US spot ethylene settled at a 12-week high Thursday to be assessed at 56.5-57 cents/lb FD USG, up 3 cents/lb week on week, as a delay in the startup of a major transmission line between Texas and Louisiana, tightening supply amid a busy ...
Foton released its annual report on the evening of April 16. In 2013 the company achieved revenues of 34.15 billion yuan, decreased by 16.65%, net profit of 763 million yuan, decreased by 43.62% . The company said that in 2013 sales of ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the first two months of this year apparent finished steel use in Latin America and the Caribbean totaled 10.8 million mt, up one percent year on year. The highest increases ...
Tags: Finished Steel, crude steel
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Wednesday the preliminary results of its administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on circular welded carbon steel pipe and tube (standard pipe) from Turkey. The review ...
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The Mexican National Chamber of the Iron and Steel Industry (CANACERO) denied this week that there is injury to the US steel industry, since all steel trade with the US is part of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and total ...
Tags: Rebar Market, Iron, Steel Industry
Nesscap Energy Inc. a global leader in research, development and manufacturing of ultracapacitor products, reported its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2013. Revenue for the twelve-month period increased 51% to US $16.6 ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Philips has announced that lighting sales for Q1 2014 were 'flat' when compared with the same period in in 2013. The strongest performing division were Lumileds and Automotive which achieved double-digit growth but Light Sources & ...
Zimmer Holdings announced Thursday that it will acquire Biomet in a $13.5 billion transaction that will provide it with a leading position in the $45 billion musculoskeletal industry. The merger between the two Warsaw, IN–based ...
According to the data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global direct reduced iron (DRI) production in the 14 countries accounting for approximately 87 percent of total world DRI production in 2013 amounted to 5.08 ...
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The fuel oil inventory spread between the US Gulf Coast and Japan narrowed to 6.668 million barrels, the tightest spread since January, comparison of recent data shows. BNP Paribas said in its weekly oil inventories report, published ...
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Latin America's trade deficit with Turkey increased by 55 percent in 2013, mainly due to a drop in the revenues generated by raw material exports and ongoing high levels of finished steel imports from Turkey, according to Alacero, the Latin ...
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Cable said the recycler was an example of companies that are stimulating demand, generating jobs and building the infrastructure for the long term development of the green economy. Closed Loop claims to be the first recycler in the world ...
Tags: PET plastic bottles, HDPE Plastic Bottles, Packaging, Green Economy
How much of Walmart's revenue comes from its shoppers' food stamps? The store isn't required to say. But a January Court of Appeals ruling could change that. If the unanimous decision by the Eighth Circuit's panel of three judges holds, the ...
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Skechers USA, Inc. reported earnings rose nearly five-fold in its first quarter ended Mar. 31, to $31.0 million, or 61 cents a share, from $6.7 million, or 9 cents, a year ago. Revenues rose 21.0 percent to $546.5 million from $451.6 ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
In March this year, Mexico's car and light commercial vehicle production volume increased by 16.3 percent year on year to 277,314 units, according to the release from the Mexican Association of the Automotive Industry (AMIA). In the given ...
Tags: Auto, light commercial vehicle, car, vehicle