Since August 2010 the UNFPA Iraq Country Office has been supporting nine staff of the Iraqi Central Statistical Organization (CSO) and Kurdistan Regional Statistical Office (KRSO) to get their Master’s and PhD degrees in Demography ...
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Iraq’s Free Zone Authority (FZA), an independent authority under the Ministry of Finance, has signed an agreement with the City Centre for Vehicles Services Company to approve a new free zone in Baghdad. The Director General of the ...
The National Council of Resistance of Iran reports that the Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister, Saleh al-Mutlaq (pictured), has submitted his resignation on Monday. Iraqi member of parliament Mr. Raad al-Dahlaki, reportedly told Iraqi news ...
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Reuters reports that Iraq cut its gold holdings by a quarter in November. Data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) showed that the country’s stocks fell to 29.9 tonnes.
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According to statistics, Korea’s production of steel products totaled 72.91 million tons in 2012, up by 0.9% year on year. In 2012, the country’s crude steel production increased slightly by 1.3% year on year to 69.4 ...
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US Gulf Coast premium gasoline differentials spiked Monday as Colonial Pipeline's 6th shipping cycle deadline loomed, leaving traders scrambling to cover short positions. During the Platts Market on Close assessment process, Lukoil bought ...
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OPEC Secretary General Abdalla el-Badri said Monday that world oil markets were well balanced and likely to remain well supplied through the current year to meet expected growth in demand, but that the oil producer group did not envisage a ...
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Global solar installations will rise this year in a continuing pattern of solid growth, but the industry will nonetheless suffer a decline in overall revenue due to lower volume growth and decreasing system prices, according to IHS. Solar ...
A few China- and Taiwan-based solar cell makers are fully utilizing their production capacities due to increased demand and therefore cannot accept new orders, while some tier-two makers have been unwilling to hike capacity utilization to ...
Data published by Federal Statistics Service shows Russian aluminium production in 2012 declined by 1.7% over the previous year. But they have not publish amount. Russian nickel production in 2012 declined by 3.7% over the previous year ...
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Russian State Statistical Commission published output of steel rolling products in 2012 is 61,800,000 tons, growing by 8.2% year on year, crude steel is 70,400,000 tons, growing by 3.3percent and cast iron is 50,500,000 tons, growing by ...
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Chile said that they encouraged China to invest on their mining industry in a fair national legal system. Chile's legal system is fair and equitable for foreign investors (tax), which will ensure the safety and stability for investors; It ...
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In the week ended January 25, falling price movements were seen in the London Metal Exchange (LME) billet market, after the generally stable movements which were recorded in the previous week. The following prices were recorded in LME ...
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As of January 25, inventory of the main finished steel products (plate, hot rolled coil (HRC), cold rolled coil (CRC), rebar and wire rod) in major steel markets in China totaled 14.796 million mt, up 450,000 mt compared to the previous ...
Sindisider, the Brazilian steel distributors' association, and Inda, Brazil's National Institute for Distribution of Steel, have released a report together stating that Brazilian steel distribution companies sold 4.35 million mt of flat ...
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