US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx joined President Barack Obama Wednesday to announce that $600 million will be made available to fund transportation projects across the country under a sixth round of the US Department of ...
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Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that the US imported a total of 3,172,000 net tons (nt) of steel in January 2014, including 2,409,000 nt of finished steel (up 26.6 ...
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Iraq aims to boost its oil exports by nearly 26% to 3.4 million b/d in 2014, a senior official said Wednesday. "Exports reached more than 2.7 million b/d this month, and the rate [that] is planned for 2014, including exports from the ...
--Light, sweet crude for April delivery rises 76 cents to $102.59 a barrel --Overall inventories grow less than expected --Continued supply reductions at key U.S. delivery point U.S. oil prices rose Wednesday after weekly U.S. ...
Increased low-ash thermal coal production from Whitehaven Coal's Narrabri underground mine in New South Wales was a key driver for a 48% year-on-year rise in the Australian coal producer's earnings before interest, depreciation and tax to ...
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Astana plans to launch the so-called C line of the Kazakhstan-China pipeline with an initial capacity of up to 5 billion cubic meters/year in October, Sauat Mynbayev, chairman of Kazakhstan's national oil and gas producer KazMunaiGaz, said ...
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US Steel Corp. confirmed Monday that it will lay off workers at its Lorian Tubular Operations plant in Ohio, although the brief statement did not indicate how many workers would be affected or when the layoffs would be implemented. ...
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In January this year, Mexico's car and light commercial vehicle production volume increased by 2.7 percent year on year to 249,400 units, according to the release from the Mexican Association of the Automotive Industry (AMIA). In the given ...
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Although Mexico holds second place in Latin America's consumption of rolled steel products, the country recorded a drop of 9 percent in consumption in 2013 compared with the prior year. Mexico consumption of rolled steel--covering long ...
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On February 26, Shanghai-based Chinese steel gaint Baosteel Group announced that Xinjiang-based steel producer Nanjiang Steel Baicheng Co. put its coke oven No. 2 into operation on February 24. Nanjiang Steel Baicheng is wholly owned by ...
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As reported by the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), last year the total price-adjusted value of new orders in the overall German construction industry rose by 1.9 percent compared to 2012, with a 2.2 percent increase in the ...
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In January this year, Spain's total motor vehicle output amounted to 175,006 units, decreasing by 2.28 percent year on year, according to the data reported by the Spanish Automobile and Truck Manufacturers' Association (ANFAC). In the ...
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AK Steel announced Monday that it has reached a three-year agreement with the United Steelworkers Local 169 for workers at its Mansfield, Ohio plant. “We are pleased to have reached a new labor agreement at our Mansfield Works ahead ...
Australian iron ore development company BC Iron has announced its fiscal results for the first half ending December 31 of the financial year 2013-14, posting a net profit of A$70.3 million, significantly increasing compared to A$7.7 million ...
Heilongjiang Province-based Chinese steelmaker Beiman Special Steel Co. has announced that it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement for 2014 with its largest customer, Baosteel Group Changzhou Roll Manufacture Company, a wholly-owned ...
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