Australian miners Rio Tinto and Xstrata will cut 100 jobs each in their coal divisions, with Xstrata planning to consolidate its New South Wales and Queensland coal divisions, while closing its Brisbane office, according to media reports. ...
Turkish integrated long steel producer Kardemir has announced that it has decided to procure the equipment for its new wire rod and premium quality steel round bar mill from Germany-based plantmaker SMS Meer. This new mill will be ...
On March 15, Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) completed an investigation against four domestic producers of large diameter pipes (LDP). In October 2011, the FAS had initiated a case against four Russian manufacturers of ...
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According to the report of China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC), the average steel prices in China dropped by 0.4% from a week ago during March 11st through March 17th. In the given period of time, the average prices of rebar with diameter ...
Tags: Steel, Steel Prices, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
BP can bid in next week's Central Gulf of Mexico offshore lease sale, but will be disqualified if, after a 90-day review, the company remains under the suspension that was imposed on federal contracts after its guilty plea to Macondo oil ...
Tags: BP, Macondo well, Ocean Energy
Analyst warns of 'overheating' as Japan rushes to install PV 19 Mar 2013 Country set to become second-largest PV market after China this year, says IMS Research. More than 5 GW of photovoltaic systems are set to be installed in Japan ...
Tags: PV, PV market, PV systems
It is reported that Tradisa, the largest steel service center in Peru planned to invest new cutting and bending machines in order to improve its processing capacity by 5% this year. Currently, the company has processed hot rolled, cold ...
Tags: steel service, steel, long products
Swedish-based iron ore producer LKAB has announced that it has signed a seven-year purchase agreement with UAE-based Emirates Steel for delivery of one million mt of direct reduction pellets each year. LKAB indicated that this agreement ...
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Taiwan's Bureau of Energy has invited the Australian Solar Council and representatives from large-size engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firms to join an investment conference in Taipei from March 19-21, 2013. The Taiwan ...
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Sunner Solar, a Taiwan-based a-Si (amorphous silicon) thin-film solar module firm, on March 18 announced the merger with Anneberg, a Taiwan-based cosmetics producer, into a new company named Xantia, with Sunner to acquire financial support ...
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In the beginning of 2012, the South Korea government adopted the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) policy. Due to falling prices of related equipment, firms have been participating eagerly. South Korea-based industry sources estimate that ...
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The Japan solar market is set to grow by 120% in 2013 and install more than 5GW of new capacity, according to IMS Research. Benefiting from the world's most attractive solar incentive policy, Japan's solar market is currently booming, with ...
Tags: solar PV Systems, solar market, solar
Reportedly, Taiwan's Walsin Lihwa has announced that the company has begun hot run of its annual production capacity by 350,000~400,000 tons of stainless strip annealing and pickling plant in Taichung in central Taiwan. Meanwhile, the ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, stainless strip
It is reported that Austrian integrated steel maker Voestalpine planned to upgrade its special steel business in Europe, US and China with the acquisition of coating facilities and processing units. However, the company has announced ...
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On Monday, Lisle, Illinois-based SunCoke Energy and India-based VISA Steel Limited announced the official launch of their cokemaking joint venture in India. The new joint venture will be called VISA SunCoke Limited. SunCoke Energy holds a ...
Tags: Suncoke Energy, Visa Steel, Mineral