Beta Glass Plc Tuesday announced a growth of 52 per cent in net profit for the half year ended June 30, 2013 just as the Nigerian equities market returned to the bears zone. Beta Glass, which manufactures, distributes and sells glass ...
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August manufacturing activity picked up where July left off, according to the most recent edition of the Manufacturing Report on Business from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM). The PMI, the index used by the ISM to measure ...
Material handling equipment orders are forecasted to grow 7.0% in 2013 and 11.0% or more in 2014, according to the latest Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing Forecast (MHEM) released by MHI. Projections for both orders and shipments ...
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For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2013 (ended 19 June), optical networking and associated semiconductor technology firm JDSU of Milpitas, CA, USA has reported net revenue of $421.3m, up on $405.3m last quarter but down on $434m a year ago. ...
According to data released by China's customs, China's exports of wire rods totaled 600,498 tons in July, falling by 13.6% from a month ago but soaring by 53.4% year on year. In July, Korea, Thailand and Malaysia were the three largest ...
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The steel output of Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises is down by 0.2% form Jan. to July in 2013, is 19.35 million tons. The iron production rose 0.9% to 16.951 million tons. In July, steel production rose by 2.9%, growth of 10% Y-O-Y, to ...
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Driven by the raising stainless steel price in this September and the Taiwanese government's new antidumping announcement on imported stainless steel coils from China and Korea, Taiwan's stainless steel market has become better recently. ...
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Due to the depreciation of the Indian Rupees, the hot rolled coil (HRC) import price is not workable for India customers. China's HRC quote of US$585~US$590/ton CFR is not competitive at all since the local prices are US$499~US$506/ton. It ...
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According to data released by the Ministry of Finance, Japan's steel exports totaled 3.64 million tons in July, down by 1.5% year on year and month on month. In July, the country's steel imports totaled 663,150 tons, falling by 3.1% from a ...
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Reportedly, Indonesia's steel export values totaled US$901.3 million in July, rising by 15% from a month ago, according to data released by Statistics Indonesia (BPS). In July, the country's import values of articles of iron and steel ...
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According to data released by China's Customs, the country's exports of seamless steel pipes totaled 410,197 tons in July, falling by 4% from a month ago and rising by 13% year on year. In the first seven months of this year, the country's ...
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According to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the country's import values of iron and steel totaled US$10.8 billion in the first seven months of this year, falling by 8.8% year on year. In the given period of time, ...
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China Steel Corp. (CSC), the largest carbon steel producer in Taiwan announced to remain its list prices for electric furnace (EF) Al-killed wire rods unchanged for September. It’s known that CSC has already kept the prices flat in a ...
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It's reported that Feng Hsin, one of the major wire rod makers in Taiwan announced to remain its 209 wire rod prices unchanged on September 2nd. Although Feng Hsin hiked its rebar and scrap price by NT$200/ton for this week, the company ...
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According to statistic released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, the country's H-beam exports totaled 52,600 tons in July, rising by 18.7% from a month ago and jumping by 2.3 times year on year. Meanwhile, the country's export prices of ...