The UK's consumption of thermal coal rose 8.5% on the month to 3.76 million mt in September, the highest for three months, according to data released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change Thursday. However the UK's rate of ...
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China will help Ukraine to build coal-to-gas plants, according to an agreement expected to be signed next week, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said Thursday. Yanukovych is expected to travel to China next week for economic and ...
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New Zealand Energy Corp. (TSX VENTURE:NZ)(OTCQX:NZERF) ("NZEC" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has been awarded a 100% interest in the East Cape Permit. The East Cape Permit covers approximately 1,048,221 onshore ...
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Global steel giant ArcelorMittal has announced that it has entered into a 50/50 joint venture partnership with Japan-based Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) to acquire the Alabama-based steel processing plant ThyssenKrupp ...
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The annual global steel scrap trade is about 105 million metric tons, while Turkey's reach in this international trade is about 60 million metric tons, said Sukru Celik, director of Belgian Scrap Terminal NV in Turkey, speaking at the 8th ...
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In November this year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) of the Chinese steel sector stood at 49.0 percent, increasing by 1.5 percentage points as compared to October, but staying below 50 for the third consecutive month, as announced on ...
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Iron ore prices are not expected to show any significant decline in the short term, said Sevkinaz Alemdar, Turkish integrated steel group Erdemir's purchasing coordinator, at the 8th SteelOrbis Turkish Steel Market Conference held in ...
In the third quarter of the current year, Belgian crude steel production amounted to 1.71 million mt, falling by 3.72 percent year on year and down 3.78 percent compared to the second quarter, according to the Belgian Steel Federation ...
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In October this year, Japan's industrial production increased 0.5 percent from the previous month, while output increased by 4.7 percent from October in the previous year, according to the preliminary indices of the Industrial Production ...
Germany-based steelmaker ThyssenKrupp has announced its financial results for the financial year 2012-13, stating that it is planning a capital increase of up to 10 percent, raising €1 billion, as the sale of its US steel mill has now ...
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Speaking at the 8th SteelOrbis Turkish Steel Market Conference held in Istanbul on November 29, Professor Ercan Tezer, general secretary of Turkey's Automotive Manufacturers Association (OSD), said that next year the Turkish automotive ...
Speaking at the 8th SteelOrbis Turkish Steel Market Conference held in Istanbul on November 29, Dr. Veysel Yayan, general secretary of the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD), said that Turkey's crude steel production for ...
Acceleware Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:AXE) today announced that Woodside Petroleum Ltd., Australia's largest independent oil and gas company has selected AxWave(TM), Acceleware's high performance seismic modeling software, to simulate data ...
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GeoPark Limited ("GeoPark"), the Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator and consolidator with operations and production in Chile, Colombia, Brazil and Argentina (AIM: GPK), is pleased to announce that it has been awarded two new ...
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FortisBC, a subsidiary of Fortis Inc. (TSX: FTS) commends the B.C. government for changes announced today that will help to increase FortisBC's ability to rapidly and cost-effectively supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the B.C. ...
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