In September 2012, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was up 9.2 percent year-on-year (the following growth rates of value added are real growth rates, after deducting price factors), 0.3 percentage ...
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China is restricting the export of rare earths to protect its environment, said Su Bo, vice-minister of industry and information technology at a news conference in Beijing on Wednesday. Su released a white paper, Situation and Policies of ...
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Xinhua reported that small scale chrome miners in Zimbabwe have failed to set up a single smelter, almost two years after the government banned exports of raw chrome to encourage value addition to the mineral resource. Mines and Mining ...
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Mechel has announced the appointment of a new Managing Director of Izhstal OAO(Izhstal),part of Mechel Group. Mr Anatoly Shchetinin,55,who was appointed the new Managing Director of Izhstal OAO,replaces Mr Konstantin Kretov,who headed the ...
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In October 2012, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was up by 9.6 percent year-on-year (the following growth rates of value added are real growth rates, i.e., deducting price factors), increased 0.4 ...
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In October, China's manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) was 50.2 percent, up by 0.4 percentage points month-on-month, back above the threshold. In view of the sizes of enterprises, the PMI of large-sized enterprises was 50.9 ...
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THE Coega Development Corporation said that it had started recruiting for the first 143 posts out of a possible 800 being created at Agni Steels South Africa’s smelting plant in the Coega industrial development zone. The wholly ...
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Mechel’s steel segment’s revenue from external customers in Q3 2012 amounted to USD 1.7 billion or 63% of the consolidated net revenue, a decrease of 10.4% over the segment’s revenue from external customers of USD 1.9 ...
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Reuters reported that Aluminium smelters in China have agreed on higher ratios of metal prices next year to value purchases of the raw material alumina spurred by worries of tighter supply at home. Traders and sources at smelters said ...
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A new 10 year electric power supply contract signed on December 7th 2012 ends years of job uncertainty for 625 Alcoa Intalco Works employees. More than 100 workers gathered at the aluminum smelter's Totem Terrace assembly hall west of ...
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SteelGuru, the leading website for steel, metal and mining industry with 150,000 page views per day and 75,000 plus registered users for its E mail based news letter Steel Trade Today, has added yet another value added service for its ...
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Dubai,United Arab Emirates:Being an extremely electricity-intensive industry,a continuous supply of energy is critical for business continuity at Dubai Aluminium the entirely state owned corporation that operates the world's largest single ...
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Kibo finalises formal strategic joint venture agreement with major Brazilian industrial conglomerate Votorantim Metaís Participações Ltda, the metals, mining and smelting arm of the Votorantim Group, for the further ...
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RIA Novosti reported that in a new take on the meaning of strip mill, Belarusian metals plant BMZ has produced a corporate calendar for the coming year featuring naked female employees. While last year's calendar showed female workers ...
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Aluminium Bahrain BSC's pledge to continue strengthening its credentials as an environmentally friendly and energy efficient aluminium producer was bolstered with the recent upgrade of Pot Line5 from AP30 to AP36 technology. The upgrade ...
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