Although the Norwegian company Moelven recorded an operating result of +NOK11.1m for the second quarter of 2013, its pre-tax profit remains negative at -NOK14.4m. The quarterly sales revenue for the period of April to June almost matched ...
Tags: lumber, Construction
Recently, FAW Jiefang Automotive Company Ltd holds a half-year marketing promotion conference to summery the marketing system in the first half year and make plans for the second half year in terms of core route and important measures. Near ...
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The Chinese steel giant Baosteel has commissioned Mitsubishi Heavy Industries who is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company to build 2030 mm cold rolling mill for expansion after ordering 2250mm ...
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During the week ended July 19, the downward trend continued in London Metal Exchange (LME) billet market prices, with the decline rates growing stronger compared to the week ended July 12. The following prices were recorded in LME billet ...
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Swedish specialty steel producer SSAB has posted its financial results for the second quarter and the first half of the current year, reporting a net loss of SEK 144 million ($22 million) for the second quarter, compared to a net profit of ...
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Nokia has overtaken BlackBerry in smartphones, according to the latest sales figures for its Lumia Windows Phone devices revealed in its second quarter results. However, while the total of 7.4 million sales of Lumia smartphones ...
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Specialist meat packer Hilton Food Group's strategy of operating with one customer per market could lead it to benefit from the horsemeat crisis, predicted City analyst Shore Capital. Hilton Foods' business model of one customer per ...
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Saudi cement firms, Yanbu Cement Co and Saudi Cement Co, have both announced positive results for the second quarter of 2013. Yanbu posted a 26.9% increase in net profit for the period to $73.1m (SAR 274m), up from last year's ...
Tags: Cement, Construction, Decoration
Total retail search volumes grew 15% in the second quarter of 2013 compared with the same quarter a year earlier. Search volumes on tablet devices outpaced those on any other device, increasing 132% compared with growth on smartphone ...
A small increase in the number of carrier bags being used by supermarket shoppers across the UK reflects changing shopping trends and shouldn’t detract from areas where excellent progress has been made, the British Retail Consortium ...
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PPG Industries reported record second quarter net sales in 2013 of $4.1 billion, up 16 percent versus the prior year, according to a PPG press release. “We achieved new sales and adjusted earnings records due to the continued strong ...
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PPG Industries reported record second-quarter net sales in 2013 of $4.1 billion, up 16 percent versus the prior year, but company glass sales dipped in what chairman and chief executive officer Charles E. Bunch calls a ...
It’s reported that Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) announced that its sales volumes of steel products totaled 3.771 million tons in the second quarter of this year, up slightly by 0.2% from a quarter ago. Among them, ...
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Although a historic downturn in PC shipments has made headlines since April, "Peak PC" -- the moment when personal computers crested -- was two years ago, according to data from researcher IDC. In the third quarter of 2011, global PC ...
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The Vietnam Steel Association (VSA) announced that Vietnam's output of steel long products totaled 2.26 million tons in the first half of this year, down by 2.1% year on year. In the given period of time, the country's sales volumes of ...
Tags: Steel, Construction