In 2013 the average sales price for the national commercial housing is 6200 yuan / square meters, up 7.6% year-on-year. Looking forward to 2013, the report pointed out that there are many factors affect China's real estate market trends: ...
Sales of Barbie may have fallen slightly in 2012, but Monster High more than made up for any shortfall. Worldwide gross sales for the Barbie brand were down three per cent, while sales for Other Girls Brands were up 57 per cent, ...
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The Australian dollar was flat of the Reserve Bank of Australia's first board meeting for 2013. At 6.30am AEDT the currency was trading at 104.37 US cents, the same level as at yesterday’s close. The RBA holds its first board ...
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On February 3, Guangdong Province-based Chinese steelmaker Shaogang Songshan Co. Ltd issued its financial results for 2012. Accordingly, the company registered a net loss of RMB 1.952 billion ($311 million) in 2012, compared to a net loss ...
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Coal exports from the Port Waratah Coal Services (PWCS) terminals based at Port of Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia, totaled 10.15 million mt in January this year, rising by 2.9 percent compared to December 2012, according to the ...
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On February 3, Chongqing-based Chinese steelmaker Chongqing Iron and Steel Co. (Group) Ltd announced that its output of crude steel amounted to 5.2225 million mt in 2012, while its sales revenue for the year reached RMB 25.916 billion ...
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According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in 2012 Turkey's rebar (including round bar) exports stood at 8.3 million metric tons, up 20.2 percent year on year, while the total revenue from these exports ...
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In January this year, Turkey's total steel product exports amounted to 1.57 million metric tons, falling 5.4 percent month on month and up 1.5 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, with a total revenue of $1.16 billion, ...
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As of February 1, total iron ore inventory at 30 major Chinese ports amounted to 67.77 million mt, down 2.33 million mt week on week and constituting the fourth consecutive week-on-week decrease, according to China’s National Bureau ...
On February 4, Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang Group) announced that in January of the current year its outputs of pig iron and crude steel amounted to 867,300 mt and 891,800 mt respectively. ...
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Thailand-based Sahaviriya Steel Industries Public Company Limited (SSI), the largest steel sheet producer in Southeast Asia, has announced that it has completed the sale of its shares in Thai Cold Rolled Steel Sheet Public Company Limited ...
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China's purchasing managers' index (PMI) for its domestic manufacturing sector was at 50.4 percent in January, down 0.2 percentage points compared to December last year, according to the figures released by China’s National Bureau of ...
Recently, the transaction prices of electric furnace (EF) killed wire rods have stabilized at NT$19,800/ton in the Taiwanese market. Last year, the transaction prices of EF killed wire rods stayed at the prices level of NT$19,000/ton for ...
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Reportedly, the three major steelmakers in Korea planned to raise the ex-work prices of hot rolled steel products for February due to higher input costs and weak sales. Industry sources said that the scrap prices have jumped substantially ...
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According to data released by the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF), Japan imported 648,000 tons of steel products in last December, falling by 3.1% from a month ago and decreasing by 13% year on year. Among them, 360,000 tons were ...
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