Shanghai-based Chinese steel giant Baosteel Group has stated that special steel bars produced by its subsidiary Guangdong-based Shaoguan Iron and Steel Co. (Shaoguan Steel) have been approved by the International Automotive Task Force ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel
In December last year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production decreased by 0.7 percent in both the euro area and in the EU-28 as compared with November, while industrial production in November had increased by 1.6 percent and by 1.3 ...
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Class 8 truck orders doubled in December 2013 from both the month and the year before,making it the second biggest Class 8 order month since March 2006. "The U.S.and Canada did the'heavy lifting'for Class 8 orders in December,while Mexico ...
Tags: Heavy Lifting, Lifting, Transportation
Styrene monomer prices nosedived $40/mt or 2.4% Monday to $1,594.50/mt FOB Korea and $1,621.50/mt CFR China, compared to last Friday, as the Chinese market returned from the Lunar New Year holidays amid a build-up in inventory levels and ...
US toluene disproportionation, Mobil selective toluene disproportionation and hydrodealkylation margins moved higher on Monday after spot benzene prices surged, sources said. TDP margins rose $43/mt to be estimated Monday at $298.87/mt, ...
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Business conditions for trucking worsened in November from the previous month but were still positive overall,industry analysis firm FTR said. FTR's Trucking Conditions Index fell to 7.01 in November,a 20%drop,the group said. "While we ...
Tags: Transportation, truck, trucking capacity
In 2013,world pig iron production amounted to 1.16 billion mt,rising by 5.81 percent compared to 2012,according to the preliminary data covering 38 countries accounting for approximately 99 percent of total world blast furnace pig iron ...
Tags: Iron Output, steel, iron
Pakistan's iron and steel scrap imports amounted to 134,911 mt in December last year,increasing 27.05 percent compared to November and up 11.20 percent year on year,according to the data released by the Pakistan Federal Bureau of ...
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Italian luxury car maker Maserati is continuing the roll out of its all-new Ghibli in North America and has celebrated the launch with a 90-second broadcast spot titled "Strike" in in Super Bowl XLVIII. Ghibli is the company's first-ever ...
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The results of Northcoast Research Partners LLC's monthly"Tire Demand Index"are in.And demand was up in December. "Our research indicates that consumer demand for replacement tires at retail remained very robust in December,"says Nick ...
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The exports of leather and leather products from India increased by 17.09 percent to US$ 3.786 billion during the first eight months of the ongoing financial year 2013-14, compared to exports of $3.233 billion made during the corresponding ...
Tags: Leather Exports, Textile
The Spanish textiles Export Price Index (IPRIX), for the month of December 2013, shows a decline of 0.6 percent, compared to the same month in 2012, as per the data released by National Institute of Statistics in Spain. According to ...
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In 2013,Latin America's finished steel production totaled 56.4 million metric tons,one percent more than in 2012,according to Alacero,the Latin American steel association.The main finished steel producer was Brazil,with 26.3 million metric ...
Tags: Steel, crude steel, Mineral
The US has temporarily lifted sanctions on 14 major Iranian petrochemical companies, following the implementation of the Joint Plan of Action (JPOA) on January 20. Iran and the P5+1 consisting of US, Russia, UK, France and China Plus ...
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Trucking conditions in the US dipped in November, but remain in positive territory, according to the Trucking Conditions Index compiled by FTR. The November reading of 7.01 was 20% lower than the month before, but ...
Tags: Trucking conditions, Truck, Auto Parts