The Associated Press reported that 8 demonstrators arrested for peacefully protesting in Myanmar's largest city against a mining project have been freed on bail. Mr Aung Thein the lawyer for two of the activists arrested in the last ...
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A consortium of Chinese and South African entities has agreed to purchase the 74.5% interest in South African copper producer Palabora Mining currently held by major miners Rio Tinto and Anglo American. The transaction in which Rio Tinto ...
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After a decent run that has seen several VLCCs, suezmax tankers and capesize bulkers beached, Pakistan endured an overall quieter week with no market sales to speak of. Despite the 100 plus vessels that have beached recentlv in India, ...
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Northland Resources SA announced that it’s wholly owned subsidiary Northland Resources AB has signed a term sheet for a USD 20 million bond loan. The bond has a 12.25% interest coupon and matures February 26th 2016. The present ...
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Following the go ahead by the Reserve Bank, banks have begun restructuring the loans worth around INR 1,300 crore given to iron ore miners and other stakeholders such as truckers and shipping lines. The Goa Chamber of Commerce and ...
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Uncanny slump in scrap levels on poor buying by Turkish mills has made dent in the billet prices off late. It is reported that some medium size mills in Ukraine are yet open for January booking. They have revised their offers by at least ...
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On December 4, Baosteel Automobile Steel Development and Application Technology State Key Laboratory passes expert review and acceptance organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology. The expert group agrees that the laboratory relies ...
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When making purchasing decision on energy efficient lighting, it is not uncommon for people to choose LED tubes lights on price alone. With conventional lamps where all things are equal, per-lamp price is a reasonable yardstick. However, ...
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According to National Bureau of Statistics, China produced 24.635 million tonnes of crude iron ore in November this year, rising 14.1% YoY but falling slightly from 124.853 million tonnes in October. Total crude ore output in the first 11 ...
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Amiantit Oman Concrete Products LLC has inaugurated its new manufacturing facility for engineered precast concrete products at Rusayl Industrial Estate in Muscat. The facility will manufacture prestressed steel cylinder pipes for high ...
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According to the data released by the Japan Iron and Steel Association steel product orders, including specialty steels, booked by domestic steel consuming sectors in Japan in October this year
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Turkey plans to build gas holders for 7 billion to 8 billion cubic meters. Turkish Minister for Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz invited Russian companies for the project. The minister noted that up to 15% of gas consumed by the ...
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Sina Finance quoted Mr Zhu Jimin chairman of China Iron & Steel Association as saying that China offshore iron ore equities will rise to 150 million tonnes in 2015 from currently 60 million tonnes, reported on December 8th. According ...
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Bloomberg reported that China may maintain its annual economic growth target at 7.5% next year in a sign the new leadership headed by Xi Jinping won't tolerate a bigger slowdown from the lowest goal since 2004. Nine of 16 analysts ...
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Hong Kong's gold shipments to mainland China slid more than 30% on the month to 47.478 tonnes in October the lowest since February. Data from the Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department showed the net gold flow in the first ten ...
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