Panamax coal freight rates on established routes from South Africa's Richards Bay and Indonesia to India ended the week higher Friday, helped by robust activity in the Atlantic basin. "The Atlantic basin is firm for both Supramaxes and ...
Demand in the Turkish polymer market has slumped as riots have erupted in major cities and the local currency has tumbled, sources said this week. "There is instability, and the issue of payments, caused by political unrest. It is very ...
According to an industry survey released by the Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI), the Japanese steelmakers planned to produce 27.58 million tons of crude steel in the second quarter of this year, rising by 4% from a quarter ago. ...
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According to the latest ‘Bi-Monthly Stainless Steel Report May 2013' issued by Germany-based service centre Damstahl, in the first two months of the current year European stainless crude steel production amounted approximately to 1.4 ...
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The European Steel Association (EUROFER) has stated that recent data on industrial production and unemployment signal that the EU economy continued to weaken in the first months of 2013, while the performance gap between Germany on the one ...
The Swedish steelmaker SSAB posted an operating loss of SEK136 million for the first quarter of this year, in comparison of an operating loss of SEK665 million in a quarter ago. Meanwhile, the company's consolidated shipments in the first ...
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Swedish specialty steel producer SSAB has posted its financial results for the first quarter of the current year, reporting a net loss of SEK 137 million, compared to a net profit of SEK 281 million in the corresponding quarter of 2012. The ...
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The Spanish stainless steel producer Acerinox S.A. has announced that in the first quarter of 2013 the stainless steel market has experienced an improvement compared to the end of 2012. However, doubts about the economic recovery and the ...
Australian iron ore miner Atlas Iron has announced it shipped a record 1.86 million wet metric tons of iron ore in the quarter ended on March 31, up 54 percent compared to the same quarter of 2012. Accordingly, Atlas remains on track to ...
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Coal stocks at China's four major Bohai Sea ports totaled 18.816 million mt on Sunday, down 1.03 million mt or 5.2% week-on-week, Qinhuangdao Port said Monday. The drop in combined coal stocks at the four ports was due to increased ...
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The Board of Directors of Arkema met on February 27th 2013 to close the consolidated accounts of Arkema for 2012 and the annual financial statements of the parent company. At the end of the meeting, Thierry Le Hénaff, Chairman and ...
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According to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2013-2014/Q1 2013 Report from the Economic Committee of the European Steel Association (EUROFER), the total steel tube output in the European Union decreased by 5.5 percent year on year in ...
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Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) has announced its production and sales data for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2012. According to the company statement, NLMK's crude steel output in the fourth quarter ...
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One of the ProMat Innovation Awards finalists, New Age Industrial (Booth 2341), showcased how its #99664 order picking cart can be used to improve picking and putaway efficiency in distribution centers by as much as 25% at a press ...
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Did you buy or receive any electronics gifts that your recipient or you just can't use this holiday? It's the thought that counts—and you're thinking about how you can return them. We've already advised on returning gifts in general, ...
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