In December 2012, the turnover in France's manufacturing industry increased by 2.2 percent month on month, following a month-on-month fall recorded in November, according to France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies ...
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Tang Eng Iron Works (TE), one of the major stainless steel mills in Taiwan, has announced to keep its March price unchanged in Taiwan domestic market. TE's vice president said to calculate by mill's cost. The company actually still has ...
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The ex-work price of carbon steel hot rolled coil in India for March is expected to keep steady due to sluggish demand and deflating cash flow for traders. For the first two months in 2013, however, Indian mills hiked their HRC prices ...
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Natural gas output in the US Lower 48 states fell 1.1%, or 830,000 Mcf/d, in December compared with November, the US Energy Information Administration said Thursday in its monthly gas gross production report. Total US Lower 48 gas ...
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The European Union's top climate change official said Thursday that President Barack Obama can show his commitment to climate change action by rejecting TransCanada's plan to build the Keystone XL pipeline. "I think that would be an ...
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Baker Hughes reported Friday that for the week ending March 1, the US rig count fell by four to 1,757, following a one-rig increase the week prior. During the past week, 1,333 rigs explored for oil, up four from last week while the ...
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China's purchasing managers' index (PMI) for its domestic manufacturing sector was at 50.1 percent in February this year, down 0.3 percentage points compared to January, according to the figures released by China’s National Bureau of ...
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Solar energy production in the US increased by 138.9% last year compared to 2011, according to the latest issue of the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Electric Power Monthly. EIA’s report also says the top ...
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Speaking on February 27, Li Xinchuang, deputy secretary-general of the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA), stated that overall Chinese demand for iron ore in 2013 will reach 1.11 billion mt, up 5.7 percent year on year. The average Fe ...
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Thursday the initiation of the administrative review of countervailing duty (CVD) orders with a January anniversary date involving oil country tubular goods from China (A-570-944)--multiple ...
Canadian railways have reported a 0.7 percent increase in freight volumes in December 2012 from volumes reported during same month in 2011. Statistics Canada Freight further reported that freight loaded in both Canada and the US raised ...
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The European Commission has announced that it has initiated an expiry review of the antidumping (AD) duty on ferrosilicon imports from China and Russia. The review was initiated following the application filed in November 2012 by ...
Renusol America has announced the addition of two distribution partners:Wholesale Solar, based in Northern California and Werner Electric Supply, which has 11 locations in Wisconsin and across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Renusol ...
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Decentralized renewable energy systems are increasingly the focus of the energy policy in Lebanon. The country wants to increase the share of renewables to 12% by 2020. Two initiatives are in particular targeted to advance the adoption of ...
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According to report, Japanese rebar makers lift up their rebar prices for March due to higher costs on scrap. Kyoei Steel, the largest rebar maker, said it added about 2,000/ton (US$22/ton) to normal size of rebar to the price of ...
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