LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has introduced the XLamp XP-L, which is claimed to be the first commercially available single-die LED to achieve efficacy of up to 200 lumens per watt (LPW) at 350mA. ...
Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the first quarter of this year apparent finished steel use in Latin America and the Caribbean totaled 16.4 million mt, up one percent year on year. The highest increases ...
Tags: Finished Steel, steel consumption
In April this year, South Korea's total automotive (cars and commercial vehicles) output amounted to 433,799 units, up 1.95 percent month on month and rising by 12.34 percent year on year, constituting the third consecutive year-on-year ...
Tags: Auto Output, automotive exports
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has announced its approval for trading of ferroalloy futures. Accordingly, trading of ferroalloy futures will be launched at Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange, though the date of the launch is yet to ...
Czech Republic-based automobile manufacturer ?KODA has unveiled the new concept rally car, ?KODA Yeti Xtreme, which is based on the popular compact SUV. The new compact SUV-based vehicle will be premiered at the 2014 GTI event scheduled ...
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Broadband wireless and wireline communications component maker Anadigics Inc of Warren, NJ, USA has launched the AWL5910 power amplifier (PA), optimized for WiFi infrastructure and multimedia applications including access points, routers, ...
Tags: Anadigics, Wifi Infrastructure
In the first four months of this year, French crude steel output increased by 5.9 percent year on year to 5.53 million mt, according to the latest data released by the French Steel Federation (FFA). Meanwhile, in April this year, French ...
Tags: Crude Steel, steel output
Taiwan's industrial production index in April this year increased by 4.80 percent as compared to April 2013 and was up 0.30 percent month on month, according to the country's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Meanwhile, Taiwan's ...
Tags: Basic Metal, industrial output
China produced around 584,000 mt of refined copper in April, down 1.6% month on month, an official from state-owned nonferrous metals information division Beijing Antaike said Wednesday, citing National Bureau of Statistics data. The ...
Germany's power plants generated 5.4% less electricity in the first quarter, with output from all conventional sources falling, but coal- and gas-fired power plants recorded the biggest declines, German utility lobby group BDEW said ...
A fall in the value of China's currency against the dollar has increased the losses incurred by the country's copper importers in May, Chinese industry sources said Thursday. The US dollar was trading at Yuan 6.26 Thursday, compared with ...
Tags: Copper Importers, metals
Turkish iron ore imports increased by 25% in the first quarter, on the back of higher blast furnace-based steel output and mills' restocking activity, according to statistics published this week. Data released by the Turkish Statistical ...
Tags: Iron Ore
In April of the current year, Spain's total motor vehicle output amounted to 214,616 units, rising by 15.68 percent year on year, according to the data reported by the Spanish Automobile and Truck Manufacturers' Association (ANFAC). ...
In the first four months of this year, world pig iron production amounted to 393.83 million mt, rising by 1.65 percent compared to the same period of 2013, according to the preliminary data covering 38 countries accounting for approximately ...
Tags: Pig Iron, iron production
According to the data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global direct reduced iron (DRI) production in the 14 countries accounting for approximately 87 percent of total world DRI production in 2013 amounted to 4.84 ...
Tags: direct reduced iron, Steel