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OPEC Comes at a Time When The Oil Refining Industry Is Passing Through Many Changes

Nov 30, 2012

Gulf News reported that the recently issued World Oil Outlook report by OPEC comes at a time when the oil refining industry is passing through many changes around the world. While the refinery distillation capacity is stagnant in the US, ...

Tags: OPEC, oil refining industry, refinery

London Copper Edged Down After Rising for Two Weeks in a Row

Nov 30, 2012

Reuters reported that London copper edged down after rising for two weeks in a row although signs of economic recovery in top consumer China and hopes for Greece to avert an imminent bankruptcy kept a floor under prices. Copper prices ...

Tags: LME, copper, mineral

Brazil's Iron Ore Exports Amounted to 26.1 Million Metric Tonnes

Nov 30, 2012

According to the statistics provided by Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals, in September 2012 Brazil's iron ore exports amounted to 26.1 million metric tonnes, rising by 1.1% YoY and down 5.8% ...

Tags: iron ore, iron ore exports, Samarco

Units in The Manufacturing Sector Are Expected to Register Low to Negative Growth

Nov 30, 2012

PTI quoted a CII survey saying that a majority of units in the manufacturing sector are expected to register low to negative growth in the October to December quarter of this year, mainly due to high interest rates and increasing prices. ...

Tags: CII survey, CII Ascon, manufacturing sector

The U.S. Economy in a Transition From Sluggish Growth to a Longer Period of Growth

Nov 29, 2012

Major issues still need to be addressed, but presuming the United States gets its fiscal house in some semblance of order, the U.S. economy could be in a transition from sluggish growth to a longer period of moderate growth, according to a ...

Tags: MAPI, GDP growth, Manufacturing production

Investment in Fixed Assets Refers to Investment in Fixed Assets in Urban Area

Nov 29, 2012

　 Actually Completed Proportion (%) Accumulated from January Growth Rate over Same Period of Previous Year Accumulated from January Same Period of Previous Year ...

Tags: investment in fixed assets, fixed assets, investments

ELFA Reports Economic Activity for The $628 Billion Equipment Finance Sector

Nov 29, 2012

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity for the $628 billion equipment finance sector, showed overall new business volume for October was $7.6 ...

Tags: Equipment Leasing and Finance Association, ELFA, finance sector

Operational Highlight Has Been Updated by MMK Group

Nov 29, 2012

1. Crude steel output in Q3 2012 was 3.4 million tonnes (up 2% QoQ. 2. Finished steel output in Q3 2012 was 3.07 million tonnes (up 0.3% QoQ). 3. MMK Group’s total output of high value added (HVA) products in Q3 2012 was 1,276,000 ...

Tags: Crude steel output, steel output

Iron Ore Miner and Steelmaker Arrium Plans to Be The 4th Largest Producer of Iron Ore

Nov 28, 2012

supplychainreview.com.au reported that iron ore miner and steelmaker Arrium plans to be the 4th largest producer of iron ore in Australia. CEO Mining Mr Greg Waters today told a UBS Iron Ore Seminar Arrium plans to double its South ...

Tags: iron ore, export, iron

We Are Very Encouraged by The Results of This Validation Drill Program

Nov 28, 2012

Advanced Explorations Inc announced that encouraging results from the recently completed 2012 drill campaign at its Tuktu 2 Iron Project located 60 km north of the Roche Bay Iron Project on the Melville Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada. ...

Tags: iron project, advanced explorations, Tuktu