It’s reported that the Japanese steelmaker Tokyo Steel announced that it will adjust the size extras for its January contracts. Tokyo Steel will adjust size extra charges for some H-beams, channels and plate varieties that in some ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy, Tokyo
China's economy is finally rebounding from its deepest slump since the 2008 global crisis but the shaky recovery could be vulnerable to a new downturn in global trade. Growth rose to 7.9 percent in the three months ending in December, up ...
China will re-introduce an import tax on diesel -- at 1% -- from January 1, 2014, following approval from the State Council, the country's Ministry of Finance said Monday. No reason was given for the change. Diesel had been exempt from ...
Tags: Diesel Tax, Mineral
Data from Japan’s finance ministry showed that Japanese economy increased 0.3% in Q3, 0.5% lower than expexted. The country's economy grew with an 11% annualized rate. And for this, Japanese government takes measures to expand ...
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China Petrochemical Corp, Asia's top refiner, is expanding in Africa through investment and social involvement, Du Juan reports As Africa becomes increasingly important in the global energy structure, with growing proven reserves of oil ...
Tags: Sinopec, China Petrochemical
Oil demand growth in the US this year is likely to exceed that of China's for the first time since the 1990s, skewing overall global demand in favor of developed markets, investment bank Goldman Sachs said in a new report released Friday. ...
Tags: US, China, oil demand
Ssangyong Motor (CEO Lee Yoo-il;www.smotor.com), part of the USD 16.2 billion Mahindra Group, today announced that the company sold a total of 14,092 units in November 2013 – 6,540 units in domestic sales and 7,552 in exports, ...
Tags: Ssangyong Motor, CKD kits
Japan's steel export down by 1.5% year-on-year to 3.31 million tons year in October, according to the Japan Iron & Steel Federation's (JISF). It is mainly because of continuing strong domestic demand and slower exports to Thailand. The ...
Tags: Domestic Demand, Exports Down, Japan
Today in Barcelona, Repsol Chairman Antonio Brufau presented the document "Spain, enterprises and exports" which was prepared by the Business Council for Competitiveness (CEC). The event was held at the Casa Llotja de Mar and presented by ...
Tags: Repsol, international policies
Lux Research expects hybrid gas/solar technologies to mitigate intermittency of the renewable resource. Solar-generated electricity will become just as cheap as that produced by natural gas in most parts of the world by 2025, according to ...
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During these days, the Indian domestic demand for hot rolled coils (HRC) still remained weak. Currently, China offers US$530~US$535/ton FOB for HRC with boron to India. Considering adding the freight, the CFR price would reach ...
Tags: HRC, Construction
Ford India sold 12,050 vehicles in combined domestic wholesales and export sales in November, up 19 percent over the same month last year. Ford India's domestic sales rose to 7,909 units in November, up 33 percent from 5,944 units a year ...
China will help Ukraine to build coal-to-gas plants, according to an agreement expected to be signed next week, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said Thursday. Yanukovych is expected to travel to China next week for economic and ...
Tags: coal-to-gas plants, Mineral
Turkish integrated steelmaker Erdemir sees a positive outlook for the steel industry in 2014, as stated by the company's marketing and sales coordinator Basak Turgut at the 8th SteelOrbis Turkish Steel Market Conference held in Istanbul on ...
Fuji Oil may consider entering into alliances with other companies in the Japanese refining and petrochemical sector, where it can benefit, a senior company official with the Japanese refiner said. "We are not able to speak about anything ...
Tags: oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy