Oil prices gained Wednesday as U. S. crude inventories decreased last week. Energy Information Administration said Wednesday crude supplies shrank 200,000 barrels to 360 million barrels for the week ending Sept 6. Gasoline supplies rose ...
Tags: Oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
According to the latest data released by Statistics South Africa, in July this year the country's producer price index (PPI) for the basic iron and steel industry rose one percent compared to June and was up 11.8 percent compared to July ...
Tags: steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
It is reported that the prices of medium heavy plates have kept rising in the US market after the steelmakers SSAB and Nucor announced to raise price by US$30/ton last week. Some buyers start to purchase active and mill extend shipment ...
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The Chinese steelmaker Shagang announced to raise its prices for construction steel products including rebar and high-speed wires by RMB20/ton for late August. After the adjustment, its ex-work prices for HRB400 rebar with diameter of ...
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The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index slipped 0.4 percent in July after edging 0.1 percent higher in June. (June's increase was the same as ATA reported on July 23, 2013.) The ...
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US for-hire truck tonnage dipped 0.4% in July, marking the first decline since April. The small decline came on the heels of a 0.1% increase in June. June 2013 posted the highest tonnage on record, according to American Trucking ...
Tags: Truck, Transportation
The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index for July fell 0.4 percent. That's the first drop since April and comes as no surprise, said ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello. "After ...
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Oil prices went up Thursday as unrest in Egypt bolstered concerns that oil supplies from Middle East may be disrupted. The Middle East accounted for 35 percent of global oil output, according to the International Energy Agency. Egypt ...
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China-based makers will produce 80,000 tons of polysilicon and 23GWp of crystalline silicon PV modules in 2013, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). China imported 39,000 tons of polysilicon in ...
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China-based makers will produce 80,000 tons of polysilicon and 23GWp of crystalline silicon PV modules in 2013, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). China imported 39,000 tons of polysilicon in ...
Tags: Polysilicon, PV Modules
According to data released by the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) on August 15, as of the end of July (July 31), the composite steel price index (CSPI) for the Chinese domestic market was at 100.48 points, up 1.96 points or 1.99 ...
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Oil prices advanced on Wednesday after a report showed that U.S. economic growth was higher than expected in the second quarter of the year. The U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 1.7 percent in the ...
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In July this year, the average prices of residential housing in 100 major cities in China rose by 0.87 percent compared to June, rising to RMB 10,347 per square meter, as announced on August 1 by the China Index Academy, a Beijing-based ...
A COMMENT by the Reserve Bank of Australia that Australia's tumbling currency would push up inflation over time fuelled a sharp rise by the Aussie in Asia today. In minutes of its July 2 policy meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia said ...
Retail sales data for the month of June from the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF) showed relatively positive traction on the consumer spending front despite tailing off at the end of the second ...
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