Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), one of the four futures exchanges in mainland China, has announced that it will launch trading of iron ore futures on October 18. According to the DCE, trading will be for iron ore containing 62 percent ...
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Chinese steel producer Hebei Iron and Steel Group has announced its estimated financial results for the first three quarters of the current year. Accordingly, for the first nine months this year the company has announced an estimated net ...
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Central Europe-based miner New World Resources Plc (NWR) has announced that it has reached agreements with its customers for coking coal and coke sales for the fourth quarter of 2013. Accordingly, NWR has set the average agreed price of ...
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In the third quarter of the current year, the global iron ore production of Australia-based Rio Tinto, the world's second biggest iron ore producer, increased by two percent to 68.3 million mt compared to the third quarter of 2012, setting ...
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FCICA, the flooring contractors association, is pleased to announce the release of an updated white paper on "Concrete Moisture Testing". FCICA was one of the original sponsors of this document when it was first released in October of ...
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Swiss-based SMS Concast has announced that it has revamped the continuous casting machine of Peru-based steel producer Empresa Siderúrgica Del Perú (Siderperú), part of Brazil-based steelmaker Gerdau Group, in Chimbote, ...
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According to the monthly statistics released by the Turkish Automotive Manufacturers' Association (OSD), in September this year Turkey's motor vehicle output totaled 111,769 units, increasing 12.2 percent year on year. In September of the ...
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Japanese glass company AGC is the latest concern to take a swipe at Chinese-manufacturing driven oversupply. In a press release on Thursday, the Asahi Glass Company (AGC) announced that its solar cell cover glass manufacturing facility in ...
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Volvo Trucks has announced the availability of an XE (exceptional efficiency) package for its 11-litre engine. The XE11 will be available on Volvo VNM and VNL models, rated at up to 80,000 lbs. The engine will be aimed at LTL, ...
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Local 1, Local 2, and Sorachi Ace are part of Brooklyn Brewery’s family of Big Bottles – special brews that are 100% refermented in the 750ml amber glass bottle and capped with a champagne style cork and wire closure. Brooklyn ...
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Asahi Glass will reduce its solar output with the conversion of an existing Chinese plant to automotive production. Source: AGC Solar. Asahi Glass will convert one of its solar glass factories in China to make automotive products. ...
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2 Sisters Food Group has confirmed its plan to close Haughley Park roast chicken factory in Suffolk, with the potential loss of up to 430 jobs. 2 Sisters' decision to close the plant puts 430 full-time jobs at risk The firm revealed its ...
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Laser welding technology is increasingly being utilized in several industrial processes ranging from the production of micro electronics to shipbuilding. However, amongst various applications, the technology has gained considerable ...
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Seamless steel pipe is a hollow cross section, no seams round, square, rectangular steel. Seamless steel ingot is made of perforated or solid tube capillary tube, and then by hot-rolled, cold-rolled or cold- call is made. Seamless hollow ...
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At its Ludwigshafen site, BASF has started up a tailor-made polyamide coextrusion line for packaging and technical films. With the collaboration of customers from the film industry, the line will be used to develop new applications for ...
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