According to the provisional foreign trade statistics compiled by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) and the Turkish Undersecretariat of Customs, in the first quarter of this year the value of Turkey's iron and steel imports decreased ...
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According to the provisional foreign trade statistics compiled by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) and the Turkish Undersecretariat of Customs, in March this year Turkey's foreign trade deficit decreased by 30.1 percent to $5.20 ...
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In March this year, Japan's industrial production increased by 0.3 percent from February and rose by seven percent from March 2013, according to the preliminary indices of the Industrial Production report published by Japan's Ministry of ...
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According to the data provided by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA), in March this year Japanese automobile production (including passenger cars, trucks and buses) totaled 939,761 units, increasing by 115,647 units or ...
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Local news outlets reported Tuesday that a fire broke out Monday night at AK Steel’s Middletown, Ohio mill. Authorities believe the fire started with oil in a storage tanker, but the cause is still under investigation. One employee ...
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Indian miner Sesa Sterlite has announced its financial results for the full financial year 2013-14 ended March 31, reporting a net profit of INR 123.5 billion ($2.05 billion), down 15.5 percent compared to the previous financial year. In ...
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Australia-based miner Rio Tinto has announced that it has filed a complaint in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York against Brazil-based miner Vale and BSG Resources Limited regarding mining concessions in Guinea. ...
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In the first quarter this year, Turkey's finished steel output increased by 2.9 percent to 8.74 million metric tons, despite the 0.5 percent decrease in the country's crude steel output in the given period to 8.43 million metric tons, both ...
Tags: Finished Steel, long products
In the first quarter this year, Turkey's scrap imports increased by 1.2 percent to 4.40 million mt, valued at $1.70 billion, down 1.2 percent, while the country's domestic scrap supply volume decreased by 3.4 percent to 2.88 million mt, all ...
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US-based coal producer Walter Energy has announced its financial results for the first quarter this year, reporting a net loss of $92.2 million, compared to a net loss of $49.4 million in the first quarter of 2013. In the given quarter, the ...
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Ternium S.A. reported Wednesday that first-quarter net income increased to $150.0 million from $129.3 million in the previous year. Net sales increased to $2.149 billion from $2.136 billion in the same quarter of 2013, primarily from ...
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Mexican steel manufacturer Simec Group reported a 34 percent decrease in its operating income in the first quarter, due to higher cost of sales. In its report submitted to the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV ), the company, which counts ...
Baker Hughes reported that for the week ending May 2, the US rig count decreased by seven to 1,854, following a 30-rig increase the week before. The rig count is still up by 90 from 1,764 rigs during the same week a year ago. The oil rig ...
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Sweden-based mining and exploration company Dannemora Mineral has issued its financial results for the first quarter this year, registering a net loss of SEK 84.75 million ($13 million), compared to a net loss of SEK 133.86 million in the ...
Luxembourg-based global steelmaker ArcelorMittal has announced its Latin American investment plans with Kortrijk, Belgium-based Bekaert, one of the world's largest steel cord and wire manufacturers. Accordingly, in Brazil, ArcelorMittal ...
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