Given below is the list of countries likely to post negative growth in their crude steel production for 2012, in ascending order Sl Country 2012 E 2011 YoY 1 Croatia 0 100 ...
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Steel Authority of India Limited’s Bokaro Steel Plant has registered a steady growth path both in production and projects in the year 2012. Commissioning of the rebuilt zero emission Coke Oven Battery 2 in March 2012 was one of ...
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The US rotary rig count was down 11 rigs at 1,763 for the week of December 28th 2012. It is 244 rigs (12.2%) lower than last year. The number of rotary rigs drilling for oil was down 13 at 1,327. There are 134 more rigs targeting oil than ...
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China Knowledge reported that China, the world's second-largest oil consumer, saw its oil processing volume climb 9.1% YoY to 41.61 million tonne in November. According to a statement released by the National Development and Reform ...
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Iran unveiled on December 26th Wednesday its newest domestically made container ship, named Iran-Shahrekord. The ship has 2200TEU capacity and has received all the necessary certificates from international institutes. Mr Mohammad ...
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In a recent report,US based consulting firm Mcquilling Services attempted to forecast the course of bunker prices during the next few years,as this factor is among the most important ones when it comes to ship owning operating costs. ...
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On December 31, Hubei Province-based major Chinese steel producer Wuhan Iron and Steel Group (WISCO) announced that it has completed supplies of 20,000 mt of steel plates for crude oil storage tanks in the Dagang district of Tianjin, built ...
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According to preliminary results, in 2012 Ukrainian steelmaker Zaporizhstal's finished steel product output decreased by 0.7 percent to 3.15 million mt, while its crude steel production also declined by 0.7 percent to 3.78 million mt, both ...
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The sharemarket closed higher for a second day yesterday, buoyed by a last-minute budget deal in the US that drove global equities and commodity prices sharply higher on Wednesday night. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 finished up 0.7 per cent ...
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The sharemarket started the new year with a bang as US politicians agreed on a budget deal to avoid the worst of the so-called fiscal cliff, which had threatened to derail the world's biggest economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up ...
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The sharemarket started 2013 with a bang as US lawmakers agreed a budget deal to avoid the worst of the so-called fiscal cliff that had threatened to derail the world's biggest economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 1.2 per cent at ...
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“The most valuable commodity I know of is information.” (Gordon Gecko in “Wall Street” by Oliver Stone) Commodities have experienced a renaissance after the bursting of the internet bubble at the end of the ...
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2012 can be certainly be christened as a Doomsday year in Chinese steel industry with market buried under an avalanche of overcapacity pushing prices down by more than 12 % YoY. The malaise is evident from the fact that the estimated ...
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Business Line reported that growth rate of 8 core sector industries declined to 1.8% in November, from 7.8% in the same month last year, due to drop in production of coal, natural gas and cement. The 8 core sector industries had registered ...
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China Daily reported that if the lottery system allowing people to purchase automobiles in first-tier cities was expanded to all major cities across the country, it would be a big damper for the country's steel industry. China's steel ...
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