China's purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the manufacturing sector stayed at 50.6 percent in December, unchanged compared with November, according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In November, the figure rose to ...
ABC News reported that iron ore prices have bounced back after bottoming three months ago, reigniting many shelved expansion plans. A once in a century mining boom has driven the Australian economy, sustained by China's huge appetite ...
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Reuters reported that Shanghai steel futures extended last week's rally and rose nearly 2% on Monday, buoyed by upbeat Chinese manufacturing data and higher raw material prices. The most active rebar futures contract on the Shanghai ...
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The sharemarket moved the dial a click further to boom conditions by closing at a 19-month high thanks to growing interest in blue chips and miners, and a strong tailwind from the US market's fiscal resolution-driven 2.35 per cent, ...
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The sharemarket closed higher for a second day yesterday, buoyed by a last-minute budget deal in the US that drove global equities and commodity prices sharply higher on Wednesday night. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 finished up 0.7 per cent ...
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The sharemarket started the new year with a bang as US politicians agreed on a budget deal to avoid the worst of the so-called fiscal cliff, which had threatened to derail the world's biggest economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up ...
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The sharemarket started 2013 with a bang as US lawmakers agreed a budget deal to avoid the worst of the so-called fiscal cliff that had threatened to derail the world's biggest economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 1.2 per cent at ...
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Strong Chinese manufacturing data was not enough to shake the Australian dollar from its slumber yesterday, with traders glued to any news from Washington as talks over the so-called fiscal cliff went down to the wire. The Aussie ...
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Kastan announced that the Company has entered into a development agreement with the LIBO Group a privately held Chinese manufacturing company.Under the terms of the agreement,Kastan and LIBO will install a copper leaching plant in Tanzania ...
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A hot ticket at the annual Vision show is the AIA Networking Reception which includes presentations on machine vision market performance, with a focus on North America, a multinational panel discussion, and an opportunity to eat, drink and ...
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Foxconn, Apple’s giant Taiwanese manufacturing partner, denies reports that workers at one of its Chinese factories went on strike Friday and says the only disturbances happened earlier in the week but were squelched right away. The ...
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ET reported that Buoyed by a firm global trend and pick up in domestic demand copper traded higher by 0.67% at INR 447.50 per kilogram in futures trade. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, copper for delivery in April traded higher by INR 3 ...
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Chinese PV industry has become focus of the whole world and Chinese PV enterprises are struggling in the predicament now.Analysis from professionals of the industry show that,key factors that cause predicament of the industry are mainly ...
10-12-2012 China's manufacturing activity grew in November for the second month in a row,according to the latest industry data. China's purchasing managers'index(PMI)reached 50.6 last month,up from 50.2 in October and 49.8 in ...
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Phil Gee, vice president of EMEA sales at component distributor Nu Horizons, talks to Electronics Weekly about the European components market and the economic slowdown, the most promising geographic markets, rising fuel costs and Chinese ...
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