Taiwan's industrial production index in August this year increased by 7.03 percent as compared to August 2013 and was down 1.5 percent month on month, according to the country's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Meanwhile, Taiwan's ...
Tags: Taiwan, Output, Metallurgy
Russia's auto market shows no signs of improving in the next two years, having been hit by an economic slowdown and the weak rouble, according to media reports. Sanctions over Ukraine have hurt the Russian economy, hitting car sales to a ...
Tags: Russian, Demand, Metallurgy
According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in August this year Turkish producers' foreign sales price index (PPI)* in general increased by 1.17 percent from July and was up 9.82 percent year on year, ...
Tags: basic metal, domestic industry
In August this year, Ukraine exported $82.398 million worth of steel pipes, while its steel pipe imports totaled a value of $6.68 million, according to Ukraine's Ministry of Revenue and Duties. Despite the tense situation between the two ...
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Global crude steel production in August this year increased by 1.4 percent year on year to 134.96 million metric tons, while a 1.36 percent decline was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel). ...
Tags: crude steel, steel production
In August this year, South Korea's total automotive (cars and commercial vehicles) output amounted to 272,744 units, down 33.4 percent month on month and declining by 20.6 percent year on year, according to a report released by the Korea ...
Tags: cars, commercial vehicles, Auto Output
In August this year, Taiwan's basic metal and basic metal product export orders amounted to $2.38 billion, up 0.4 percent compared to July and increasing by 6.4 percent compared to August 2013, according to Taiwan's Ministry of Economic ...
Tags: basic metal, Mineral
In the January-August period of the year, China produced 2.518 billion mt of coal, down 1.44 percent year on year, while it sold 2.4 billion mt of coal in the same period, down 1.62 percent year on year, as announced by the China National ...
Tags: Coal, Coal output, Coal market
Austrian plantmaker Siemens Metals Technologies has announced that it will expand the annual capacity of the heat treatment line of Mexican steel producer Altos Hornos de México S.A.B de C.V. (AHMSA) at the company's Monclova plant. ...
Tags: Siemens, carbon steel plates
Brazil iron ore producer Vale, which has not been allowed to dock its ships at Chinese ports, could soon get permission to unload. According to media reports, the Chinese shipping industry, led mainly by Cosco, worked hard to keep out the ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Chinese Ports
According to the report released by Argentina's steel chamber, in August this year the country's crude steel production was down two percent month on month and decreased by 2.4 percent year on year, amounting to 467,400 metric tons. ...
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According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in July this year new motor vehicle registrations in Turkey decreased by 18.2 percent year on year to 109,487 units, up 46.8 percent on month-on-month basis. ...
Tags: Motor Vehicle, passenger car
Australia-based miner Northern Iron has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Sydvaranger Gruve AS has amended its offtake agreement with its largest customer regarding the supply of iron ore concentrate from its mining operation in ...
Shanxi Province-based Chinese stainless steel producer Taigang Stainless Steel Co., a subsidiary of Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co. (TISCO), has announced that it plans to issue ultrashort-term bonds worth RMB 2.0 billion ($325 million) ...
Indian steelmaker Tata Steel has announced that it has opened a new finishing line at its IJmuiden steelworks in the Netherlands to strengthen the supply of high-value steels to the automotive sector and other markets. Tata Steel invested ...
Tags: Tata Steel, Automotive Steel