It is learned that the current hot rolled coil price from local steelmakers is around 6%~9% lower than imported Chinese steel, which is contrary to the historical trend of a premium over international prices. According to vice president of ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, steel
To prevent an oversupply of rare earth materials, China's 2013 rare earth mining target is only half that of 2012, at 46,900 tons. China's export quota has been around 30,000 tons since 2010 and the actual export volume has been lower due ...
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According to data released by the Korean Iron and Steel Association (KOSA), Korea imported 41,010 tons of rebar in February, rising by 23% from a month ago while falling by 5% year on year. In February, Korea imported 36,300 tons of rebar ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, steel
According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japan's hot rolled (HR) flat steel exports totaled 1.35 million metric tons in January this year, increasing by three percent month on month and up 41.7 percent compared to ...
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Spinning was most probably the impetus for the first Industrial Revolution in the 18th century. And most probably, there is no other sector in the whole textile production chain that underwent such drastic changes over the centuries and ...
The EU and Japan officially launched the negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The aim is for a comprehensive agreement in goods, services and investment eliminating tariffs, non-tariff barriers and covering other trade-related ...
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Epistar has been developing LED candle lamps and sales are expected to show growth in the first half of 2013. Currently, order visibility for LED candle lamps is clear through the end of the second quarter, according to Epistar. Epistar ...
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It's reported that the three major cold rolled (CR) steelmakers in Korea including Hyundai Hysco, Dongbu Steel and Union Steel imported 232,000 tons of CR base materials, rising by 12% from a month ago. Among them, 208,000 tons were from ...
Tags: Steel, Construction, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
According to statistics released by the Korea Iron & Steel Association (KOSA), Korea imported 100,600 tons of heavy plates in February, slumping by 69% year on year. It’s analyzed that weak demand for the Chinese materials from ...
Tags: Heavy Plate Imports, Heavy Plate, Steel
External trade statistics are of central importance to economic policy. Among other things, its foreign trade contribution shows how a country is positioned compared to its trade partners. But how much do official statistics really tell us ...
Only a change in the price formation mechanism will reflect the current supply-demand situation for LNG in Asia, not just a bid to reduce the price level, Jonathan Stern, professor at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, said at a ...
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Monte Carlo Fashions Ltd, the premium brand in garments has introduced its Spring-Summer’13 collection. Giving out the message of ‘live life’ with comfort and style, the latest collection for spring-summer by Monte Carlo ...
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Interstoff Asia Essential has a well-established reputation of showcasing the latest in-demand textiles, in particular eco-friendly, fashionable and functional fabrics. The 2013 spring edition, to be held from 13 to 15 March 2013, is no ...
Due to the expectation that Japan will lower its solar feed-in-tariff (FIT) in April and the US punitive tariffs' impacts on China-made solar products, some tier-one Taiwan-based solar cell makers have seen orders rising. The Japan solar ...
Tags: FIT, solar products, solar cell makers
Solar firms in Greater China hoped to increase quotes before the Lunar New Year holidays, but a delay in China announcing its anti-dumping and anti-subsidy probe results has deterred the industry from raising prices for fear of losing ...
Tags: Solar firms, China, solar cells