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China's Apr Coal Imports up 31.81% on Year
May 8, 2017
China imported 24.78 million mt of coal in April, including lignite, thermal and metallurgical material, up 12.18% from March and up 31.81% year on year, according to preliminary data released on Monday by the General Administration of ...
March Crude Throughput Rises 6% on Year
Apr 18, 2017
China's crude refinery throughput in March rose 5.9% year on year to 47.5 million mt, or an average of 11.23 million b/d, preliminary data released Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics showed. This was the highest year-on-year ...
China's Solvent-Grade Mixed Xylene Demand Halts
Apr 16, 2017
Demand for solvent-grade mixed xylene has come to a near standstill this week as the product shares the same code for imports as mixed aromatics, which is expected to have a consumption tax imposed some time between May 1 and July 1, market ...

PV Market Witnesses Stagnation in Prices
Feb 11, 2017
Although the Lunar New Year holiday has ended, employees in China will have to wait until the Lantern Festival to return to work. In addition, power plant installation has been suspended in China during the Lunar New Year holiday, leading ...
China's Apparent Oil Demand up 5.3% in 2017
Apr 8, 2017
China's apparent oil demand rose 5.3% year on year in the first two months of 2017 to 11.65 million b/d on the back of robust economic growth, holiday transportation demand and efforts to build stocks ahead of the refinery maintenance ...
China Issues 20.93 Mil Mt Product Export Quota
Jan 6, 2016
China has more than doubled its first round oil product export quotas to 20.93 million mt from a year ago to 27 refineries in 2016, industry sources told Platts Tuesday. It contrasted to the 9.75 million mt released for the same period ...

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China Lead and Articles Export Data in 2015
Sep 13, 2016
China Lead and Articles Export Volume & Value in 2015 Month Volume(kg) Value(USD) on Year Volume Value January 6,629,584 14,474,392 49.10% 31.40% ...
China's Iron & Steel Export Data in 2015
Sep 13, 2016
China’s Iron & Steel Export Volume & Value in 2015 Month Volume(kg) Value(USD) on Year Volume Value January 9,182,152,021 5,466,142,434 62.70% ...
China Tubes, Pipes and Hollow Profiles of Iron or Steel Export Analysis
Apr 7, 2016
Distribution of China Tubes, Pipes and Hollow Profiles of Iron or Steel Export Enterprises No. Region Export Value Y-o-Y Volume(kg) Value(USD) Volume Value ...

China Iron & Steel Strand Wire Export Analysis
Apr 7, 2016
Distribution of China Iron & Steel Strand Wire, Ropes, Cables Export Enterprises No. Region Export Value Y-o-Y Volume(kg) Value(USD) Volume Value 1 ...
China Iron & Steel Tubes & Pipe (ext diam >406.4mm) Export Analysis
Apr 7, 2016
Distribution of China Iron & Steel Tubes & Pipe (ext diam >406.4mm) Export Enterprise No. Region Export Value Y-o-Y Volume(kg) Value(USD) Volume Value 1 ...
China Iron & Steel Cast Articles Export Analysis
Apr 6, 2016
Distribution of China Cast Articles of Iron or Steel Export Enterprise No. Region Export Value Y-o-Y Volume(kg) Value(USD) Volume Value 1 Hebei ...

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Azovstal Saw a 13.6 Percent Decrease in Its Crude Steel Production to 2.308 Million Mt
Aug 12, 2014
In the January-July period this year, Ukraine-based Azovstal, a subsidiary of Ukraine's largest vertically-integrated mining and steel group Metinvest, saw a 13.6 percent decrease in its crude steel production to 2.308 million mt and a 16.8 ...
Index for The Production of Basic Metals in Turkey Decreased by 1.8 Percent Month on Month
Aug 12, 2014
According to the data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in June this year Turkey's season and calendar adjusted monthly industrial production increased by 0.1 percent compared to May, while the calendar adjusted index ...
Ukraine's Ferroalloy Production Increased by 29.4 Percent
Aug 12, 2014
In the first seven months of this year, Ukraine's ferroalloy production increased by 29.4 percent compared to the same period last year to 618,600 mt, as stated by the Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers (UkrFA). Accordingly, ...

The New Ethers Clean Gasoline Was Developed in China
Jan 21, 2014
Ministry of science and technology productivity promotion center of China association post that, after many years of research and experiment, Chinese scientists developed a highly efficient ethers clean gasoline. Test results ...
The Art of Aluminum
Nov 22, 2013
Aluminum weighs approximately one-third as much as steel or copper; is ductile, malleable, and easily cast and machined; and has excellent durability and corrosion resistance. It is important in nearly all segments of the world economy. ...
High Temperature Uniquely Suited to Help Control Volatile Gas Burn-off Flares
Aug 5, 2013
High temperature, self-lubricating Graphalloy bearing materials, uniquely suited to help control volatile gas burn-off flares at oil and natural gas production sites, are another application-specific advance produced by Graphite Metallizing ...