In the January-September period of this year, the aggregate gross profit of the Chinese iron and steel industry amounted to RMB 127 billion ($20.84 billion), increasing by 39.9 percent year on year, according to the data released by China's ...
Tags: Iron and Steel, Mineral
Its' reported that the state-owned mining company Aneka Tambang (Antam) announced said that it has started the operation of a bauxite processing plant in West Kalimantan. Meanwhile, the bauxite processing plant is the largest one in ...
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In October this year, the purchasing managers' index (PMI) of the steel sector in China's Hebei Province decreased to 43.5 percent, down 0.4 percentage points month on month, declining for the second consecutive month, as announced by the ...
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According to the data announced by Statistics Indonesia (BPS), in September this year the value of Indonesia's steel imports increased by 43.5 percent compared to the previous month, accounting to $730 million, while the country's import ...
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China on Tuesday bought around 54,000 mt of Ribbed Smoked Sheet grade natural rubber from local suppliers for government stockpiles, end-users and industry sources said Wednesday. The rubber was purchased from either three or four ...
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The price range for 75%-Si ferrosilicon in Asia widened this week as competition for a buy tender in Japan pulled down spot prices. The spot import price into Japan was assessed at $1,360-1,410/mt CIF Japan Thursday, compared with ...
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Freight rates to ship coal from northern China's Qinhuangdao port to the other Chinese ports of Zhangjiagang, Shanghai and Guangzhou rose in the week ended October 29 for the fourth week in a row, Qinhuangdao Port said Wednesday. The ...
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Brazilian oil firm OGX owned by tycoon Eike Batista, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, after negotiations with creditors failed. If its pedition is approved by court, OGX would have six months to continue operating while it tries to ...
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The National Energy Administration announced new guidelines for shale gas on Wednesday that aim to increase output of the fuel and thus improve China's energy security. The NEA's guidelines encourage local governments to subsidize shale ...
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China has unveiled a five-year plan for its emerging shale gas industry as the government seeks to replicate the US success in extraction of the cleaner-burning unconventional fuel. The 2011-2015 plan, made public yesterday by the ...
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China is to extend a probe into imports of European polysilicon, used for making solar panels, by six months, the Commerce Ministry said on Thursday, citing the "complicated circumstances" of the case. Solar panels were at the centre of a ...
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The first phase of a coal gasification project in north China is complete and will start to supply gas to Beijing at the end of this year.p The first phase is ready for production after successful tests, said Li Zhichun, director of the ...
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Mexican service center operator Grupo Collado announced this week that net sales fell by 9 percent in the third quarter of 2013 in comparison with the corresponding period last year, as a result of lower steel prices. Sales revenues ...
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The US International Trade Commission (ITC) determined Friday that there is a reasonable indication that the US steel industry is materially injured by reason of imports of steel concrete reinforcing bar from Mexico and Turkey that are ...
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A few days ago, Baosteel--Tianwei Baobian joint laboratory was established, which is a cooperation model created by Baosteel and Tianwei Baobian in integrated industrial chain on the basis of performance research of oriented silicon steel ...
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