Apple retook its spot as China's fifth largest smartphone vendor in the first quarter, as the country's market grew to triple the size of the U.S.'s. Apple had an 8 percent share of the smartphone market, while Samsung continued to lead ...
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According to data released by the Chilean construction chamber (CChC), Chile’s rebar shipments totaled 49,269 tons in March, falling by 6.4% from a month ago and decreasing by 6.6% year on year. In the first quarter of this year, the ...
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It’s reported that Chile’s CAP announced that its net earnings and EBITDA in the first quarter of this year totaled US$45.1 million and US$137.2 million, slumping by 46.4% and 31.5% year on year respectively. CAP stated that the ...
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Ongoing planting delays continued to keep potential sellers at bay this week, which allowed the market to trend higher. West Texas is still too dry, while parts of the Mid-South and Southeast have experienced wet and unseasonably cool ...
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Spartanburg, South Carolina-based Synalloy Corporation announced Thursday that its Synalloy Metals' fabrication subsidiary has been awarded an additional contract on an international project. Synalloy Fabrication's Ram-Fab unit has been ...
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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 financial year 2012-13 ended March 31, posting a net loss of JPY 124.6 billion ($2.2 billion), ...
Luxembourg-headquartered global stainless steel producer Aperam SA, which was spun off by ArcelorMittal and separately listed in 2011, has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2013. In the first quarter, Aperam ...
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The world's largest steelmaker Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal has announced that it is targeting cost cuts of $3 billion by the end of 2015. As of March this year, the company had achieved $200 million in cost improvements. According to ...
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Chile's CAP SA recorded net earnings of $45.1 million in Q1 and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of $137.2 million, down 46.4 percent and 31.5 percent, respectively from Q1 2012. The company said the ...
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BG Group has entered the regulatory phase of its Prince Rupert LNG project, submitting applications to Canadian and British Columbia environmental review agencies for a three-train operation aimed at eventually exporting 21 million mt/year, ...
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The Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) reported that its March 2013 booked orders increased 7.2% when compared to March 2012 orders. March 2013 booked orders when compared to February 2013 booked orders were up 23.6%. ...
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Global shipments of metal-organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) systems will fall by 46% year-on-year to a total of 148 units in 2013, a report forecasts, as LED chipmakers have sufficient capacity and the number of LED chips used in ...
Power semiconductor device maker International Rectifier Corp (IR) of El Segundo, CA, USA has qualified and shipped product built on its gallium nitride (GaN)-based power device technology platform for a home theater system manufactured by ...
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments decreased during the first quarter 2013 when compared to fourth quarter 2012 area shipments, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer ...
Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh has said at the company's annual general meeting that in 2013 Rio Tinto will focus on four key areas; reducing costs and improving performance at all its operations, delivering approved growth projects, ...