It is expected to witness steady growth owing to the robust development of the shipbuilding and offshore engineering industries in the region. Moreover, ships are subject to harsh environments and the constant need for their maintenance and ...
Tags: Marine Coatings, Coatings
Environmental regulations, rising consumer awareness regarding health and the environment, and focus on sustainability have driven the Asia-Pacific water-based coatings market. Higher domestic consumption and investments in infrastructure ...
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Cantonese cuisine comes from Guangdong province and is one of the Eight Culinary Traditions of Chinese cuisine. Its prominence outside China is due to the great numbers of early emigrants from Guangdong. Cantonese chefs are highly sought ...
Tags: Agriculture, China Cuisines, Cantonese Cuisine, food
According to data released by Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), Brazil’s exports of steel products totaled 543,600 tons in June, slumping by 31.5% year on year. The export revenues generated by steel products totaled US$386 million ...
Tags: Steel Exports, Mineral
In June this year, Italian crude steel output decreased by 10.3 percent year on year to 2.188 million metric tons, according to the figures released by the Italian steel producers association Federacciai. June is the 15th month in a row in ...
Tags: Crude Steel Output, Mineral
Swedish specialty steel producer SSAB has posted its financial results for the second quarter and the first half of the current year, reporting a net loss of SEK 144 million ($22 million) for the second quarter, compared to a net profit of ...
Tags: specialty steel, Mineral
According to the World Steel Association (worldsteel), in June this year the crude steel output of 64 countries surveyed across the globe reached 132 million mt, increasing by 1.9 percent on year-on-year basis and down 3.15 percent compared ...
Tags: Crude Steel Output, Mineral
The front-month Brent/WTI spread narrowed Thursday to its lowest level in more than 20 months, dropping under $1/barrel as NYMEX crude broke above resistance levels on recent stock drops and an equities euphoria. The September Brent/WTI ...
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It’s reported that Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) announced that its sales volumes of steel products totaled 3.771 million tons in the second quarter of this year, up slightly by 0.2% from a quarter ago. Among them, ...
Tags: Steel Products, Mineral
According to the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), the country's crude steel production in the first half of 2013 was 17 million metric tons, 2.2 percent lower than in the first half of 2012. In the first six months this year, Brazilian rolled ...
Tags: Steel Exports, Mineral
Cin the first half of this year, decreasing by 1.5% year on year, according to data released by the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat). In the first half of this year, the country's output of crude steel was at 34.7 million ...
Tags: Rolled Steel, Construction
According to data released by China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC), the average steel price in China was up slightly by 0.1% from a week ago during July 8th through July 14th. In the given period of time, the prices of hot rolled steel sheets ...
Tags: Construction, Steel
According to data released by the Brazilian steel institute (IABr), Brazil's crude steel output totaled 2.83 million tons in June, rising by 2.7% year on year bur rising by 6% from a month ago. In June, the country's production of finished ...
Tags: steel, Construction
China's apparent oil demand in June surged 11.7% year on year to 40.89 million mt, or an average 9.99 million b/d, according to Platts' estimates Monday, based on the latest preliminary government data. This is the highest growth rate ...
Tags: Chemicals, oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The ability of OPEC to influence the balance of crude markets is diminishing in the face of growing US oil production, with 2013 expected to be a rare instance of a year-on-year decline in the call on the producer group to maintain balanced ...
Tags: Chemicals