Reportedly, China’s Benxi Steel announced to raise its prices for hot rolled plates/coils by RMB130~RMB150/ton for March. Also, the company increased the prices for cold rolled sheets/coils and galvanized steel sheets by ...
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The Australian dollar fell to a four-month low after equities markets suffered heavy losses in overnight trade. At 6.30am AEDT the local unit was trading at 102.25 US cents, down from 102.35 cents at yesterday’s local close. Early ...
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Ohio-based AK Steel announced a net loss of US$230.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2012, which were worse than a net loss of US$60.90 million in a quarter ago and US$193.9 million in the same period of a year ago. In the fourth ...
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A TOP BlackRock executive said there was little evidence of a meaningful switch by global investors into equities from fixed-income assets, even after recent strong sharemarket gains. "There appears to be a lot of cash coming off the ...
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Shares were on track for their biggest fall in three months after minutes from the Federal Reserve's most recent policy-setting meeting showed rising unease about the US central bank's recent stimulus efforts. Domestic earnings reports had ...
Banks, property trusts, consumer staples and energy companies pushed the sharemarket to its highest close since September 2008, as investors digested earnings reports while awaiting the overnight release of minutes from the US Federal ...
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The sharemarket has closed at a fresh four-year high as gains by financial stocks offset falls by the big miners. At close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index had risen 16.8 points, or 0.33 per cent, to 5098.7 points, while the broader ...
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Pure Via, the all-natural, zero-calorie sweetener that's made from the sweetest part of the stevia plant, now has a sweet new look. Moving forward, both the brand's packaging and website will feature a natural look and feel that better ...
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DAK Americas and Nan Ya Plastics intend to raise polyethylene terephthalate prices for March by 2 cents/lb, according to a pair of letters obtained Tuesday by Platts. Both companies cited higher raw materials costs as the reason for the ...
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Dell has reported another quarter of declining revenue and profit as the company's CEO continues his battle to take the PC maker private. It was the fifth consecutive quarter in which Dell's profits shrank, and the fourth in which it ...
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The looming decision on expanding US liquefied natural gas exports will likely be on the agenda during this week's meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Barack Obama, industry observers said Tuesday. "It's just ...
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US toluene disproportionation margins were estimated at minus $15.09/mt Friday, based on Platts data, putting them in negative territory for the first time since November 15, when they were estimated at minus 55 cents/mt. Estimated TDP ...
According to the data from US Department of Commerce (DOC), the US’s imported steel plates reached 1 million tons in 2012, mostly in the first nine months of 2012. Although it showed big slowdown in the fourth quarter of last ...
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The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Monday that US raw steel production fell 0.4 percent in the week ending February 16, following a 1.2 percent increase the previous week. Total raw steel production in the United States ...
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According to the World Steel Association (worldsteel), in January this year the crude steel output of 62 countries surveyed across the globe reached 124.8 million mt, increasing by 0.8 percent on year-on-year basis. Total global crude steel ...