Australian mining company BHP Billiton has announced its financial results for the half year ended December 31, 2013. According to its financial statement, BHP Billiton posted a net profit of US$8.1 billion for the first half of the ...
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According to a report released by the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS), in January of the current year the producer price index (PPI) for the UK manufacturing industry increased by 0.3 percent compared to December, following the ...
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In January of the current year, motor vehicle sales in Turkey totaled 34,288 units, decreasing by 7.68 percent year on year, according to the Turkish Automotive Manufacturers Association (OSD). In the given month, passenger car sales in ...
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In January of the current year, the value of Taiwan's iron and steel exports increased by 0.58 percent year on year and by 5.25 compared to the previous month to $1.56 billion, according to the preliminary statistics issued by the Taiwanese ...
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South Africa's primary carbon and alloy steel product imports (excluding semi-finished steel, stainless steel and drawn wire) amounted to 58,107 mt in December last year, decreasing by 52.8 percent compared to November and down 0.9 percent ...
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Anglo American's thermal coal division produced 67.6 million mt in the 2013 financial year, slipping 2% on the year due to lower-than-expected production at Colombia's Cerrejon and South Africa's New Vaal mines. The miner said in its ...
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China's top refiner, Sinopec Corp., has discovered a shale gas well located at a depth of 4,417 meters with maximum daily output of 105,000 cubic meters in southwest China, authorities said Wednesday. According to the Ministry of Land and ...
Norwegian crude oil production in January averaged 1.568 million b/d of oil, up 5.7% from 1.484 million b/d for January 2013, according to preliminary figures released Friday by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. The latest figure also ...
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Norway sold 9.9 billion cubic meters of gas in January, down 6% from 10.5 Bcm a year earlier and below the 10.2 Bcm in December, according to preliminary figures Friday from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. It said gas and oil ...
China's shale gas industry could soon be entering its boom years. Thanks to the top two oil and gas giants - China National Petroleum Corp and Sinopec Group - the nation's shale gas output soared from 25 million cubic meters in 2012 to ...
US coal production totaled about 17.9 million st in the week that ended February 8, the Energy Information Administration said Thursday. This production estimate is 4.5% lower than the previous week's estimate and 6.7% below output in the ...
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Global demand for refined lead metal exceeded supply by 22,000 mt in 2013, according to preliminary data compiled by the International Lead & Zinc Study Group. "Overall global demand for refined lead metal increased by 4.5%. This was ...
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Dangote is expected to commission its new cement factory in Ndola in July this year, senior general manager for Dangote Projects, Anand Kameshwar, has indicated. In an interview with All Africa news, Kameshwar said installation of major ...
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Taiwan's state-owned CPC sold 1.35 million mt of bunker fuel in 2013, up 2.6% from a year earlier, a company source said Friday. There are two bunker suppliers in Taiwan, while CPC covers more than 90% of supply there, the source added. ...
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Colombian coal exports in 2013 dropped 1% on the year to 76.652 million mt, according to data late Friday from the country's statistics agency DANE. Colombia's 2013 export sales in 2013 fell 14% on the year to $6.687 billion FOB, DANE ...
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