According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in April this year Turkish producers' foreign sales price index (PPI)* in general decreased by 3.21 percent over March and was up 19.20 percent year on year, ...
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A 31-count indictment filed in the US District Court Monday charged Chinese hackers with gaining illegal access to a handful of Pittsburgh-area industrial firms, including US Steel. The charges against five officers in the Chinese military ...
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JSW Steel, one of the largest Indian steelmakers, produced 990,000 mt of crude steel in April this year, rising 14 percent compared to the same month of the previous year. According to the company's statement, in April JSW Steel produced ...
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Finland-based stainless steel producer Outokumpu has announced that it has completed the €100 million investment project at its quarto plate mill in Degerfors, Sweden. The investment program entailed upgrades to the whole production ...
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Kortrijk, Belgium-based Bekaert, one of the world's largest steel cord and wire manufacturers, has announced that in the first quarter of the current year it achieved consolidated sales of €782 million, falling 2.1 percent compared to ...
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South African platinum miner Implats said Friday gross refined platinum output in the January-March quarter fell 40% to 205,000 oz, hit by ongoing strike action. The company's "good start to the financial year was severely impacted in the ...
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US service centers shipped 139,500 mt of aluminum products in April, up 9.8% compared with the same month in 2013, the Metals Service Center Institute said Friday. Shipments in the first four months of 2014 stood at 533,600 mt, up 10.1% ...
MEGlobal has rolled over its June North American benchmark for monoethylene glycol at 51 cents/lb, multiple market sources said Friday. The company said earlier this week that its June Asia contract price would decline $20 to $1,080/mt ...
Tags: PET makers, DEG prices
Indonesian thermal coal prices were steady Friday amid reduced production and weak demand from China and India, sources said. "Demand has been flat. There has been no real movement," an Indonesia-based trader said. A Singapore-based ...
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The Platts LNG Japan Korea Marker for July, the newly assessed front month, began trading at $13.625/MMBtu on Friday. The marker for June fell 32.5 cents from last Friday to close at $13.625/MMBtu on Thursday amid ample supply and weak ...
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The Platts Australian alumina assessment fell 50 cents/mt from Friday to $315.50/mt FOB Monday, weighed down by supply overhang, tight cash flows and lack of buyers. Alumina bid/ask levels were around $310-312/mt against $316/mt FOB ...
Tags: alumina, Australian-origin cargoes
Renewable energy is a solution to carbon emission and climate change. As the world’s biggest carbon emitter, China has been encouraging solar power development and installation to lower its emission volume. To cut its reliance on ...
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One of the neatest items on display at Schubert's stand was its latest prototype top loading machine (TLM) with a virtually empty switch cabinet. In this design, the servoamplifiers are part of the TLM robot within a decentralised ...
Tags: 3D Scanner, Packaging, Printing
Farm to Feet has signed on as the official sock of the Cayuga Trails 50 (CT50), presented by Farm to Feet's retail partner the Finger Lakes Running Company. The second running of the 50-mile trail running race in Ithaca, NY, is scheduled ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
The Stamford Tyres booth will play host to new tires and wheels.. This is the second in a series of reports about the Reifen 2014 International Trade Fair from esteemed international journalist John Stone. The event will be held in Essen, ...
Tags: tire, tyre, auto parts