US investment bank Goldman Sachs said Wednesday it has upgraded its three-month and six-month nickel price forecasts on the back of the Indonesian ban on nickel ore exports. The bank notes that following a fragmented Indonesian election ...
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According to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2014-2015/Q2 2014 Report from the Economic Committee of the European Steel Association (EUROFER), strengthening indicators and evidence of improving dynamics suggest that the EU economy is ...
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According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in February this year new motor vehicle registrations in Turkey decreased by 13.91 percent year on year to 52,240 units, down 57.97 percent on month-on-month ...
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In March this year, Moldavian Metallurgical Works (MMZ), a steelmaker based in the Transnistrian region of Moldova, produced 31,903 mt of crude steel and 35,033 mt of rolled products, including 21,041 mt of reinforcing bars and 13,992 mt of ...
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US crude stocks jumped 10 million barrels last week -- the largest build in 13 years -- on a surge in imports and lower refinery run rates in the US Gulf Coast, data from the US Energy Information Administration showed Wednesday. The ...
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On April 15, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced that during last week (Apr. 7-13) the overall average finished steel price in China rose by 0.6 percent compared to the previous week. In the given week, the average prices of ...
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Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) has announced that it has set up a system to manufacture and ship 150 meter long rails, the world longest rails for railroads, at its Yawata Works. NSSMC's 150 meter ...
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In the first quarter of the current year, new car registrations totaled 3,246,719 units in the European Union (EU), with an increase of 8.4 percent year on year, according to the latest figures issued by the European Automobile ...
In the first quarter of the current year, the crude steel production of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian subsidiary of global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totaled 1.4073 million mt, down 12.7 percent year on year, as announced by the ...
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Soybean futures topped out Tuesday above $15/bushel for the first time in quite a while on news that there's a lot of demand for both the oilseed and its oil. The National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA) announced Tuesday soybean ...
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Corn planting is underway in the U.S. That's the good news. The bad news is as of mid-April, the pace remains painfully slow in most of the country, a veritable rerun of the start to planting season in 2013. While planting is actually ...
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Philips Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has unveiled chip-on-board (CoB) arrays for PAR38-equivalent lamps that achieve 10% or greater efficacy than competing solutions, it is claimed. Also suitable for spotlights, the LUXEON CoB 1202 has ...
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The first week of the Easter break, good weather and the opening of a new shop in York combined to deliver a strong week's trading for John Lewis, with increases in all areas delivering a 13% gain on last year. All directorates saw ...
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New line features the characters Star Lord, Rocket Raccoon, Gamora, Drax, Iron Man in his Guardians of the Galaxy armour and Nova. Marvel Comics has released first look images of the new line of Marvel Legends Guardians of the Galaxy ...
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Messe Frankfurt Ltd and the Guangdong Toy Association to organise show in 2015. Trade show organiser Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd and the Guangdong Toy Association have signed a letter of intent to launch the next Guangzhou International Toy ...
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