On May 22, Guangdong Province-based Chinese steel producer SGIS Songshan Co., the listed subsidiary of Chinese steelmaker Shaoguan Iron and Steel Co., announced that its planned non-public share offering has been approved by China ...
Brazil-based mining giant Vale has reduced its coal export forecast from Mozambique by 30 percent, due to heavy rainfall affecting mining activities in Tete Province in February, according to African Press Agency. Accordingly, the company ...
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According to Luis Zárate Rocha, president of the Mexican Chamber of Construction Industry (CMIC), the Mexican construction industry will finally recover from the slowdown that started this January in the third quarter of 2014. At a ...
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Venezuela and China have agreed on the terms of a previously announced $4 billion financing deal to increase the output of their Sinovensa joint venture in Venezuela's Orinoco oil belt, the South American country's oil minister said late ...
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US natural gas prices will remain stable in the $3-$4/MMBtu range for the rest of the year, three-quarters of the global energy executives surveyed by consulting firm KPMG said in a poll released Friday. "Greater assurance of supply ...
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The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty announced Monday that Gerdau will expand into West Knox County. The additional facility in WestBridge Business Park will take steel rebar manufactured ...
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On May 20, Shandong Province-based Chinese steelmaker Rizhao Iron and Steel Co. announced that it has supplied 1,700 mt of rebar for the Chuma highway project in China's Anhui Province since April 20. The highway project in question extends ...
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On Monday, the Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI) announced that David H. Hannah, chairman and chief executive officer of Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., has been elected chairman of the board for the MSCI effective July 1. He was ...
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Central Europe-based miner New World Resources Plc (NWR) has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2013. In the first quarter, New World Resources registered a net loss of €80 million, compared to a net profit of ...
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In the January-April period of the current year, Kazakhstan produced 1.062 million mt of crude steel, down 22 percent year on year, according to the State Statistics Committee of Kazakhstan. Production of flat steel in Kazakhstan in the ...
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Mexican steel pipe manufacturers petitioned the federal government last week, asking that the second phase of The Ramones pipeline project include at least 50 percent of steel pipe manufactured in Mexico. Teodoro Gonzalez, CEO of ...
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The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Monday that US raw steel production rose 1.2 percent in the week ending May 18, following a slight drop a week ago. Total raw steel production in the United States was 1,904,000 net ...
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Weekly PV Highlights There were 1,586 sub 50 kW PV installations registered during the week ending 12th May 2013, compared to 1,953 in the week ending 5th May 2013. This now brings the total number of sub 50 kW solar PVs registered ...
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British Solar Renewables Limited has successfully secured planning permission for an 11MW solar farm in St. Allen, Truro. The land is part of an existing sheep and llama farm and, as well as providing the farmer landowner with a regular ...
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British Solar Renewables, the UK’s largest developer, owner and operator of solar farms has recently commenced community consultation for a proposed solar installation at Canada Farm, Winterborne Stickland. The proposed solar farm ...
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