The Australian dollar rose after stock markets gained ground overnight, helped by the release of better than expected German economic sentiment data. At 6.30am AEDT the local unit was trading at 103.69 US cents, up from 103.29 cents at ...
It is reported that China Steel Corp. (CSC), the largest steelmaker in Taiwan has received more than 2.7 million tons of order volumes for the first quarter of this year, which is about 5%~8% higher than the received orders in the fourth ...
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Turkey’s exports of longitudinally welded tube and profile totaled 62,118 tons in last December, surging by 47% from a month ago and increasing by 58.5% year on year, hitting the highest level since December, 2006, according to ...
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It is reported that Tokyo Steel Manufacturing plans to lift its domestic steel prices in March 2013. The company hiked the prices for most long products by ¥3,000/ton for March contracts. Meanwhile, the company will also increase ...
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The latest freight rate indications as issued by Banchero Costa are as follows: Products: - 15,000-20,000 mt from the Black Sea approx. $15-16/mt FIO to Mediterranean ports of Turkey and Egypt approx. $16.5-17.5/mt FIO to Italy ...
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Hunan Province-based Chinese steelmaker Hunan Valin Iron and Steel Co. has announced that in 2013 it plans to produce 14.8 million mt of pig iron,15.51 million mt of crude steel and 15.07 million mt of finished steel.Meanwhile, the company ...
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Malaysia's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) has announced its final decision regarding the antidumping (AD) duty investigation on steel wire rod imports from Taiwan, China, Indonesia, South Korea and Turkey. Malaysia ...
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Hebei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Tangshan Iron and Steel Co. has concluded a deal for the export of 4,000 mt of coated steel sheet to a construction company in Brazil, in its first export transaction for the product in question in ...
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According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in 2012 Turkey's seamless pipe imports amounted to 203,237 metric tons, decreasing six percent year on year. In 2011, the seamless pipe imports of the country had ...
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According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japan's nickel ore imports totaled 431,199 metric tons in December last year, falling by 1.35 percent month on month and up 12.8 percent compared to December 2011. ...
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"It has been a slow path to commercialize smart packaging. Despite strong needs such as the aging population, tougher legislation, huge waste, more demanding consumers and concerns about safety and crime; commercial success has been mixed. ...
Profit after tax and before significant items was up 5.7% to $322m for the six months up to 31 December 2012. Amcor managing director and chief executive Ken MacKenzie said: “The first half result represented a record underlying ...
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Reportedly, China's Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co. Ltd. (Taigang) announced that it will issue RMB 2.5 billion of unsecured bills with a maturity of 365 days on the interbank market on February 18th. According to ...
Essar Steel Algoma, Ontario-based steel flats producer announced that its net loss of US$25.1 million for the second quarter ended on December 31st, 2012 although the company’s shipments increased by 19.6% year on year in the given ...
Nippon Steel & Sumikin Shapes (NSSS), a subsidiary of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp (NSSMC), the largest steelmaker in Japan informed its distributors to raise the prices of H beam by 3,000yuan/ton for February contracts. A ...
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