Chinese Wuhan Iron & Steel Group (Wisco) issued its prices for certain products for March preorders. The company decided to raise the prices for hot rolled steel products by RMB200/ton and increase the prices of cold rolled steel sheets ...
According to statistics, the stocks of stainless steel products totaled 185,618 tons in the Chinese Wuxi market in the second half of January, rising by 2.24% from the figures in the previous 15 days. Among them, 100,426 tons were cold ...
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ArcelorMittal, the world’s biggest steelmaker, announced the temporarily shutdown of its steel plant and rolling mills in Warsaw due to weak demand. The steel giant last week has suspended facilities in Belgium and close two idled ...
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Worldwide tablet sales jumped in the fourth quarter beyond even some of the most optimistic forecasts to 52.5 million - a growth rate of 75 per cent. The preliminary survey by business research firm IDC showed the tablet market grew 75.3 ...
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On January 31, Zhejiang Province-based Chinese steelmaker Kingland & Pipeline Technologies Co., Ltd has issued its preliminary financial results for 2012, indicating a net profit of RMB 104.4175 million ($16.84 million), up by 68.36 percent ...
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In December 2012, Japan's industrial production increased 2.5 percent from the previous month, showing a month-on-month increase after two months of downward movement, while a decrease of 7.8 percent was recorded compared to December of the ...
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According to the provisional foreign trade statistics compiled by the Turkish Exporters' Association (TIM), in January this year Turkey's steel exports totaled $1.16 billion in value, decreasing by 4.9 percent year on year and down 7.8 ...
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In January, China's manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) was 50.4 percent, down by 0.2 percentage points month-on-month, still above the threshold. In view of the sizes of enterprises, the PMI of large-sized enterprises was ...
According to the customs statistics released by the Japanese Ministry of Finance, Japan's iron and steel product exports in December 2012 amounted to 3.87 million metric tons, increasing by 23.5 percent compared to the same month of 2011 ...
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In January this year, the average prices of residential housing in 100 major cities in China rose by one percent compared to December, rising to RMB 9,812 per square meter, as announced on February 1 by the China Index Academy, a ...
Sichuan Province-based Chinese steelmaker Chengdu Iron and Steel, a subsidiary of Pangang Group, has announced its production and operating targets for 2013. Accordingly, Chengdu Steel expects to achieve an operating revenue of RMB 11.5 ...
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On February 1, Nanjing-based Meishan Mining Company, a subsidiary of Chinese steel giant Baosteel, announced that in January this year its output of iron ore concentrate totaled 240,200 mt, up by 72,800 mt year on year. Apart from its ...
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Tate & Lyle plc has said it expects "modest" full-year gains as an increase in corn prices dented third-quarter results. The ingredients group announced its third-quarter profit before tax was "broadly in line" with expectations, but down ...
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Mead Johnson has booked an increase in full-year earnings, as sales from Asia and Latin America offset declines in Europe and North America. The company said yesterday (1 February) its 2012 net earnings totalled US$604.5m, or $2.95 per ...
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Meat firm Cranswick has offset rising pig prices to deliver "impressive growth" in the three months to December 31, according to City analysts. Cranswick delivered "impressive growth", despite soaring pig prices Panmure Gordon analyst ...
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