China on Tuesday bought around 54,000 mt of Ribbed Smoked Sheet grade natural rubber from local suppliers for government stockpiles, end-users and industry sources said Wednesday. The rubber was purchased from either three or four ...
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China has unveiled a five-year plan for its emerging shale gas industry as the government seeks to replicate the US success in extraction of the cleaner-burning unconventional fuel. The 2011-2015 plan, made public yesterday by the ...
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Because of the growth of regional trade in September this year, the Brazilian aluminum imports grew 13.5%. According to the Brazilian Ministry of Trade Statistics, Brazil imported aluminum metal is 4420 tons in September 2013, while ...
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For recent years, the comprehensive competitiveness of China’s PV industry has been continuously improved and the whole PV industrial chain has showed the rapid development trend. China has formed the relatively complete solar PV ...
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Hunan-based Chinese steelmaker Valin Group announced the financial results of its subsidiary Hunan Valin Iron & Steel Co. (Hunan Valin Steel) for the first three quarters of the current year. In the January-September period of the current ...
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Metalloinvest, a leading global iron ore and hot briquetted iron (HBI) producer based in Russia, has announced its operational results for the third quarter of the current year. Accordingly, in the given quarter Metalloinvest's iron ore ...
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Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that Latin America received 10 percent of global exports of finished steel from China during the first nine months of 2013, reaching 3.9 million tons, 23 percent more than in the ...
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Jiangxi Province-based Chinese steelmaker Xinyu Iron and Steel Co. announced that in the January-September period of the current year its operating revenue amounted to RMB 25.283 billion ($4.14 billion), down 6.33 percent year on year, ...
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AK Steel announced Tuesday that the United States District Court for the District of Delaware again confirmed that the company's ULTRALUME? advanced high-strength steel product does not infringe upon an ArcelorMittal patent.? The Court ...
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US Steel Corp announced Tuesday that it will permanently shut down operations at its Hamilton, Ontario, mill at the end of this year. The integrated mill, which had an annual capacity of 2.3 million tons before it was idled in 2010, will ...
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According to data released by the Latin America Steel Association (Alacero), Latin America's imports of finished steel products totaled 3.9 million in the first nine months of this year, rising by 23% year on year. In the given period of ...
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Oil giant PetroChina Company Limited on Tuesday announced a 9.6-percent increase in its net profit for the first three quarters of 2013 as the company managed to adapt to market changes. Net profit during the Jan.-Sept. period came in at ...
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United States Steel Corporation reported Monday a third-quarter net loss of $1.8 billion, compared to a Q2 2013 net loss of $78 million and Q3 2012 net income of $44 million.? Adjusted net loss for the third quarter of 2013 was $20 million ...
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Shandong Province-based Chinese steelmaker Shandong Iron and Steel Group Co. has announced that in the January-September period of the current year its operating revenue amounted to RMB 52.535 billion ($8.58 billion), down 9.18 percent year ...
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Turkey has increased its import duty for stainless steel cold rolled flat products from two percent to eight percent, effective immediately, for all countries except the European Union and South Korea with which Turkey has signed free trade ...
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