According to a report released by the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS), in July this year the producer price index (PPI) for the UK manufacturing industry rose by 0.2 percent compared to June this year, following a month-on-month ...
Tags: Metal Manufacturing, Mineral
Qinghai Province-based Chinese steelmaker Xining Special Steel Co. has announced that it has received approval for its planned issue of not more than 511.335 million A shares from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration ...
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Russian mining and steel group Mechel has announced that it has signed an agreement with businessman Vadim Varshavsky for the disposal of 100 percent of shares in Daveze Limited, which in turn owns 100 percent of shares in Ukrainian steel ...
In the January-July period of the current year, Kazakhstan produced 1.905 million mt of crude steel, down 18.4 percent year on year, according to the State Statistics Committee of Kazakhstan. Production of flat steel in Kazakhstan in the ...
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International ratings agency Moody's has announced that it has downgraded the credit rating of Raspadskaya Coal Company (Raspadskaya), one of the largest coking coal producers in Russia, to B2 from B1, reflecting Moody's expectation of ...
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According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in June of the current year new motor vehicle registrations in Turkey decreased by 29.3 percent year on year to 56,464 units, down 58.6 percent on ...
On August 20, Sichuan Province-based Chinese steelmaker Pangang Group Vanadium Titanium & Resources Co., formerly Pangang Group Steel Vanadium & Titanium Co., announced its financial results for the first half of the current year. ...
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On August 20, Chinese steel producer Shougang Tonghua Iron and Steel Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of Shougang Steel Group and the largest integrated steelmaker in China's Jilin Province, signed a strategic agreement with the domestic energy ...
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Nearly 1.1 million containers crossed Port of Tacoma docks through July, marking a 24 percent increase year-to-date, according to a report released late Tuesday. Despite the gain on the year, container volume growth appears to be ...
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The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index slipped 0.4 percent in July after edging 0.1 percent higher in June. (June's increase was the same as ATA reported on July 23, 2013.) The ...
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Taiwan's largest steelmaker China Steel Corporation (CSC) has issued updates on certain investment projects following the board of directors meeting held on August 9. Accordingly, CSC will increase its investment in its wholly-owned ...
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Finland-based nickel and zinc miner Talvivaara Mining Company Plc has announced its financial results for the second quarter and the first half of the current year. In the second quarter, Talvivaara registered a net loss of €27.6 ...
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The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) saw a jump of more than a full point last month, indicating acceleration in the growth of design activity nationally. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) reported Wednesday that the July ABI ...
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In July this year, global pig iron production amounted to 98 million metric tons, increasing by 2.5 percent compared to June and up 4.3 percent on year-on-year basis, according to the preliminary data covering 38 countries accounting for ...
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In response to the decision of Brazil's Ministry of Finance to reduce the import duty rates on 100 items including steel products, the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr) said that lower import duty rates will negatively affect the Brazilian ...
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