It’s reported that the Korean steel giant Posco announced that its net profits slumped by 45% year on year to KRW561 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012. In the fourth quarter of 2012, Posco realized sales revenues of KRW15.06 ...
Indian steel giant Tata Steel said that its Jamshedpur integrated work will start to run full production in this quarter. The new capacity will increased to 9.7 million tpy from currnet 6 million tpy. The expansion was mainly in ...
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Absolut Unique, a daring concept that has challenged the whole team behind the world famous brand and its packaging, including the bottle's manufacturer Ardagh Group, is a limited edition of nearly four million uniquely designed and ...
Chambre de commerce et d'industrie Régionale Rhône-Alpes published the annual report in the textile industry for the third time, this time the report made the domestic leading position clear of the area of the textile industry. ...
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It’s reported that the Taiwanese steel pipe producers have announced to hike the list prices by NT$800~NT$900/ton for February in order to reflect higher input costs. It’s known that Chung Hung Steel, one of ...
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Reportedly, Ohio-based Timken said that the company has planned to retain of new SBQ production capacity scheduled in the US at the moment. Currently, the company has already spent approximately US$225 million to boost its ...
Reportedly, the Spanish-based Alfonso Gallardo group has announced to restart its rebar mill after facing a general strike from the workforce for 6 months period. Currently, the company’s preparation is continued to ...
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According to data, Taiwan exported 26,822 tons of steel bars in last December, rising significantly by 19.3% from a month ago. However, the export prices averaged at NT$20,424/ton, slumping by NT$1,863/ton from a month earlier. Also, ...
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It's reported that Brazilian steelmakers' intention to hike domestic steel prices is being considered possible but is anticipated difficult and questionable. According to UK bank HSBC analyst Mr. Jonathan Brandit that there ...
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Korean domestic home appliance producers, including Samsung and LG asked the cold rolled sheet makers to cut the price as much as possible. Every quarter, the producers of household appliance requested the mills to cut the ...
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Wensli Group Co. Ltd. is planning to relocate its product development centre to France this year. China’s silk industry has witnessed fluctuations in cocoon and silk prices in recent years and it was further impacted by last ...
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LED lighting system costs can be reduced with good control circuit design and component selection, writes Fabrizio Petris from Omron Ellectronic Components Europe More and more buildings are installing low-power lighting in the ...
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The glass and materials industry of China is presently faced with various difficulties while developing, such as uncoordinated and unsustainable development, weak ability for scientific and technological innovation, unbalanced industrial ...
According to statistics released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance, Japan produced 214,081 tons of hot rolled (HR) stainless steel products in last November, decreasing by 10.8% from a month ago while rising by 1.7% year on year. In ...
It’s reported that China Minmetals Corporation (Minmetals) realized operating revenues of RMB325 billion in 2012, falling by 5.8% from a year ago, according to Zhou Zhongshu, the president of Minmetals. In 2012, the ...
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