The sharemarket jumped to a 21-month high as stronger than expected trade data for China boosted confidence in Australia's biggest trading partner, and as the Reserve Bank said it had scope for further interest rate cuts. Shares were also ...
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Rigaku Corporation is pleased to announce the publication of a new application report describing stainless steel analysis using wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) spectrometry. The report highlights the performance of the ...
The world's second biggest steelmaker Japan-based Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC) has announced its financial results for the third quarter ending December 31 of the financial year 2012-13, posting a net profit of JPY 24.7 ...
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Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki has issued its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year 2012. In the fourth quarter, Ruukki posted an operating loss of €39 million, remaining almost unchanged compared to the ...
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In Sweden, seasonally adjusted industrial production increased by 1.3 percent in December last year compared to November, and was down 2.2 percent year on year in working day-adjusted figures, according to Statistics Sweden (SCB). According ...
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North American metals distribution company Russel Metals reported that Q4 2012 earnings totaled $20 million or $0.34 per share on revenues of $766 million, compared to 2011 Q4 earnings per share of $0.47 on revenues of $712 million. ...
As reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in January of the current year the wholesale selling prices of industrial products in Germany were 2.3 percent higher compared to January 2012. Meanwhile, the wholesale price ...
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According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TUIK), Turkey's monthly industrial turnover index in December 2012 increased by three percent compared to the same month of the previous year. The industrial turnover ...
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On Wednesday Los Angeles-based service center Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. and service center Metals USA Holdings Corp. announced a definitive merger agreement whereby Reliance Steel will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Metals USA ...
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In January this year, manganese ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland totaled 202,195 metric tons, increasing 65.7 percent compared to December 2012, and up significantly compared to the 15,000 mt recorded in the same month of 2012, ...
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based service center Metals USA reported Wednesday that net sales for Q4 2012 were $437.5 million, down from $455.7 million in Q4 2011. Q4 2012 shipments of 353,000 tons were 8 percent higher in the same quarter a ...
According to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), the country's manufacturing production in December 2012 was almost stable with just a 0.1 percent increase compared to November, ...
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Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki Metals has announced that it will develop new iron pellet grades in cooperation with Russian company Karelsky Okatysh, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Russian steel producer Severstal. Ruukki uses iron ore ...
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I’m writing from Scottsdale, Ariz., where The Centurion luxury jewellery show is being held. There’s no shortage of optimism among the designers and manufacturers exhibiting at this invitation-only tradefair. Big brands and ...
According to the data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in December 2012 Turkey's monthly industrial production index declined by 3.8 percent year on year, following the 11.3 percent increase recorded in November 2012, ...
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