Japanese spot import prices of high-carbon ferrochrome rose this week as Indian producers cut output amid a decline in domestic chrome ore feedstock supplies, market sources said Friday. Platts assessed the spot price of high-carbon lumpy ...
The outlook for pig iron exports from the Commonwealth of Independent States has been hurt by continued weakness in iron ore pricing, bearish scrap sentiment and Ramadan-related slowdown in Turkish demand, local sources said Friday. ...
Tags: Pig Iron, Ramadan-related slowdown
Clean Clothes Campaign has released a new report that uncovers the truth behind high-end fashion chains and the Eastern European and Turkish garment workers that make their clothes. "Stitched Up – Poverty wages for garment workers in ...
Based on the Commerce Department's most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that steel import permit applications for the month of May total 3,950,000 net ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel, finished steel
According to the statistics released by the US International Trade Commission (US ITC), in April this year exports of iron and steel scrap from the US amounted to 1.34 million mt, increasing by 10.58 percent from March and by 36.71 percent ...
Tags: Iron, Steel, Steel Scrap, Metallurgy, Mineral
Garments accounted for more than half of all textile exports from Indonesia last year, according to the figures from the Ministry of Industry. In 2013, Indonesia's total textile and apparel exports stood at US$ 12.68 billion. Of this, ...
Tags: Textile
Segura has established a new working relationship with Total Retail Solutions (), manufacturer and supplier of bespoke labelling and packaging products for the retail industry. TRS's new partnership with Segura enables the company to ...
Tags: Textile, Supply Chain
South African Richards Bay Coal Terminal's exports of coal in May rose 28% year on year to 5.58 million mt, which was 2.3% higher month on month, according to port operating data published Thursday. RBCT said the exports were shipped in ...
Tags: Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
In April this year, Turkey's stainless flat steel imports rose by 17.97 percent year on year and increased by 44.27 percent compared to the previous month to 51,916 metric tons, following the 2.07 percent month-on-month increase recorded in ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Stainless Flat Steel, Steel
Exhibitors at the recently held FESPA Digital 2014 (Munich, Germany, 20-23 May 2014), met the most internationally diverse audience of any FESPA Digital show to date, with visitors streaming to Munich from 121 countries. The largest ...
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In the first five months this year, sales of passenger cars and commercial vehicles in Turkey decreased by 26.31 percent year on year to 226,698 units, according to the statistics released by the Turkish Automotive Distributors Association ...
Tags: Passenger Car, commercial vehicles
According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in May this year the domestic producer price index (PPI) for Turkish industry in general decreased by 0.52 percent from April and was up 11.28 percent year on ...
Tags: domestic PPI, basic metal
In the first five months of the current year, Turkey's steel exports totaled 7.9 million mt, down 6.9 percent year on year, while the value of these exports decreased by 5.4 percent year on year to $5.9 billion, according to the data ...
Tags: Steel Export, steel
Solar photovoltaic (PV) demand from Europe is forecast to reach 10GW during 2014, down 7% on year, according to Solarbuzz. This will be the third consecutive year that solar PV demand in Europe has declined, after reaching a peak of 19.2GW ...
According to the provisional foreign trade statistics compiled by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) and the Turkish Undersecretariat of Customs, in April this year Turkey's foreign trade deficit decreased by 30.3 percent to $7.21 ...
Tags: Steel Export, iron steel