China’s manufacturing contracted in April for the fourth straight month but the pace of decline was less severe, suggesting the downturn in the world’s No. 2 economy is bottoming out. HSBC’s purchasing managers’ ...
In Sweden, industrial production decreased by 3.8 percent in March this year compared to February and declined by 4.5 percent year on year in working day-adjusted figures, according to Statistics Sweden (SCB). On the other hand, the ...
Tags: Basic Metal, metal industry
In April this year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) for the Chinese steel sector stood at 52.6 percent, surging by 8.4 percentage points as compared to March and exceeding the 50 percent threshold for the first time since September ...
Tags: Steel Sector, PMI
Krones, the world’s market leader for beverage filling and packaging technology, achieved its targets for key financial performance indicators and continued to grow profitably in 2013. Revenue rose 5.7% year-on-year, from ...
As reported by the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in February this year the total price-adjusted value of new orders in the overall German construction industry rose by 3.2 percent year on year, with a 10.8 percent increase ...
Tags: Construction Industry
Being held concurrently with Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Spring Edition 2014 which brought synergistic effects, the pavilion saw a growth of over 200% in its visitor number from last year, while the top five overseas ...
In Sweden, industrial production decreased by 2.2 percent in February this year compared to January and rose by 1.7 percent year on year in working day-adjusted figures, according to Statistics Sweden (SCB). On the other hand, the ...
Tags: Basic Metal, Metallurgy, Mineral
In March this year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) for the Chinese steel sector stood at 44.2 percent, up by 4.3 percentage points as compared to February, indicating the first rise after three consecutive month-on-month declines, as ...
Tags: Steel Sector, raw material
The turnover of the Spanish textile industry registered a decline of 3.1 percent in the month of January 2014, compared to the same month in 2013, as per the Industrial Turnover Indices (ITI) data released by the National Statistics ...
The North American net new aluminum mill order index in February was down 7.1% from January, the Aluminum Association said Monday. New mill orders also slipped 2.9% from February 2013, and the year-to-date index is down 2%, the group said ...
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In Sweden, industrial production decreased by 0.3 percent in January this year compared to December and rose by 0.8 percent year on year in working day-adjusted figures, according to Statistics Sweden (SCB). On the other hand, the ...
Tags: Metal Output, Mineral
A key gauge of China’s manufacturing activity fell again in February as companies are becoming increasingly cautious about future business conditions amid sluggish demand both at home and abroad. The official Purchasing ...
Tags: PMI, manufacturing activity
In February this year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) for the Chinese steel sector stood at 39.9 percent, down by 0.8 percentage points as compared to January, falling to the lowest level since September 2012, as announced by the China ...
Tags: Steel Sector, Mineral
Foster Wheeler AG reported a loss from continuing operations for the fourth quarter of 2013 of $37.2 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, compared with income from continuing operations of $18.6 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, in the ...
Tags: Foster Wheeler, Textile
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 ...
Tags: Construction Industry, Mineral