China-based PV maker Solargiga Energy swung from a net loss of CNY136.4 million (US$22 million) in the first half of 2013 to net profit of CNY927,000 in the second, resulting in a net loss of CNY135.5 million for 2013, according to the ...
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Although this week’s trading action may have felt like a victory for the bears, the chart reveals that the market has actually moved sideways in the last 15 sessions, with May closing in a tight range between 91 and 94 cents since ...
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Small volumes of fuel ethanol from Paraguay were recently exported to Brazil, sources said Thursday. Brazilian trading houses purchased 5 million liters (1.32 million gallons) to be delivered in trucks to the states of Mato Grosso do Sul ...
Canadian railways carried 25.3 million metric tons of freight in January, down 2.7 percent from the same month last year. The drop in shipments occurred despite the strong growth in traffic received from the United States. Non-intermodal ...
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China's exports of unwrought magnesium, with a minimum magnesium content of 99.8%, fell 33.7% year on year to 11,844 mt in February, data released Wednesday by the country's General Administration of Customs showed. February exports were ...
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Although demand for LED chips for backlighting applications in display screens is expected to decline, LED lighting sales are growing, and total shipments of LED chips are on the rise. According to DisplaySearch, worldwide LED lighting chip ...
Brazilian miner Vale has announced the arrival of the first Valemax, the world's largest iron ore carrier, at its Teluk Rubiah Maritime Terminal and iron ore distribution center, currently under commissioning in Malaysia. The vessel's ...
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German plate producer Dillinger Hütte has announced its financial results for 2013, stating that a weak economic environment and worldwide overcapacities placed extreme pressure on the heavy plate market. With utilization of capacities ...
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January aluminum demand in the US and Canada -- measured as shipments by domestic producers plus imports -- totaled an estimated 2.018 billion lb, down 2.9% from January 2013, according to preliminary estimates from the Aluminum ...
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The Philippines' Nickel Asia said Monday it shipped out a record high 14 million wet mt of nickel ore in 2013, up 19% from 2012. Of the total volume, 3.59 million wmt was saprolite ore, down 15.3% year on year, while 10.41 million wmt was ...
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The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Thursday its preliminary determinations in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of non-oriented electrical steel from China, Korea, and Taiwan. The DOC has made affirmative ...
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AK Steel announced Friday that it expects a loss for its first quarter, attributing temporary factors such as an unplanned blast furnace outage. Harsh winter weather--the main complaint for other US mills--was also mentioned as a factor. ...
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The market has remained undecided as to where it wants to go next, with the last eleven sessions closing in a narrow range of just 166 points. The structure is still more or less the same in current crop futures, with specs and index funds ...
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Con-way Freight is the latest less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier to announce it’s increasing rates. Come March 31, the company will raise its general rate by about 5.4 percent, which will be applicable to non-contractual business. ...
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Steel Dynamics Inc. announced Tuesday weak guidance for the first quarter of 2014, citing harsh winter weather that resulted in higher energy costs, transportation difficulties, and decreased production and shipments. The company expects ...
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