Brazil's national statistics agency (IBGE) has reported that in March this year industrial production in the largest Latin American country decreased by 0.5 percent compared to February and was down 0.9 percent from March 2013. In February, ...
Tags: Metal Product, metal
Exports of Russian acetone dropped to just 2,666 mt in March after the explosion at the Omsk acetone plant forced other Russian producers to shift their focus to the domestic market, the latest data published by the Federal Customs Service ...
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China's gold output edged up 1.6% year on year to 33.33 mt in March, and jumped 7.3% year on year in the first quarter of 2014 to 96.50 mt, China Gold Association data showed. The March output was 13.3% higher than that produced in ...
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In March of the current year, steel product orders, including specialty steels, booked by domestic sectors in Japan amounted to 4.81 million metric tons, up 0.42 percent compared to March 2013 and up 2.02 percent compared to February, ...
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In March this year, the seasonally and working-day adjusted turnover in the German manufacturing industry decreased by 0.6 percent compared to February, according to the preliminary data reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office ...
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The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Friday that for the month of March 2014, US steel mills shipped 8,337,578 net tons, a 9.4 percent increase from the 7,618,380 net tons shipped in the previous month, February 2014, and a ...
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The Australian economy seems to be improving, with two recent reports from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) indicating that the economy has turned for the better. Retail turnover up, even if only slightly The latest ABS Retail ...
The EU issued three now regulations which now require all existing blinds to be made safe using a retrofit safety device, and all cords and chains to be fitted with a safety device at the point of manufacture. In addition, the new ...
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According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa (SSA), in March this year South Africa's manufacturing output rose by 0.7 percent compared to the same month of 2013. The main reasons for the increase included the 4.6 ...
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According to the data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in March this year Turkey's season and calendar adjusted monthly industrial production decreased by 0.4 percent compared to February, while the calendar adjusted ...
According to the statistics released by the US International Trade Commission (US ITC), in March this year exports of iron and steel scrap from the US amounted to 1.33 million mt, increasing by 11.12 percent from February and down 32.19 ...
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According to Statistics Canada, contractors took out $6.0 billion worth of building permits in March, down 3.0 percent from February. The March decline followed an 11.3 percent decrease the previous month. Construction intentions in the ...
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Germany's trade surplus narrowed in March as a drop in exports from Europe's largest economy outpaced a drop in imports. The Federal Statistical Office reported Friday that Germany exported goods worth 91.6 billion euros ($127.81 billion) ...
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France's manufacturing output in March this year decreased by 0.7 percent month on month, after an upward trend which had begun in October 2013, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic ...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd and Grocery Holdings Pty Ltd (together, Coles) alleging that Coles engaged ...
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