Tablet processor sales are expected to grow 50% in 2013. , while cellphone application processor sales by 28% Improvement in global PC demand and continued growth in mobile SoC processors are expected to drive sales of microprocessors ...
According to the World Steel Association (worldsteel), in 2012 the crude steel output of 64 countries surveyed across the globe reached 1.55 billion mt, increasing by 1.2 percent on year-on-year basis, hitting a new record for global crude ...
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The firm claims that it is the largest producer of paper-based tubes and cores in North America which are used to serve the paper, textiles, plastic films and tape and specialty industries. “This price increase is necessary to ...
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LEDs are “going mainstream but are still not yet a mature commodity”, according to market analyst Yole Développement in its latest ‘LED Packaging’ report. The analyst determines that the combination of growth ...
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In his Tuesday keynote address, Steve Forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media, called for removal of long-term structural blockages on U.S. economic recovery, while noting that Republican leaders in Congress are wise in taking ...
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Graphene sales growing at 40%, to pass $125m by 2020 22 Jan 2013 However, manufacturers will mostly remain in the lab, says Lux Research. Graphene, touted as the next wonder material because of its extraordinary properties, will grow ...
Ontario’s recent change to make Workplace Safety and Insurance Board coverage mandatory in the construction industry is an important component in combating the pervasive underground economy, says the Ontario Construction Secretariat. ...
The sharemarket was flat in quiet trading before a US holiday and the outcome of a two-day policy meeting of the Bank of Japan. US markets were due to be closed for Martin Luther King Day. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.1 per cent to ...
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According to statistics released by the US Department of Commerce (DOC), the US exported 905,404 tons of steel products in November, falling by 15.8% from a month ago. Among them, 2,371 tons were semi-finished steel products, slumping by ...
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Global steelmaking and mining giant Evraz Group S.A. has announced that its crude steel output amounted to 3.67 million mt in the fourth quarter of 2012, decreasing by 5.9 percent quarter on quarter and by 11.1 percent compared to the same ...
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The Lake Carriers' Association (LCA) said Friday that US-flag Great Lakes freighters carried 89.5 million tons of dry-bulk cargo in 2012, a decrease of 4.6 percent compared to 2011. The 2012 float was 1.5 percent off the five-year average ...
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Insteel Industries, Inc. reported Thursday net earnings of $2.4 million, or $0.13 per diluted share for Q1 of fiscal 2013 compared with a net loss of $0.2 million in the same period a year ago. Insteel said that its financial results for ...
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Baker Hughes reported Friday that for the week ending January 18, the US rig count fell by 12 to 1,749 following one-rig drops in each of the past two weeks. On a year-on-year basis, the US rig count is down 259. Rigs drilling for oil fell ...
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Statistics Canada reported Friday that November manufacturing sales in the country increased 1.7 percent to $49.9 billion, the highest level since May 2012. Sales rose in 12 of 21 industries, representing about two-thirds of the ...
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In 2012, Tatarstan-based Almetyevsk Pipe Plant (ATZ), a subsidiary of Russian pipe producing company United Metallurgical Company (OMK), produced over 215,000 mt of steel pipes, registering a 14.6 percent increase compared to the previous ...
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