US domestic flat rolled price increases in Q4 2012 and Q1 2013 did not stick due to lackluster demand, overcapacity woes and import competition, executives at Reliance Steel & Aluminum said during the company's Q1 2013 conference call on ...
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In a conference call with investors Tuesday, executives at German steel giant ThyssenKrupp AG indicated their preference for cash offers over shares for either of the two mills--a slab-making plant in a Brazil and flat rolled mill in ...
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Finnish stainless steel producer Outokumpu is seeking to capture 25% of the US stainless steel market in the next two years, rising from its current market share of 14%, according to the saying of Michael Wallis, CEO of Outokumpu Stainless ...
UK retailer Tesco booked better-than-expected UK sales over the key Christmas trading period as the group benefited from the various initiatives under its domestic turnaround plan. The group has invested in improving its customer ...
Global news reports Wednesday indicated that steelmaking giant ArcelorMittal submitted a bid to purchase ThyssenKrupp AG's Calvert, Alabama flat rolled mill. The reports cited ArcelorMittal CFO Aditya Mittal during a conference call ...
Sainsbury's today (9 January) reported that third-quarter like-for-like sales, excluding fuel, came in at 0.9%. While this represents a slow-down from the company's previous 31 consecutive quarters of growth, Sainsbury's was able to ...
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Recently, Outokumpu’s US Calvert stainless steel plant has announced that the company plans to increase its annual delivery capacity to 200,000 tons for both melt shop and cold rolled products in 2013. For the expanding project, ...
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The 2012 cotton harvest in Uzbekistan has concluded, and the system of forced labour of cotton production remained the same as in previous years. The Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights and the Cotton Campaign (of which Anti-Slavery ...
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UK - Immersive teamed up with Tait Technologies and Universal Music to deliver video pixel mapping for the X Factor's Final, broadcast, live on 9 December from the MEN Arena, Manchester. With a live audience of 12,000 the X Factor's ...
Westlake Chemical Corporation announced it is converting the feedstock for its Calvert City, Kentucky ethylene plant from propane to ethane along with increasing ethylene capacity from 450 million pounds per year to 630 million pounds per ...
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UK - Cutting edge content creators and show designers at Immersive have been harnessing the power of the award winning Avolites Media Ai Media System to produce eye-wateringly, dazzling visuals for English EDM (Electro Dance Music) star Sub ...
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The future looked bright Monday at ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA as the company officially fired up its final production line.The Melt Shop is the last in a series of stainless steel manufacturing processes the company has brought online over ...
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Downtown Richmond will be a whole lot brighter this holiday season. A fund drive by Richmond Downtown Development Committee to purchase and install white LED lights to rim the tops of buildings on the square has been met.Fifty-four ...
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As a new twist to its award-winning Custom Covers project,Wallpaper*has commissioned dozens of top designers to create a series of unique covers for the August issue.Readers will have the opportunity to select their own ...
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The summer slowdown appears poised to push into the fall for steel importers as excess domestic supply and low prices are eroding margins, market participants told AMM. Across the board, traders and service centers cited uncertainty in the ...
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