In January this year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) for the Chinese steel sector stood at 40.7 percent, down sharply by seven percentage points as compared to December last year, remaining below 50 for the fifth consecutive month and ...
Tags: Steel Sector, Mineral
Flooded by orders in the first quarter of 2014 and upbeat about business for the second quarter, Taiwan's leading machine-tool makers will inaugurate expansion plans earlier than originally scheduled. Industry executives point out that ...
Tags: Taiwan, Machine Tool, Machine Accessory, machining centers
Taiwan's leading machine-tool makers vow to increase their 2014 sales by at least 10% from 2013 based on the recent surge in orders that will keep production lines running at full throttle throughout the second quarter. Falcon Machine ...
Tags: machine-tool, car-making machines
Though Chinese shipbuilding has yet to come in from the cold, recent restructuring, cuts in overcapacity and upgrades have given the troubled industry more hope, a report showed. The industry received in 2013 new orders with dead weight ...
California Market Center (CMC) hosted LA Fashion Market on January 12-15, 2014 and began the New Year with a bright outlook following reports of good traffic, new accounts and great orders. The Market opened to buyers on Sunday, ...
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The global service sector continued to expand at a solid clip during December. Although the J.P.Morgan Global Services Business Activity Index – a composite index produced by J.P.Morgan and Markit in association with ISM and IFPSM ...
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The upturn in the eurozone private sector economy gained momentum in December. Although the recovery remained modest and fragile overall, growth of output was nonetheless recorded throughout the second half of 2013. At a three-month high ...
Bruce Harmon/Trans Pixs The Class 8 truck industry ended 2013 on a high note with about 31,800 new orders in December, a 50% jump from the same month a year earlier, ACT Research reported. Last month's net orders tally was a 50% ...
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An HSBC survey showed on Thursday that the final reading of China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) stood at 50.5 in December, in line with its preliminary estimate. The data was down from 50.8 in November. A figure above ...
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China’s manufacturing activities in private and export-oriented companies grew in December at the slowest pace in three months, the latest evidence that structural reforms have slowed China’s economic growth, a survey showed ...
Markit's Eurozone Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) was at 52.7 points in December, up from November's 51.6 points and unchanged from the earlier flash estimate, rising to its highest level since June 2011. Among the countries ...
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In December last year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) of the Chinese steel sector stood at 47.7 percent, decreasing by 1.3 percentage points as compared to November and remaining below 50 for the fourth consecutive month, as announced ...
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It’s reported that Gerdau Long Steel North America announced to raise its prices for rebar, merchant bars and beams. The company decided to hike its prices for rebar and merchant bars by US$10/short ton. It also increased beam ...
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An index of leading economic indicators increased 0.8%in November after a 0.1%rise in October,the New York-based Conference Board said Dec.19. The increase was more than economists'medium forecast of 0.7%,Bloomberg News reported. "The ...
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd's (Keppel O&M) subsidiaries Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard) and Keppel Nantong Shipyard Co. Ltd (Keppel Nantong) have secured five contracts worth about S$150 million in total. Mr Michael Chia, MD ...
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