Taiwanese Feng Hsin has announced to cut its rebar price by NT$200/ton in the beginning of this week. It is reported that some of southern Taiwan's rebar mills plan to cut is rebar base price to NT$17,200/ton to win more orders; however, ...
OFCO Industrial Co., one of the major manufacturers of fastener products in Taiwan, said the company’s sales performance improved in last November, as it has increased its capacity utilization rate in the month. Shipments in ...
Tianjin Xiqing economic development area and Kobe Steel mutually signed a contract to build the aluminum sheet plant for auto industry. The total investment is about RMB1.36 billion in producing high-end aluminum sheet for car usage. ...
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ArcelorMittal plans to restart its galvanizing line in April 2014 in Asturias, which located in northern Spain region. The company’s first line will be started in early April, but it doesn't have a specific time. The first line is ...
JSW Steel, Indian-based steel company, announces to launch automobile steel plate production line with annual capacity about 2.3 million tons in March 2014. The company will become the first commercial production scale automotive steel ...
In November last year, South Korea's new car registrations decreased by 2.13 percent month on month to 13,853 units, up 15.26 percent year on year, according to the data released by the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors ...
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Hubei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp. (WISCO) has announced that its cold rolling tinplate mill No. 4 was officially put into production on January 1. The cold rolling tinplate mill No. 4 is the key ...
The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector was at 51.0 percent in December last year, down 0.4 percentage points compared to November but remaining above 50 percent for the 15th consecutive month, according to ...
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The HSBC purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the Chinese manufacturing sector declined to a final reading of 50.5 in December last year, constituting the lowest level in the latest three months but still remaining above 50. In November, ...
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Markit's Eurozone Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) was at 52.7 points in December, up from November's 51.6 points and unchanged from the earlier flash estimate, rising to its highest level since June 2011. Among the countries ...
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Coal exports from the Port Waratah Coal Services (PWCS) terminals based at Port of Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia, totaled 9.50 million mt in December last year, increasing by 24.49 percent compared to November, according to the ...
Vancouver, Washington, US-based Northwest Pipe Company has announced that it has acquired Permalok Corporation, a fabricator of steel piping utilizing the Permalok patented interlocking pipe joining system. Permalok's interlocking pipe ...
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International credit rating agency Moody's has confirmed South Korea-based Hyundai Steel Co Ltd's Baa3 rating with a negative outlook. Moody's stated that the rating confirmation primarily reflects the positive impact that the merger ...
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Anhui Province-based Chinese steelmaker Magang Group has stated that its subsidiary Maanshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd (Masteel) plans to acquire 11 percent of shares in Maanshan Iron & Steel (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd from Magang Group. Magang Group ...
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According to the data announced by Statistics Indonesia (BPS), in November last year the value of Indonesia's steel imports decreased by 13.64 percent compared to the previous month, amounting to $603.5 million, while the country's import ...
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