US$10~US$20/Ton for CRC to China

Apr 11, 2013

It is reported that Korea’s Posco planned to decrease export prices by US$10~US$20/ton for cold rolled coil to China for May shipments compared with contracted prices for the previous month. However, the company has not public ...

Tags: CRC Export Prices, CRC Export

Korea Imported CR Stainless Steel Products in February,Rising by 3.7% From a Month Ago

Apr 11, 2013

According to data released by the Korean Iron and Steel Association (KOSA), Korea imported around 18,070 tons of cold rolled (CR) stainless steel products in February, rising by 3.7% from a month ago and jumping by 50.1% year on year, ...

Tags: CR Stainless Steel Products, CR Stainless Steel

Baosteel's Crude Stainless Steel Output Lower Than The Average Monthly Output in 2012

Apr 11, 2013

It’s reported that the Chinese steelmaker Baosteel’s crude stainless steel output was at around 100,000 tons in this March, lower than the average monthly output of 115,000~120,000 tons in 2012, due to weak demand. The ...

Tags: Chinese Baosteel, Stainless Output

In North American,Meanwhile,Clondalkin Has Sold Three Businesses to HLX PLY Holdings

Apr 11, 2013

The multinational has agreed to sell the Van der Windt Group, which has operations in Netherlands, Belgium, England and Ireland, to Dutch distribution business the Paardekooper Group for €68.5m. In North American, meanwhile, ...

Tags: Clondalkin, Fortune Plastics

The Truck Market Continues The Recent Trend of Growth

Apr 11, 2013

Truck Industry Council (TIC) statistics show that the truck market continues the recent trend of growth compared to the same period in the previous year. The March 2013 truck sales of 2,564 units were the best post-GFC for any March, with a ...

Tags: TIC, truck market, Truck Sales

ODVA Has Launched an "Initiative for Process Automation" in Cooperation

Apr 11, 2013

ODVA has launched an "initiative for process automation" in cooperation with major suppliers to the process industry, including Cisco Systems, Endress+Hauser, Rockwell Automation and Schneider Electric to further accelerate adoption of ...

Tags: ODVA, process automation, Industrial Ethernet

The Revolutionary and Low-Cost Stop Drop G-Force Sensor Device Informs Users

Apr 11, 2013

The revolutionary and low-cost ($4.99 apiece) Stop Drop G-force sensor device informs users if the package has exceeded its permissible G force rating and records the time and date this occurred. It: Detects if and when fragile or ...

Tags: package, Impact Sensor

The New Design Responds to a Brief, Coming From Oldest Irish Distillery

Apr 11, 2013

The relaunch in March was timed to coincide with St Patrick?s Day and marked the culmination of a nine-month project for Bulletproof, which was appointed to the project in June 2012. The new design responds to a brief, Bulletproof said, ...

Tags: Packaging, bottle

The Jobs Will Go Over The Next Two Years in a Plan That Will See BCM

Apr 11, 2013

The jobs will go over the next two years in a plan that will see BCM, the contract manufacturing arm of Alliance Boots, pull out of what it called "unprofitable areas of third-party manufacturing" and focus on Boots' own skincare and beauty ...

Tags: Packing Business, Packing