In June, Harvard's Clean Energy Project (CEP) plans to release to solar power developers a list of the top 20,000 organic compounds that could be used to make cheap, printable photovoltaic cells (PVCs). The list, culled from about seven ...
It is reported that ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) announced to re-commission for the basic oxygen converters at its Vanderbijlpark works in South Africa. The plant has been temporary suspended due to firs incident on February 9 this ...
Tags: Arcelormittal
It is reported that the Iraq and Jorden planned to sign the agreement for new oil and natural gas projects. The total investment was worth about US$18 billion which was signed between the two nations. Meanwhile, the schedule for the ...
Tags: diameter welded pipe, welded pipe
The US Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced Tuesday that privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in March were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 902,000. This is 3.9 ...
Tags: Construction Activity, Mineral
In February of the current year, Japan's seasonally adjusted industrial production increased 0.6 percent from the previous month, while the original index indicated a decrease of 10.5 percent compared to the same month last year. ...
Tags: Iron and Steel Output, Mineral
According to the State Statistics Committee of Kazakhstan, in the January-March period of the current year Kazakhstan produced 764,800 mt of crude steel, down 22.2 percent year on year. Production of flat steel in Kazakhstan in the ...
Tags: Kazakhstan, Crude Steel Output
According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in February this year Turkey's pig iron imports amounted to 131,977 mt, up sharply compared to the 59,921 metric tons recorded in the previous month and the 67,847 ...
Tags: Pig Iron Imports, Mineral
According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in February of the current year new motor vehicle registrations in Turkey increased by 15.7 percent year on year to 60,680 units, decreasing by 50.7 percent ...
The employment rate of the 34 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries was 65.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012, up 0.1 percentage points compared to the previous quarter and 0.2 percentage points ...
In the first quarter of this year, Russian exports of semi-finished steel products decreased by 5.9 percent year on year to 3.4 million mt, according to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat). In March alone, Russia exported ...
Tags: Semi-Finished Steel, Mineral
The Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI) reported Tuesday that metal shipments in March 2013 decreased at rates that were greater than the declines registered in January and February. Steel shipments from US service centers decreased ...
Tags: Steel Shipments, Mineral
German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp's China-based joint venture with Chinese steel producer Ansteel is to build a new production line in Yufu Industrial Park in Liangjiang New Area in Chongqing which will produce hot dip galvanized (HDG) sheet ...
Liaoning Province-based Chinese steelmaker Angang Steel Group (Ansteel) has announced that it has delivered 10,000 mt of A709G50T3 bridge-building steel plate to Hebei Province-based China Railway Shanhaiguan Bridge Group Co., Ltd, which ...
Tags: Ansteel, Steel Plate
Australian iron ore miner Atlas Iron has announced it shipped a record 1.86 million wet metric tons of iron ore in the quarter ended on March 31, up 54 percent compared to the same quarter of 2012. Accordingly, Atlas remains on track to ...
Tags: Atlas Iron, Shipping Guidance
Australian miner BHP Billiton has announced its production results for the third quarter and the first nine months ended March 31, 2013. In the third quarter, BHP Billiton produced 40.2 million mt of iron ore, up six percent compared to ...
Tags: BHP Billiton, Iron Ore Output