Austrian steelmaker voestalpine AG has announced its financial results for the first quarter ended June 30 of the fiscal year 2013-14. Accordingly, voestalpine's net profit in the first quarter decreased to €139 million, falling 4.3 ...
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Australian iron ore giant Rio Tinto has announced its financial results for the first half of 2013, registering decreased earnings amid lower average market prices and a higher effective tax rate. However, the decrease in the company's ...
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Indian state-owned miner National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) has announced its financial results for the first quarter ended on June 30 of the financial year 2013-14. In the first quarter, NMDC's net profit decreased by 17.5 ...
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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday that total US rail traffic was mixed for July 2013, with intermodal setting a new July record for average weekly volume and carload volume decreasing slightly overall compared ...
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New orders for hot rolled steel products received in the German steel market increased three percent in the second quarter of this year compared to the second quarter of the previous year, according to the German steel federation ...
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In July of the current year, China's producer price index (PPI) decreased by 2.3 percent year on year and was down 0.3 percent month on month, according to data released by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on August 9. In the ...
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The American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) reported that based on US Government data, steel exports declined in June compared to May by 8.5 percent. "Exports declined in every major steel export market in June, with over 86 ...
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Fujian Province-based Chinese steelmaker Fujian Sangang (Group) Co. has announced that in the first half of the current year its crude steel output totaled 3.9416 million mt, up 22.26 percent year on year, on the back of improvements in ...
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According to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), the country's manufacturing production in June this year decreased 0.4 percent compared to May, after a month-on-month decrease ...
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Baker Hughes reported Friday that for the week ending August 9, Canada's rig count increased by 17 to 358, also marking a 59-rig increase from the same week last year.? Meanwhile, the US rig count decreased by four to 1,778, dropping after ...
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The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Friday the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping order on circular welded non-alloy steel pipe and tube (standard pipe) from Mexico. The review originally covered ...
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The European Union (EU) has reached a consensus with the China government to set an annual quota of 7GWp on PV modules imported from China, but the quota will reportedly also include solar cells, according to industry sources in Taiwan. ...
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The growing oil sand industry in Alberta necessitates a better understanding of the fate and transport of oil sand process-affected water (OSPW) seepage from these facilities. This study characterises the potential for major ion and trace ...
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DuPont China Holding Co. Ltd. (DuPont) and GD Solar Co. Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement focused on collaboration to improve the power output, quality and reliability of solar energy systems. "DuPont and GD Solar share a ...
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SAES Pure Gas Inc of San Luis Obispo, CA, USA (a member of the SAES Group) has reached an agreement with Johnson Matthey Gas Purification Technology to provide support to customers who own Johnson Matthey gas purifiers. With the recent ...
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