Brazil's national statistics agency, the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE), has reported that Brazilian industrial production fell 0.6 percent month on month in November 2012, following the 0.1 percent increase recorded ...
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Researchers in Singapore claim the first DC and microwave performance measurements for 0.15μm-gate aluminium gallium nitride(AlGaN)on gallium nitride high-electron-mobility transistors(HEMTs)on silicon substrates with gold-free ...
Hitachi Consulting, a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd and a leading provider of IT consulting and management consulting solutions and services, has acquired Celerant Consulting, a worldwide leader in business operations consulting. Among ...
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Within a couple of days first Fortescue Metals' Nev Power and then Rio Tinto's Sam Walsh have warned that the remarkable rebound in iron ore prices won't last. Others are not as sure. Earlier this week, Power attributed the sharp rise in ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Fortescue Metals'Nev Power, Rio Tinto's Sam Walsh, Metallurgy
Horsehead Holding Corp ZINC a holding company of Horsehead Corporation, INMETCO and Zochem Inc, declared that Horsehead Corporation signed an amendment to the Shell Chemical LP's Option & Purchase Agreement. The company said that the ...
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Cold-call phone scams have switched from traditional sales staples, such as unlisted shares in obscure companies, to novel new get-rich investment options such as land, wine, and lumps of rare earth metals. The Independent reports that ...
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Olympic Steel, Inc a leading national metals service center announced several executive and operating management changes to support the Company's strategic growth initiatives in 2013 and beyond.The following promotions reflect the ...
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The US Department of Commerce has announced the initiation of administrative reviews of antidumping and countervailing duty orders with a November anniversary date. The DOC initiated the following administrative reviews of AD orders ...
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Gindalbie Metals Limited has made the first magnetite concentrate shipment from its Karara Iron Ore Project in Western Australia. The 55 thousand tonne shipment was completed on New Year’s Eve and set sail yesterday bound for ...
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AAP reported that Fortescue Metals Group shares are heading towards a 6 month high after breaking through USD 5 amid global optimism and an increase in the iron ore price. The Pilbara focused iron ore miner closed 2.4% higher at USD ...
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Discovery Metals unsolicited bidder Cathay Fortune Investments has received the green signal from the Botswana competition authority. The Botswana Competition Authority earlier this month authorised the proposed acquisition on the grounds ...
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CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced Thursday that December 2012 volume averaged 9.6 million contracts per day, up 1 percent from December 2011.Total volume for December 2012 was more than 192 ...
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The Western Australia state government said that Ms Julia Gillard’s PM of Australian, tax on iron ore and coal company profits is illegal because it limits state governments’ ability to finance development. Western Australia ...
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In 2012, manganese ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland totaled 1.7 million metric tons, decreasing 20.7 percent compared to 2011, according to the monthly data released by the Port Hedland Port Authority. According to the released ...
Tags: Australia, Port Hedland, manganese ore, shipments, 2012
Columbus, Ohio-based manufacturing and distribution company Worthington Industries, Inc. reported Thursday net sales of $622.6 million and net earnings of $31.8 million for its fiscal 2013 Q2 ended November 30, 2012. In Q2 2012 of the prior ...
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