Amid rapidly falling prices, mounting losses and massive operational costs, the upstream solar supply chain is undergoing major consolidation, with the number of companies participating in the market expected to plunge by 70% this year. ...
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The global polysilicon industry will return to the path of growth and increase its production by 6.5% in 2013, according to Bernreuter Research. The polysilicon market research firm projects the global polysilicon net demand - including ...
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The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 1.7 percent in November from October, rising after a one-month decline, according to the US Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics' (BTS) ...
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The first batch of equipment has been installed and production has started at the Jiangsu Baosteel Precision Steel Wire 1st Phase Project in China's Jiangsu Province, according to Metallurgical Corporation of China Ltd (MCC). A second batch ...
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In December last year, Germany's crude steel output amounted to 3.06 million metric tons, increasing by 1.4 percent year on year and decreasing 12.5 percent as compared to the previous month, according to the information provided by the ...
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In Sweden, seasonally adjusted industrial production increased by 1.3 percent in November last year compared to October, and was down 4.3 percent year on year in working day-adjusted figures, according to Statistics Sweden (SCB). In ...
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China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has announced that during last week (December 31, 2012-January 6, 2013) the average steel price in China increased by 0.3 percent compared to the previous week. In particular, in the given week prices of ...
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According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa, in November 2012 the country's manufacturing output rose by 3.4 percent compared to the same month of 2011, while the seasonally adjusted manufacturing production is ...
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CO2 emissions per unit of value-added industrial output in China will decrease by over 21 percent by 2015 compared to 2010, while a decrease of 18 percent is targeted for the domestic steel industry, according to the Industry Plan on ...
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South Africa-based Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT), one of the world's largest coal handling ports, has announced that it exported 6.83 million mt of coal in December, including 786,910 mt loaded in January on vessels that qualified for ...
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The Lake Carriers' Association (LCA) reported Wednesday that shipments of coal on the US Great Lakes totaled 25,347,709 tons in 2012, a decrease of 8.2 percent compared to 2011. The trade was 25 percent off its five-year average. ...
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Japan imported 15,631 tons of stainless steel products in November,up by 9.8%from a month ago,according statistics released by the Ministry of Finance.Among them,11,574 tons were from Korea,rising by 5.9%;1,726 tons were from ...
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Tropical cyclone Narelle which is forecast to strike Western Australia's Pilbara region,an area rich in mineral and energy sources,has caused the closing of ports and evacuation of workers at mining sites and drilling platforms,according to ...
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Expropriation and resource nationalism will remain the main risks for miners in 2013, according to a report published Wednesday by UK-based risk consultancy Maplecroft. Since the appropriation of mining assets by governments continues to ...
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Disposing of dysprosium, terminating terbium, eliminating europium and nixing neodymium Shares of Molycorp (NYSE:MCP) plunged more than 22% to $8.33 in heavy volumes on Thursday after the rare earth miner served up more bad news to ...
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