Russia-based TMK, one of the world's leading oil and gas steel pipe producers, has announced that it has signed an agreement for a research and development cooperation program for 2014-2016 with Lukoil, Russia's second-largest oil company, ...
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In June this year, Turkey's motor vehicle output totaled 108,101 units, up six percent year on year and up 6.5 percent compared to May, according to the monthly statistics released by the Turkish Automotive Manufacturers' Association (OSD). ...
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On July 14, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in June this year China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) issued iron ore import licenses for a total of 104.9787 million mt, up 5.34 percent month on month, valued at ...
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Swedish speciality steel producer SSAB has announced that the European Commision has approved its merger with Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki. The offer period for the merger is scheduled to expire on July 22. The Commission had concerns ...
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Foreign direct investment (FDI) in China in June of the current year totaled $14.42 billion, up 0.2 percent year on year, as announced by China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on July 15. In the January-June period of the current year, FDI in ...
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France's manufacturing output in May this year decreased by 2.3 percent month on month, after having been stable in April and decreased by 0.7 percent year on year, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of ...
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Russia-based steel pipe producer ChTPZ Group has stated that it has dispatched 1,828 mt of large diameter (LD) pipes with a polypropylene anti-corrosion coating and thickness of 6 mm produced by its workshop Vysota 239, intended for the ...
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In May this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production decreased by 1.1 percent both in the euro area and in the EU-28 as compared with April, while industrial production in April had increased by 0.7 percent in both zones, month on ...
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Evraz ZSMK, a Siberian steel division of steel and mining group Evraz, has announced that in the first six months this year it shipped 3.24 million mt of rolled steel products by railway, up five percent compared to the same period of last ...
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In May this year, Japan's iron and steel product exports amounted to 3.53 million metric tons, increasing by 8.9 percent month on month, but down four percent year on year, while Japan's iron and steel product imports totaled 738,996 metric ...
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Mechel, one of the leading Russian mining and steel groups, has announced in the January-June period this year it shipped 1.56 million mt of rolled steel products by railway, down 16.7 percent compared to the same period of last year. In ...
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In June this year, Mexico's car and light commercial vehicle production volume remained almost stable compared to May and increased by 7.9 percent year on year to 287,344 units, according to the release from the Mexican Association of the ...
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Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced its operational results for the second quarter of the current year. Accordingly, Severstal's crude steel output increased by five percent quarter on quarter to 4.148 million mt in the second ...
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In August this year, Ukraine's crude steel production is expected to increase by 3.2 percent compared to the anticipated July result to 2.6 million mt, according to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom. According to ...
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In the first half of this year, Ukraine's ferroalloy production increased by 31.4 percent compared to the same period last year to 534,600 mt, as stated by the Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers (UkrFA). Accordingly, in the ...
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