The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday increased US rail traffic for November 2013 over November 2012. Intermodal traffic in November totaled 1,007,549 containers and trailers, up 7.8 percent (73,004 units) compared ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy
Japan steelmaker Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) has announced that it has established Kashima Power Co., Ltd by joint capital investment with Electric Power Development Co., Ltd (J- POWER). The power generation company ...
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South Africa-based Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT), one of the world's largest coal handling ports, has announced that it exported 6.22 million mt of coal in November, down 14.4 percent from 7.27 million mt in October and decreasing by ...
The global long steel products market maintained its generally stable condition during the month of November on the back of stable ferrous scrap prices, according to the short-range outlook report issued by IREPAS, the global association of ...
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The 2014 outlook for thermal, renewable and oil and gas projects is stable, according to a Fitch Ratings report. 'Increasingly, natural gas is driving the North American energy sector. As gas is the current fuel on the margin and ...
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In India, during 20 to 30 years, the briquette industry has been developed and at present it has impressed its importance among the world's industries. Biomass today accounts for over one-third of all energy used in the developing ...
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US coal production totaled about 19 million st in the week that ended Saturday, 3.5% below the previous week's total and 4.9% below that of the corresponding week of 2012, the Energy Information Administration said Thursday. EIA, which ...
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China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has announced that during last week (Nov. 25- Dec.1) the overall average finished steel price in China remained unchanged week on week. In the given week, average prices of 12 mm diameter rebar and 16 mm ...
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America will conclude its three-year farewell to inefficient general-purpose incandescent light bulbs on December 31, 2013, the National Lighting Bureau advises. On the following day – January 1, 2014 – it will be a violation of ...
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Australian Newcastle port's coal shipments to China dipped to their lowest level in six months in November at 1.74 million mt, shipping data from terminal operator Port Waratah Coal Services showed Tuesday. Close to 22.7% of the 7.68 ...
Lara Exploration Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:LRA) and privately held Kiwanda Mines (NA) LLC of Lake Oswego, Oregon have entered into a letter of intent with Nebo Capital Corp. of Vancouver, British Columbia whereby Nebo will acquire the interests of ...
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According to data released by Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers, the country's output of finished steel products totaled 26.625 million tons in the January-November period, down by 0.1% year on year. In the given period of time, the country's ...
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The CO2 EOR market is a well established sector of the oil and gas industry in the United States with the first commercial projects dating back to the early 1970s. The key enabler of this success has been the availability of a large volume ...
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Lux Research expects hybrid gas/solar technologies to mitigate intermittency of the renewable resource. Solar-generated electricity will become just as cheap as that produced by natural gas in most parts of the world by 2025, according to ...
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In the January-November period of this year, total shipment volumes by Russian railway monopoly Russian Railways (RZD) - including ferrous metals, coal, oil, fertilizers and timber - fell by 3.1 percent year on year to 1.134 billion mt, ...