In January this year, China’s producer price index (PPI) decreased by 1.6 percent year on year and indicated a slight rise of 0.2 percent compared with December 2012, China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced on February ...
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Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar hears cautious but positive forecasts. Growth in global sales of lasers and laser systems this year will range from flat to only a modest improvement of a few percentage points, according to ...
In January of the current year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland decreased by 15 percent compared to December last year and were up 27 percent year on year, totaling 22 million metric tons. The Port Hedland Port Authority ...
Austria-based plantmaker Siemens Metals Technologies has announced that it will supply a new facility for the inline thermal treatment of heavy-duty rails for the Chinese steel producer Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang Group). The new ...
The sharemarket fell the most in four weeks yesterday after political uncertainty in Spain and Italy triggered risk aversion in global markets and domestic earnings reports mostly disappointed investors. THE sharemarket fell the most in ...
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Australian mining giant Fortescue Metals Group Ltd has announced that it has agreed with Australia-based company Iron Ore Holdings Limited (IOH) to the early termination of Fortescue's exclusive option to develop IOH's Iron Valley deposit. ...
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According to the report released by Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals (Sinferbase), the Brazilian mining industry (mining and mineral processing) recorded a surplus of $27.4 billion in 2012. ...
Bunk beds are a smart furniture investment. Parents love the versatility of bunk beds and kids think they're loads of fun. Bunk beds are available in many convenient and stylish designs. Construction Most bunk beds are built for two ...
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Local shares reversed an intraday rise yesterday as caution about upcoming corporate earnings eclipsed data indicating continued improvement in Australia's two biggest trading partners. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 0.3 per ...
Submissions are now open for the 2013 APPMA Awards of Excellence, with the winners to be announced at AUSPACK PLUS in Sydney on May 8. Mr Mark Dingley, Chairman, Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association (APPMA) said the ...
Researchers at the University of Oxford have found a way to make wafer-sized graphene with good electrical characteristics. Grown on copper using chemical vapour deposition (CVD), the material is not mono-crystalline, but crystal ...
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In December last year, the value of South Africa's exports of base metals and articles thereof totaled ZAR 6.8 billion ($760 million), decreasing by 23 percent or ZAR 2 billion ($223.5 million) from the previous month, according to data ...
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The sharemarket rose after a report showed falling interest rates were lifting parts of the nation's housing market, while manufacturing data from China indicated that an economic recovery remained on track. BHP Billiton, the world's ...
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-base Vale S.A. announced Friday that iron ore production reached the highest level for a fourth quarter, at 85.5 million metric tons, allowing for a larger exposure to the price rally of the final months of last year. ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,30 commodities increased in prices, 13 fell and 57 remained unchanged on 31/01/2013.The largest rises were Nickel (1.57%),Silver (1.24%),Zinc (0.72%),while the largest ...
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