Colombian exports of ferronickel, a processed metal used in the manufacture of stainless steel, totaled 10,516 mt in February, up 46.3% from the 7,187 mt shipped in February 2013. The month's export volume, however, was down 18.1% from ...
Tags: ferronickel, stainless steel, Cerro Matoso
Japan's ethylene and ethylene derivatives exports in February fell 16.1% from a month earlier to 192,100 ethylene equivalent ton, or EET, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. From a year earlier, the exports were ...
NY cotton futures fell four straight sessions before pulling back up Friday, ending the week lower by dropping 134 points in the spot May contract month. Monday’s weaker session set the tone for this week’s trading as USDA ...
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Plastic packaging manufacturer Petainer has extended its product portfolio with the launch of the new recyclable polyethylene terephthalate (PET) jar, petainerJar for food industry. According to the company, the new jar with barrier ...
Tags: Plastic packaging, Packaging, Printing, food packaging
In March this year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland increased by 28.9 percent compared to February and were up 38.2 percent year on year, recording the highest volume ever, totaling 34.43 million metric tons. According to ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
According to local news reports, US Steel has announced it will be halting steelmaking operations at its Gary, Ind, mill because poor weather conditions in the Great Lakes region has delayed incoming shipments of iron ore. Although it's ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday increased US rail traffic for March 2014, with both carload and intermodal volume increasing compared with March 2013. Intermodal traffic in March totaled 1,025,907 containers ...
Chinese tire makers, already the dominant players in the U.S. tire import/export arena, strengthened their position measurably last year, raising their exports of passenger and light truck tires to the U.S. 55.8 and 75.8 percent, ...
Tags: tire, tyre, Light Truck Tire
Passive component maker Yageo has reported revenues of NT$2.34 billion (US$77.21 million) for March, up 26.2% sequentially and 7.1% on year. For the first quarter of 2014, revenues amounted to NT$6.55 billion, increasing 10.3% from a year ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
According to the Indian government's Press Information Bureau (PIB), iron ore handling has commenced at Mormugao Port in the Indian state of Goa with an iron ore shipment of 70,000 mt destined for China, following the easing of the ban by ...
T5 and T12 lamp shipments improved by 9.9 percent and 9.4 percent, respectively, on a quarterly basis (q/q) during 2013Q4. Shipments of T8 lamps contracted 2.1 percent q/q. Nevertheless, calendar year (CY) 2013 showed the index advancing ...
The volume of replacement lead batteries shipped in the North American market in February fell 13% from January, Battery Council International data showed Wednesday. A total of 8.533 million replacement batteries were shipped in February, ...
Colombian coal exports in February fell 44% month on month to 4.067 million mt, which was 15.1% higher year on year, data from statistics agency DANE showed. The fall to the the lowest monthly level since March 2013 came amid a ban on ...
Tags: Coal Exports, shipping coal
Commercial Metals Company announced last week financial results for its second quarter ended February 28, 2014. Net earnings attributable to CMC for the second quarter were $11.1 million, or $0.09 per diluted share, on net sales of $1.6 ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
Japan's industrial production index in February fell 2.3 percent from the previous month, marking the first decrease in three months partly because automakers had to halt factory operations amid heavy snowfall in the month, government data ...
Tags: Industrial Output, Economy, Manufacturing