Global crude steel production in April this year increased by 1.7 percent year on year to 136.63 million metric tons, while a 3.33 percent fall was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel). In ...
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Australian-miner Fortescue Metals Group has announced that it has added 1.16 billion mt of mineral resources to its Greater Solomon iron ore mine, following a drilling program. Fortescue stated that total Greater Solomon mineral resources ...
Brazil-based Gerdau Corsa opened a new mill this week in Ciudad Sahagún, Hidalgo, Mexico with an investment of US$600 million. The facility will be fully operational by August 2014 and will have an annual installed capacity of one ...
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US chlor-alkali facilities operated at 81% capacity in April, Chlorine Institute data showed Tuesday. The effective operational rates were unchanged from March, when they showed a 2 percentage-point drop from 83% in February. The March ...
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Saudi Arabia's Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company or Petro Rabigh's second phase expansion project has turned it into one of the strongest "volume growth stories" in the country's chemical industry, UK-based bank HSBC said in a ...
Tags: Petrochemical, Sumitomo Chemical
Fila Korea generated a 36% increase in consolidated operating income to KRW29,603 million from KRW21,705 million. Consolidated revenues rose 17% to KRW199,264 million from KRW170,564 million. Amongkey segments, Outdoor sales rose 17% to ...
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Underwriters of the outdoor specialty chain's Apr.17 IPO, among them Credit Suisse,Goldman,Sachs and William Blair,have elected to acquire 75% of an overallotment of 1875000 Spotman's Warehouse shares at $9.50 per. The total includes 350000 ...
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Pete Rose may not be in the baseball Hall of Fame, but the all-time MLB leader in hits will be in a commercial for Skecher's Relaxed Fit football later this year, joining football greats Joe and Joe Namath and NBA billionaire owner Mark ...
The 150-sq.-ft. areas in select stores will aim to pair the direct-to-customer destination for athletes to Champs Sports. In Eastbay Performance Zones, Champs' customers will have access to all Eastbay'sinventory. There also will be a ...
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An award-winning multipurpose office chair, designed to meet both functional and ergonomic demands, is the latest addition to the Innovation Showcase at a world-leading furniture technology centre. The Senator Ad-Lib office chair, ...
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The new BFGoodrich DR454 highway drive tire complements the company’s DR444 long-mileage tire. Michelin North America Inc. says the BFGoodrich DR454 SmartWay-verified highway drive tire offers low rolling resistance and meets the ...
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"We obviously want to establish a clear lead in terms of product performance," said Groupe Michelin General Partner and CEO Jean-Dominique Senard At Groupe Michelin's annual shareholders meeting, shareholders adopted all of the ...
The opening was attended by the local Mayor together with employees and representatives from the company’s leadership team. It was the culmination of a two-day event during which many of H.B. Fuller’s customers had the rare ...
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Microsoft is pulling the plug on a new model of deploying and hosting apps for SharePoint that relied on the company's Azure platform. The goal of the Autohosted Apps Preview program was to offer SharePoint developers a "friction free" ...
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Gintech Energy recorded net EPS of NT$0.60 (US$0.0198) for the first quarter of 2014, the highest among main Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers. Except E-Ton Solar Tech, all other Taiwan-based solar cell makers generated ...
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