Over the last 20 years, U.S. dairy producers have faced rapidly changing milk prices and input prices, primarily for feeds. The monthly average U.S. all-milk price has been highly volatile since 1990, particularly in more recent years. ...
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U.S. corn farmers soared to new heights in 2013, growing the largest crop on record, at 13.9 billion bushels. To celebrate these heroics, the National Corn Growers Association delves into the facts about corn production, use and offers a ...
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In the first month this year, Japan's cold rolled sheet and strip output increased by 3.56 percent year on year to 555,783 metric tons, according to the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF) data. Meanwhile, in the given month the ...
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In Sweden, industrial production decreased by 0.3 percent in January this year compared to December and rose by 0.8 percent year on year in working day-adjusted figures, according to Statistics Sweden (SCB). On the other hand, the ...
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The US Department of Commerce announced Wednesday its affirmative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of grain-oriented electrical steel from the People’s Republic of China (China). ...
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In 2013, European stainless crude steel production decreased by four percent to 7.45 million metric tons, with German production decreased by 17 percent, Sweden's production fell two percent and Slovenia's production up 11 percent, all ...
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In February this year, Germany's crude steel output decreased by 2.9 percent month on month to 3.56 million metric tons, rising by 4.2 percent compared to February 2013, according to the information provided by the German steel federation ...
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According to the data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in January this year Turkey's season and calendar adjusted monthly industrial production increased by 1.1 percent compared to December, while the calendar adjusted ...
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In a letter to the Hamilton, Ontario city council's Steel Issues Committee Friday morning, US Steel executives said the company "respectfully declines to participate in this or future Steel Committee meetings as we believe a civic forum is ...
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In January this year, South Korea's total automotive (cars and commercial vehicles) output amounted to 368,228 units, down 10.32 percent year on year and down 12.18 percent month on month, according to a report released by the Korea ...
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In January this year, the seasonally and working-day adjusted turnover in the German manufacturing industry increased by three percent compared to December, according to the preliminary data reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office ...
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South Africa-based miner Coal of Africa has announced that in the first six months ended on December 31 it registered a net loss of $46.3 million, down from a net loss of $111.7 million in the corresponding period of the previous year. In ...
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France's manufacturing output in January this year increased by 0.7 percent compared to December, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). In January, France's ...
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Authorities are being urged to review road lighting on two stretches of the M65. Following a fatal crash in November near junction 8 - a stretch which is managed by the Highways Agency - the Blackburn Coroner has written to the Agency ...
Tags: M65 Road Lights, LED Lighting
Effective immediately Rapid Packaging has joined Syfan as a preferred distributor of shrink film. Rapid Packaging's decision to become a preferred distributor of Syfan shrink film will benefit our customers because we can offer a better ...
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