According to data released by the Brazilian foreign trade ministry, Mdic, the country’s imports of seamless steel tubes totaled 10,579 tons in November, slumping by 21% from the previous month. China was the largest supplier of ...
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According to data, Japan’s exports of cold rolled (CR) wide strips totaled 234,104 tons in October, falling by 4.5% from a month ago and decreasing by 2.8% year on year The export prices of CR wide strips averaged at US$749.1/ton, ...
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Alcoa has signed a multi-year supply agreement with Airbus valued at approximately US$110 million for value-added titanium and aluminum aerospace forgings. The agreement also includes several large aluminum forgings for the A330 and A380; ...
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Since the steel prices have kept going strongly in the US market, the situation has encouraged Yieh Phui and Sysco, the two major coating mills in Taiwan to raise their new export prices for next February. It is said that Yieh Phui has ...
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The US steelmaker Nucor announced to raise its prices for steel wire products by US$25/net ton, effective on deliveries ended on January 1st, 2014. However, industry sources said that the price rise might be unfavorable to buyers. ...
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According to data, Japan’s exports of hot rolled coils (HRC) totaled 867,428 tons in October, down by 2% from a month ago but rising by 8.3% year on year. Meanwhile, the country’s HRC export prices averaged at US$596.2/ton FOB ...
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China Steel Corp. (CSC), the largest carbon steelmaker in Taiwan released its prices for AP plates (materials without mill certificate) for January on December 16th. It’s learned that CSC decided to raise its prices for AP plates by ...
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According to the statistics from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan’s output of hot rolled (HR) stainless steel products totaled 252,319 tons in this October, down by 1% from a month ago but rising by 4.1% year ...
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Lightsource Renewable Energy Ltd has outlined plans to put panels on just over 44 acres of land off Somerton Door Drove. The company submitted a request to South Somerset District Council relating to the proposed solar farm. It wanted to ...
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Trina Solar Limited has provided 1.28MW of PV modules to Solar Advanced Systems for the completion of a series of projects at ten Greggs sites across the UK. The solar arrays will cut Greggs' CO2 emissions by 600 tonnes per year, as well ...
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In October this year, the unemployment rate of the 34 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries remained stable at 7.9 percent, unchanged from the previous two months, according to new figures published ...
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In October this year, Turkey's slab imports amounted to 140,068 mt, decreasing by 29.50 percent month on month and down 8.87 percent year on year, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The total value ...
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According to South Africa-based Kumba Iron Ore, subsidiary of Anglo American, South Africa's constitutional court has ruled that only Kumba Iron Ore can apply for the remaining 21.4 percent mining right in Sishen iron ore mine. Kumba, ...
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According to a statement released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD), in November this year Turkey's crude steel production increased by 0.2 percent both on year-on-year and month-on-month basis to 3.084 million ...
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The Mexican pipe producer Tubacero began production this week of 48-inch steel tubes, which will supply the first stage of the Los Ramones pipeline. Teodoro González Garza, director of the company, said they expect to finish ...
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