Because Taiwan's government may allow China's steel plates can free import to Taiwan without conditional, it pushed Taiwan's China Steel Corp. (CSC) has to think about new market strategy to secure its customers. CSBC Corp., one of the ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy
For me, the obsession began with a strand of love beads in eighth grade. I wore antique millefiore trade beads on a leather thong tied around my ankle for an entire year of high school. But the rosaries of my childhood may be the real ...
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In November this year, Japan's iron and steel products exports amounted to 3.36 million metric tons, increasing by 2.56 percent year on year and up by 6.40 percent compared to October this year. Meanwhile, Japan's steel imports totaled ...
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The Rabobank Global Cattle Price Index has risen by 6 percent since June, driven by lower-than-expected beef supply in the main exporting countries and strong Asian demand, according to a new report from the Rabobank Food & Agribusiness ...
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The European Commission (EC) has issued a notice related to initiation of an anti-subsidy proceeding concerning imports of polyester staple fibres (PSF) originating in the People’s Republic of China, India and Vietnam. The EC said ...
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Timely action by the U.S. Grains Council, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Trade Representative averted a patently protectionist seasonal market closure in Panama, keeping this important market open for U.S. corn exports. ...
China's rejection of US corn that contains an unapproved genetically modified strain is unlikely to cause major price fluctuations in the domestic or US markets, analysts said. Quarantine authorities in four provinces have rejected 12 ...
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The China Iron&Steel Association will start publishing a daily iron ore price index from January next year,a CISA official said Friday. But the index was expected to have little impact on trading or prices,market sources said Friday. It ...
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It is reported that Taiwan's rebar mills have faced the highly pressure in domestic market operation in the fourth quarter. It' learned that there are three major ambient pressures for the Taiwanese rebar mills. Firstly, the decreasing ...
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According to a report released by the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in November this year the import price of iron ore increased by 19.5 percent year on year in Germany, remaining unchanged from the year on year increase ...
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China's overall textiles export volume is expected to hit an all-time high this year, even a little higher than the levels seen before the financial crisis, despite an estimated growth slowdown in the second half of the year. "Textile ...
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Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economists recently provided 2014 projections for major commodities produced in Texas, with many pointing to past drought conditions as a key factor in making or breaking a crop. The Plains region of ...
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Malaysia's Ministry of International Trade and Industry has announced that the Malaysian government will impose restrictions on import of alloy steel products under the HS Code 7227, including hot rolled bars and wire rod. Import of the ...
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The US OCTG industry announced Friday the filing of "critical circumstances" allegations in the antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of OCTG from India and Turkey and the AD investigations of OCTG from Korea, ...
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Spot prices of 98.5% 553-grade silicon metal in Asia rose this week as sellers raised offer prices due to output cuts in South China. Platts assessed the Chinese export spot price at $2,040-2,060/mt FOB China Thursday, up from ...