According to the latest data released by Statistics South Africa, in September this year the country's producer price index (PPI) for the basic iron and steel industry fell 0.9 percent compared to August and was up 9.9 percent compared to ...
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China's Ministry of Commerce has stated in its Report on China's Foreign Trade Situation (Autumn 2013) that in the first half of 2013 growth in China's foreign trade indicated significant fluctuation due to the complicated global and ...
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Jiangxi Province-based Chinese steelmaker Fangda Special Steel has issued its financial results for the first three quarters of this current year, announcing an operating revenue of RMB 9.641 billion ($1.58 billion), down 3.41 percent, ...
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Cloud Peak Energy completed a test burn shipment to Japan during the third quarter and continues to look toward Asia for future demand growth, as increased domestic demand for US Powder River Basin coal during the period failed to boost ...
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U.S. crude-oil futures dropped to a four-month low Wednesday after government data showed inventories rose more than expected last week. The Energy Information Administration said crude oil stocks rose by 4.1 million barrels, compared ...
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Oil giant PetroChina Company Limited on Tuesday announced a 9.6-percent increase in its net profit for the first three quarters of 2013 as the company managed to adapt to market changes. Net profit during the Jan.-Sept. period came in at ...
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State-owned PetroVietnam and Rosneft are expected to sign two upstream pacts and a crude oil sales deal during Russian President Vladimir Putin to Vietnam early next month, PetroVietnam said Wednesday. One is to do with PetroVietnam's ...
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Lark Energy's proposed 10MWp solar farm in Wellingborough has been given the green light by Wellingborough Council's planning committee. Cllr Martin Griffiths, vice-chairman of the council's planning committee, said: "The committee ...
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During the opening ceremony of the Arab Steel Summit held in Dubai on October 26-28, the participants voiced their concerns over the high import billet and rebar tonnages coming into Arab countries. Domestic steel producers indicated that ...
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The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Tuesday the final results of its administrative review of the antidumping (AD) order on hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from China. The review covered Baosteel Group Corporation, Baoshan ...
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The world's second biggest steelmaker Japan-based Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC) has announced its financial results for the first half ended September 30 of the financial year 2013-14, posting a net profit of JPY 115.6 billion ...
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United States Steel Corporation reported Monday a third-quarter net loss of $1.8 billion, compared to a Q2 2013 net loss of $78 million and Q3 2012 net income of $44 million.? Adjusted net loss for the third quarter of 2013 was $20 million ...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) filed a lawsuit against three companies reportedly involved in the former Everglade Iron and Steel Company site in Hempfield, according to a report by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ...
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On October 29, Anhui Province-based Chinese steelmaker Maanshan Iron and Steel Co. (Masteel) announced that in the first three quarters of the current year its operating revenue amounted to RMB 56.392 billion ($9.245 billion), down 5.93 ...
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German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe has announced that blast furnace No. 9 at its Duisburg-Hamborn facility has been put back into operation again. The blast furnace was taken out of service in the spring of 2012 for relining and ...
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