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YRC Is Evaluating New Approaches to Its Long-Term Contract Situation

Jan 17, 2014

YRC Worldwide Inc. said is evaluating new approaches to its long-term contract situation in talks with the Teamsters union after last week’s rejection of an extension that would have solidified the carrier’s financial situation. ...

Tags: financial situation, Transportation

GM Sold Upward of 9.7 Million Vehicles Worldwide in 2013, 4% More Than in 2012

Jan 17, 2014

General Motors Co. sold upward of 9.7 million vehicles worldwide in 2013, 4% more than in 2012, the company said Wednesday. Sales in the company’s China and United Kingdom markets accounted for the largest year-over-year gains at 11% ...

Tags: General Motors, Chevrolet

Sprint Priced LG's Curved-Screen G Flex at $299 with Two-Year Contract

Jan 17, 2014

Sprint’s version of LG’s G Flex with 6-inch curved display will feature Sprint Spark technology. Related sprint Sprint Expands LTE To 300 Markets sprint Sprint Eyes Merger With T-Mobile: Report sprint Sprint Gets Into ...

Tags: Curved Phone, LG

EDS Begun Testing for ERAV Using PCR Testing Method

Jan 17, 2014

Lexington, Ky.-based Equine Diagnostic Solutions (EDS) has begun testing for equine rhinitis A virus (ERAV) using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing method. EDS is now one of four labs in the United States offering this test, along ...

Tags: Agriculture, Food

Republic Steel's Fire-Damaged Eaf Is Almost Ready to Resume Production by a Fire on Nov 30

Jan 17, 2014

Republic Steel Executive Vice President-Commercial Ted Thielens said this week that the company’s new EAF is almost ready to resume production after weeks of repairs necessitated by a fire on November 30 that destroyed control ...

Tags: Fire-Damaged EAF, Mineral

Premium for Pork Producers to Pay in Order to Profit Is Expected to Be Reduced to $5.64%

Jan 17, 2014

The premium for pork producers to pay in order to profit from Farm Income Stabilization Insurance in Quebec is expected to be reduced to $5.64 per animal, a $17 reduction. That's a big portion of the shock felt when the cost of production ...

Tags: Agriculture, Food

Record Steel Production Levels Set by AHMSA for 2013

Jan 17, 2014

For the first time in its production history, Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA) exceeded the annual level of 4 million tons of crude steel and finished 2013 with a total volume of 4.155 million tons--7 percent more than the 2012 total. The ...

Tags: Steel Production, Mineral

Gains Is Showed by US and Canadian Steel Service Center Shipments in December

Jan 17, 2014

According to a report from the Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI), monthly shipments of steel in both the US and Canada ended 2013 with gains over December of 2012. In the US, December shipments lifted 2013 annual shipments to levels ...

Tags: Iron Steel, Mineral

Ansteel Group Announced That It Returns to Profit in 2013

Jan 17, 2014

On January 16, Liaoning Province-based Chinese steelmaker Anshan Iron and Steel Group Co. (Ansteel) announced that it returned to profit in 2013 following the strong net loss it had recorded in 2012. Accordingly, the group has posted a net ...

Tags: Ansteel Group, Mineral

EU New Car Registrations Decreases 1.7 Percent From 2012 in 2013

Jan 17, 2014

The latest figures issued by the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) show that in 2013 new car registrations totaled 11,850,905 units in the European Union (EU), with a decrease of 1.7 percent from 2012. In December last ...

Tags: New Car Registrations, Mineral

Energy Costs Will Be Cut by Fortescue in Pilbara with New Natural Gas Pipeline

Jan 17, 2014

Australia-based miner Fortescue Minerals Limited has announced that it has signed a long-term natural gas transportation agreement to reduce costs at its Pilbara iron ore operations. Gas will be delivered via the existing Dampier to Bunbury ...

Tags: Natural Gas, Mineral

German Industrial Output Increases 3.1 Percent Compared to The Previous Month

Jan 17, 2014

In November last year, the price, calendar and seasonally adjusted industrial production in Germany increased 3.1 percent compared to the previous month, according to the preliminary data released by the German Federal Ministry for Economic ...

Tags: German Industrial, Mineral

Net Income Is Reported by Insteel Industries for Fiscal Q1

Jan 17, 2014

Mounty Airy, North Carolina-based Insteel Industries reported Thursday net earnings of $2.7 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2014 (ended December 28, 2013), compared to $2.4 million in the same quarter of the previous year. Net sales ...

Tags: Insteel Industries, Mineral

Images Beamed Back by The Opportunity Rover Show a Rock Sitting in a Place Nearby

Jan 17, 2014

The lead scientist for NASA's Mars rover exploration team (Steve Squyres) has announced that recent images beamed back by the Opportunity rover show a rock sitting in a place nearby where there wasn't one just twelve days prior. The image, ...

Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics

Construction Materials Prices Expanded Just 0.1 Percent in December,Lower Than Before

Jan 17, 2014

Construction materials prices expanded just 0.1 percent in December and are up 1.3 percent year over year, according to a January 15 Producer Price Index released by the Department of Labor. Nonresidential construction materials prices also ...

Tags: Construction materials, seasonal factors

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