Japan-based JFE Steel Corporation (JFE) has announced that it has signed an agreement with Kawasaki Kokan Co., Ltd. (Kawasaki Kokan), Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. (MISI) and Taiwan's largest cold drawn pipe manufacturer Shuan Hwa Industrial ...
Hebei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Group has announced that its Yanshan iron ore mine produced 147,500 mt of iron ore concentrate in April of the current year, exceeding the target for the given month by 12,500 mt ...
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The US natural gas rig count fell to a nearly 18-year low Friday, as Baker Hughes reported there were 354 gas rigs for the week ending Friday, down 12 from the prior week. The last time the gas rig count was this low was June 16, 1995, ...
Ukraine's largest pipe manufacturer Interpipe started producing steel billets in 2012, a new achievement on its way to vertical integration. Duncan Pell, Interpipe's sales director for the Middle East and North Africa, explained Interpipe's ...
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According to the latest ‘Stainless Steel Report April 2013' issued by Germany-based service centre Damstahl, in 2012 European stainless crude steel production amounted approximately to 7.5 million mt, falling around one percent ...
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LED optical lens maker Ledlink is optimistic about the second quarter, as order visibility is clear to April-May. Telung Tang, CEO of the firm, noted that 2013 capex will reach NT$200 million (US$6.69 million). Market observers believe ...
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It is reported that Turkish Koc Celik planned to start its electric arc furnace by the end of April this year. The company expected the monthly production capacity to 50,000 tons and to reach full capacity by the end of the first quarter ...
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Sapphire wafer maker Crystalwise Technology will expand monthly production capacity at its subsidiary in China from 150,000 2-inch sapphire wafer equivalents at present, to at least double in 2013, while fellow maker Tera Xtal Technology ...
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Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker and chip packager Lextar Electronics expects the proportion of LED backlight unit (BLU) orders for clients other than AU Optronics (AUO) - Lextar's parent company - to increase from 40-50% ...
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Tang Eng Iron Works (TE), one of the major stainless steel mills in Taiwan, has announced to keep its March price unchanged in Taiwan domestic market. TE's vice president said to calculate by mill's cost. The company actually still has ...
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Ledlink Optics, a Taiwan-based makers of optical lenses used in LED lighting, has extended production to plastic casings used in omni-directional LED light bulbs and it expects to start shipments in large volumes in May-June 2013, according ...
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Ukrainian steel pipe and wheel producer Interpipe has announced that its new electric furnace steelmaking complex Dneprostal (Interpipe Steel) has melted its 500,000th metric ton of steel. The mill has gradually increased its production ...
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Sharp has developed a high-definition touchscreen that can be used with a stylus that resembles a conventional pen. Capacitive touchscreens like those on the iPad typically require a stylus with a soft,rounded rubber end to work ...
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Ruggero Brunori,53,is the son of Giovanni Battista Brunori,who founded rebar producer Laminatoio Valsabbia in 1954,in Odolo,Brescia,Italy.In the early 1980s Ruggero graduated in law,and since 1987 has committed himself to working for the ...
RINL registered all-round improvement in its performance in December ’12, registering a growth of 15% and 5% in Sinter and Iron & Steel production respectively. The Sinter production of 528,000 tonnes is the best ever monthly ...