Red Meat Production Down 4 Percent From Last Year Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.12 billion pounds in November, down 4 percent from the 4.31 billion pounds produced in November 2012. Beef production, at ...
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The December Cattle on Feed report said the number of cattle in large feedlots was down 5.5% at the start of the month. November placements were down 3.1% and November marketings were down 4.5%, largely due to one fewer slaughter day. The ...
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The USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) and Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) released the latest beef trade data last week. The data for October, the latest month available, showed beef and veal exports up 5.4% over last year with the ...
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According to data released by Brazil's secretary of foreign trade (Secex), the country’s exports of steel flat products totaled 57,791 tons in November, rising by 32% from a month ago. The country’s export revenues generated ...
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According to the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), Brazilian crude steel production in the first 11 months of the current year amounted to 31.52 million metric tons, 1.4 percent lower year on year. In the same period, Brazilian rolled steel ...
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In November this year, new commercial vehicle registrations grew by 8.9 percent year on year in the European Union, totaling 152,439 units, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA). The month counted on average ...
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In the January-November period of the current year, Kazakhstan produced 3.164 million mt of crude steel, down 11.1 percent year on year, according to the State Statistics Committee of Kazakhstan. Production of flat steel in Kazakhstan in ...
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In the January-November period of the current year, Azerbaijan registered a 2.5 percent year-on-year decline in its metallurgical production, according to the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan. In the given period, Azerbaijan saw a ...
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Russkaya Stal (Russian Steel), a non-prot association of Russian domestic steelmakers, has reported that its main member enterprises produced 4.4 million metric tons of finished steel in November this year, down 4.5 percent from October and ...
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According to the latest data released by Statistics South Africa, in November this year the country's producer price index (PPI) for the basic iron and steel industry decreased by 1.2 percent compared to October and was up 12 percent ...
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One of the most widely known compounds on Earth is carbon dioxide, or CO2. We learn as children that CO2 is a key component of photosynthesis, the process by which plants, algae, and bacteria convert light into energy. This reaction is part ...
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According to the monthly consumer tendency survey released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the consumer confidence index* in Turkey, which stood at 77.5 points in November, decreased by 3.3 percent month on month in December to ...
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Renewable energy subsidies have been a politically popular program over the past decade. These subsidies have led to explosive growth in wind power installations across the United States, especially in the Midwest and Texas. But do these ...
Ensco plc (NYSE: ESV) has taken delivery of ENSCO 121, the second of four ultra-premium harsh environment jackup rigs in its ENSCO 120 Series. The rig is contracted to work in the North Sea beginning in the second quarter of 2014 at a day ...
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Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX: PRE) (BVC: PREC) (BOVESPA: PREB) announced today the successful results of the first production tests in the CPE-6-1X exploration well and the CPE-6-H2 appraisal well, two new wells drilled during ...
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