According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in the first half of this year Turkey's steel scrap import volume saw a significant decline of 18.25 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, ...
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In the January-July period of the current year, Russian coal exports increased by 11.6 percent year on year to 81.09 million mt, including 12.6 million of coking coal, up 75 percent year on year, according to the State Statistics Committee ...
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Russian mining and steel group Mechel has announced that it has started supplying coal concentrate to the People's Republic of China by rail through the new Makhalino-Hunсhun border checkpoint. The first cargo train was dispatched ...
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According to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat), in the January-July period of this year total shipment volumes by Russian railway monopoly Russian Railways (RZD) - including ferrous metals, coal, oil, fertilizers and timber ...
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Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki has issued its financial results for the second quarter and the first half of 2013, reporting an operating profit of €17 million in the second quarter, increasing 70 percent year on year. Net sales ...
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UK-based diversified insurance company Aviva is reportedly considering divesting its 26% shareholding in its Indian life insurance joint venture (JV) Aviva India, which represents its exit from the business in the country market. The ...
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There is no differentiation in the textile and garment products made by Belarusian enterprises for selling in the domestic market and those meant for exports, an official from the Bellegprom Group, consisting of 109 companies engaged in ...
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The New Zealand government will conduct a top level inquiry into how Fonterra’s whey product, which was potentially contaminated with botulism causing bacteria, was distributed globally. Prime Minister John Key said that Fonterra's ...
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Maidenform Brands, Inc., a global intimate apparel company, reported second quarter 2013 net sales of $145.4 million and earnings per share of $0.34. On July 23, 2013, Maidenform entered into a definitive agreement with Hanesbrands Inc. ...
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China, Vietnam and Russia have imposed an import ban on milk powder and whey protein from the New Zealand-based Fonterra after the dairy co-operative warned that a batch of whey powder produced in 2012 may be contaminated with bacteria that ...
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has finally left the transit area of the Moscow airport, after Russia granted him temporary asylum, his lawyer told The Wall Street Journal. Wikileaks, the whistleblowing website that has ...
Attackers are actively targeting Internet-connected industrial control systems (ICS) in an effort to compromise their operation, according to data collected from a global network of honeypot systems that simulate water pumps. The ICS ...
Cladding with decorative glass becomes an ever increasing trend in today’s interiors. To answer a growing demand from architects and installers to get a complete glass bonding solution with quality decorative glass, AGC Glass Europe ...
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Metalloinvest, a leading global iron ore and hot briquetted iron (HBI) producer based in Russia, has announced its operational results for the second quarter of the current year. Accordingly, in the given period Metalloinvest's iron ore ...
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Russian mining and steelmaking company Mechel has announced that it has signed an agreement for the disposal of several ferroalloys assets to Turkey-based privately-owned diversified industrial group Yildirim Group. According to the ...
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