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China Has a Seven Percent Negative GDP Growth Expected for This Year

Oct 15, 2014

Speaking at the 48th annual meeting of worldsteel (World Steel Association) held in Moscow on October 6, Hans Jürgen Kerkhoff, chairman of the worldsteel Economics Committee said that with a seven percent negative GDP growth expected ...

Tags: steel demand, real estate sector

Prices of New Residential Housing in 100 Major Cities in China Decreased by 0.92%

Oct 15, 2014

In September this year, the average prices of new residential housing in 100 major cities in China decreased by 0.92 percent month on month to RMB 10,672 ($1,732.5) per square meter, indicating a decline for the fifth consecutive month, as ...

Tags: Residential Housing Prices

Japan's Cold Rolled Sheet and Strip Shipments Decreased by 3.9%

Oct 15, 2014

In the January-August period of this year, Japan's cold rolled sheet and strip shipments decreased by 3.9 percent on year-on-year basis to 4.23 million metric tons, according to the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF) data. 81 percent of ...

Tags: CR Sheet, CR Strip

China's Finished Steel Exports up 39.3%

Oct 14, 2014

China exported 8.52 million mt of finished steel in September this year, up 9.79 percent month on month, while it exported 65.34 million mt of finished steel in the January-September period of the year, rising by 39.3 percent year on year, ...

Tags: finished steel, iron ore

China's Foreign Trade Value up 11.3 Percent

Oct 14, 2014

In September of the current year, China's total foreign trade value amounted to $396.432 billion, indicating a year-on-year increase of 11.3 percent, as announced by the Chinese customs authorities on October 13. In the given period, the ...

Tags: foreign trade, Chinese imports

Steel Exports From China's Hebei Province up 43.38%

Oct 14, 2014

In the January-August period this year, steel exports from China's Hebei Province amounted to a total value of $9.244 billion, up 43.38 percent year on year. In the given period, the volume of steel exports from Hebei Province totaled ...

Tags: Steel Exports, steel

Air China Says Half-Year Profit Rose 10 Percent

Oct 10, 2014

State-owned Air China says half-year profit rose 10 percent as foreign currency gains more than made up for declining passenger and cargo revenue. The Beijing-based airline said late Tuesday that earnings from its stake in Hong Kong's ...

Tags: Air China, foreign currency

China's Manufacturing PMI was at 51.1% in Sep.

Oct 9, 2014

The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector was at 51.1 percent in September of the current year, stable compared to August, according to China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In the given month, the ...

Tags: China's Manufacturing PMI, manufacturing sector

Economists Downwardly Revised Their World Trade Growth Estimate for 2015 to 4 Percent

Oct 8, 2014

Economists at the World Trade Organization (WTO) have downwardly revised their world trade growth estimate for 2015 to 4 percent from the previous estimate of 5.3 percent. For 2014 also, the WTO has reduced its world trade growth ...

Tags: world trade growth, GDP growth

CURF Awarded Funding to Five Clemson Researchers to Further Develop Clemson Technologies

Oct 8, 2014

The Clemson University Research Foundation (CURF) announced Thursday that it has awarded funding to five Clemson researchers to further develop their Clemson technologies through a newly established program, the CURF Technology Maturation ...

Tags: CURF, Commercialization, Electronics

China Steel Mills Seek Buyers Abroad

Oct 7, 2014

China had exported 52.4 million tons of steel as of the end of August, up 36% from a year earlier as low domestic demand has left producers with a massive surplus, Bloomberg reported, citing data the news agency had complied. The price of ...

Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel, Steel Rebar

The Exports of Apparel Form India Shot up by 17.9 Percent

Oct 5, 2014

The exports of apparel form India shot up by 17.9 percent in the first five months of the ongoing financial year that began on April 1, 2014, according to the data from the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC). In April-August 2014, ...

Tags: apparel exports, Apparel

China and Russia Are Closer Than Before

Oct 4, 2014

On Wednesday, after wee-hours bargaining that capped more than a decade of negotiations, Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corporation announced the signing of a 30-year gs-supply contract, estimated by the parties to be worth $400 ...

Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy

Tetra Pak's Dairy Creating Opportunities and Challenges for The Packaging Sector

Oct 2, 2014

The global food processing and packaging company said producers in both developed and emerging dairy markets need to address the careful balancing act required to ensure sustainable business success. Tetra Pak's Dairy Index reveals that ...

Tags: dairy products, food

China Will Invest $6.8 Billion in India

Oct 2, 2014

China will invest $6.8 billion to construction comprehensive industrial parks in Gujarat and Maharashtra. Indian and Chinese companies also signed a memorandum of understanding on 24 items. China is the largest trading partner with India. ...

Tags: Economy, Investment economy