Based on the US 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 February total ...
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Coal exports from the Port Waratah Coal Services (PWCS) terminals based at Port of Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia, totaled 9.84 million mt in February this year, increasing by 6.91 percent compared to January, according to the ...
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The changing political situations in the Middle East are focusing attention on possibly significant increases in energy production, but countries that could produce that energy still face significant hurdles, according to a panel of Middle ...
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China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC), the country's largest offshore oil and gas developer, has become the first Chinese firm licensed to look for oil in the Arctic, a landmark step for overseas energy exploration for the world's ...
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Stocks of gasoline in the US West Coast region fell for the second consecutive week and the fifth week in the past six, dropping 620,000 barrels to 32.052 million barrels in the week ended Friday, data released Wednesday by the US Energy ...
Flawed but colorful diamonds are among the most sensitive detectors of magnetic fields known today, allowing physicists to explore the minuscule magnetic fields in metals, exotic materials and even human tissue. University of California, ...
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Importers of minerals from conflict zones will be able to certify their goods have not financed warlords under a European scheme proposed on Wednesday, which would also help manufacturers show products are free of ‘blood ...
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Food packaging is not dangerous, Australian experts have said Australian experts have reassured Australians that the chemicals in plastic food packaging are not harmful to human health. Dr Ian Musgrave, a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty ...
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In the first two months this year, the Turkish domestic passenger car market narrowed by 17.74 percent year on year, with sales falling to 51,535 units, according to the statistics released by the Turkish Automotive Distributors Association ...
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In the January-February period of the current year, coal production in Russia went up by 2.8 percent year on year to 56.81 million mt, including 28.09 million mt of coal produced in February, according to Russia's Central Dispatching ...
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Russian imports of stainless steel products in January this year decreased by 7.7 percent year on year to 15,004 mt, according to Russia-based SpetsStal Association. In particular, in the first month of this year Russia's imports of long ...
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According to the data released by the Export and Import Division of South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MOTIE), the country's trade balance indicated a $926 million surplus in February this year. Meanwhile, in the first two months ...
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Turkey's leading steel pipe producer Borusan Mannesmann Boru has announced its financial results for 2013, posting a net profit of TRY 36.7 million ($16.6 million), down nine percent compared to the previous year. In 2013, Borusan ...
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According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending March 1, 2014, US domestic raw steel production was 1,861,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 77.4 percent. Production was 1,875,000 net tons in the ...
On March 5, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivered his government work report during the opening meeting of the second session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, stating that in 2014 China's GDP is expected to grow by ...
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