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Inventory of Iron Ore at 33 Major Chinese Ports up 0.54% as of September 15

Sep 18, 2014

As of September 15, inventory of iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports amounted to 109.65 million mt, up 590,000 mt or 0.54 percent compared to the inventory level recorded on September 8, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency on ...

Tags: Iron Ore, Metallurgy

Frontiers Will Open a Satellite Office at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Albany, New York

Sep 17, 2014

Graphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. Frontiers, a manufacturing company that began at the University of ...

Tags: Frontiers, Expand, Electrical

CSPI for Chinese Domestic Market Down 1.36% in Aug

Sep 17, 2014

According to data released by the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) on September 15, as of the end of August (August 31) the composite steel price index (CSPI) for the Chinese domestic market was at 90.63 points, down 1.25 points or ...

Tags: Composite Steel, Iron, Steel

Total Real Estate Investments in China Amounted to RMB 5.8975 Trillion

Sep 16, 2014

In the January-August period this year, total real estate investments in China amounted to RMB 5.8975 trillion ($0.957 trillion), up 13.2 percent year on year, with this growth rate down 0.5 percentage points compared to the year-on-year ...

Tags: Real Estate, residential dwellings

Total Fixed Asset Investments in China Amounted to RMB 30.5786 Trillion

Sep 16, 2014

In the January-August period of the current year, total fixed asset investments (excluding rural households) in China amounted to RMB 30.5786 trillion ($4.96 trillion), up 16.5 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Bureau ...

Tags: rural households, fixed asset investments

China's Value-Added Industrial Output up 6.9%

Sep 16, 2014

In August this year, China's overall value-added industrial output increased by 6.9 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on September 13, with this growth rate 2.1 percentage points lower than ...

Tags: value-added industrial output, NBS, industrial sectors

India's Industrial Production Increased by 0.5 Percent Year on Year

Sep 16, 2014

In July this year, India's industrial production increased by 0.5 percent year on year, according to government data. Industrial production in the April-July period of the current fiscal year increased by 3.3 percent year on year. ...

Tags: Basic Metal

China's Finished Steel Output Increased Slightly

Sep 15, 2014

In August, China's finished steel output increased slightly, while domestic finished steel prices continued to soften in the given month due to slower economic growth, with the finished steel price decreases contributing to significant ...

Tags: finished steel, Iron Ore

China's Silicon Metal Exports for 2014 Are Expected to Be Slightly Above 800,000 Mt

Sep 15, 2014

China's silicon metal exports for 2014 are expected to be slightly above 800,000 mt, up from 600,000-700,000 mt projected earlier in the year, an analyst from state-owned nonferrous metals information provider Beijing Antaike said Friday. ...

Tags: Silicon Metal, Metal Export

NEXT Achieved Sales and Profits Ahead of Its Original Expectations for the first six month

Sep 13, 2014

In its interim results for the first six months ending July 31, 2014, UK-based fashion retailer NEXT said it had a good first half, achieving sales and profits ahead of its original expectations. Led primarily by retail stores sales ...

Tags: Apparel, Fashion Apparel

China Finished Steel Exports to Latin American Raised in July

Sep 12, 2014

Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the January-July period of this year Latin America's finished steel imports from China increased by 60 percent year on year to 4.7 million metric tons. Latin America ...

Tags: Finished Steel, flat steel

Average Finished Steel Price in China Down 0.3%

Sep 12, 2014

On September 10, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced that during last week (September 1-7) the overall average finished steel price in China was down 0.3 percent week on week. In the given week, the average prices of high-speed ...

Tags: finished steel, nickel, non-ferrous metals

China's PPI Decreased by 1.2% Year on Year

Sep 12, 2014

In August this year, China's producer price index (PPI) decreased by 1.2 percent year on year and was down 0.2 percent month on month, according to data released by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on September 11. Meanwhile, in ...

Tags: PPI, capital goods, raw material

Hancock Fabrics, Inc Climbes Nearly 27% of Net Loss in Q2 Ended July 26, 2014.

Sep 11, 2014

Net loss climbed nearly 27% from a year earlier at Hancock Fabrics, Inc., a retailer of fabrics, sewing materials, etc, in its second fiscal quarter ended July 26, 2014. Hancock reported a net loss of $3.3 million, or negative $0.16 per ...

Tags: Textile, Fabric, Hancock Fabric

Nickel Prices Climbed to The Highest in Nearly Two Months Thursday

Sep 9, 2014

Nickel prices climbed to the highest in nearly two months Thursday on the London Metal Exchange, rising 10% from mid-June to about $19,400 per ton over concerns that the Philippines may ban exports of the metal. A bill to bar mineral ore ...

Tags: Nickel, Metal, Mineral