On February 27, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in mid-February (Feb. 11-20) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.6888 million mt, ...
Tags: Daily Crude Steel, Mineral
China's crude oil imports from Iran in January jumped 82.2% year on year to 2.4 million mt, or an average 566,856 b/d, according to final data released by the General Administration of Customs on Wednesday. The imports were also up 11.2% ...
Tags: Crude Imports, Crude
Xinchuang Li, deputy secretary general of the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA), has stated that the issue of overcapacity in China's steel industry has become very serious, while adding that slow economic growth and economic ...
Tags: Steel Industry, Overcapacity
China's crude oil imports from Iran in January jumped 82.2% year on year to 2.4 million mt, or an average 566,856 b/d, according to final data released by the General Administration of Customs on Wednesday. The imports were also up 11.2% ...
Tags: Crude Imports, Mineral
The UK offshore oil and gas industry is experiencing record investment levels but there has been a fall in exploration activity that should lay the foundations for continued production. Industry association Oil & Gas UK Tuesday released ...
Generating electricity is not the only way to turn sunlight into energy we can use on demand. The sun can also drive reactions to create chemical fuels, such as hydrogen, that can in turn power cars, trucks and trains. The trouble with ...
Tags: Hydrogen Fuel, Boost Promise, Choi, catalyst design
The world refined copper market balance for November 2013 showed an apparent production deficit of 129,000 mt, mainly due to record-high Chinese apparent demand, according to preliminary data issued last Friday by the International Copper ...
Tags: Refined Copper, Mineral
Ssangyong Motor (CEO Lee Yoo-il;www.smotor.com), part of the Mahindra Group, today announced that the company achieved its highest revenue last year since its establishment, driven by global sales growth despite the overall sluggish demand ...
Tags: Ssangyong Motor, Auto Parts
The US economy will be slightly stronger this year than last, but freight growth will weaken. That’s the prediction of industry forecaster FTR, which today held a Webinar entitled State of Freight: Trucking Outlook for an Uncertain ...
Tags: truck pricing, Transportation
US crude stocks rose 1 million barrels last week, just over half of what analysts were expecting, as a drop in refinery run rates was partly offset by a decrease in US imports, according to data released Thursday by the US Energy ...
Tags: Crude Stocks, Chemicals
Gulf Coast propane prices continued to hold a premium over Midcontinent product Wednesday as the market stabilizes into its traditional price relationship. Propane at Mont Belvieu, Texas, was assessed at $1.555/gal on Wednesday while ...
Tags: Propane, Gulf Coast
The exports of fabric and garments from southeastern European country of Bulgaria increased by 8.5 percent year-on-year to a record-high of €1.8 billion last year, reports Sofia News Agency. According to the report, there was an ...
Colombian coal exports in 2013 dropped 1% on the year to 76.652 million mt, according to data late Friday from the country's statistics agency DANE. Colombia's 2013 export sales in 2013 fell 14% on the year to $6.687 billion FOB, DANE ...
Tags: Coal Exports, Mineral
It remains a remarkable story: the staying power of retail beef demand in the U.S., despite record-high retail prices. And it's depicted in the latest beef demand index calculations from a K-State livestock economist. Dr. Glynn Tonsor ...
Tags: Beef, Agriculture, Food
Against the backdrop of weak demand in Europe, Italian apparels and footwear company Geox Spa witnessed a dip in sales revenue in the first nine months of the year 2013 as clothing sales declined. Geox Spa, which is a holding company ...
Tags: Clothing Sales, apparels, footwear