According to the data released by the Japan Iron and Steel Association (JISF), steel product orders, including specialty steels, booked by domestic steel consuming sectors in Japan in January of the current year amounted to 7.43 million ...
Tags: Steel Product, Domestic Orders
Based on the US Commerce Department’s most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that steel import permit applications for the month of February total ...
Tags: Steel Import, Mineral
BASF has increased the production capacity of Ultramid C for flexible food packaging films at its production site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The company has converted a part of its Ultramid B (polyamide 6) production facility to produce ...
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RockTenn has entered into an agreement with Simpson Lumber to acquire the latter's Tacoma Kraft paper mill in Tacoma, Washington, for around $343m. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory ...
Tags: Paper Mill, Packaging
Tetra Pak, the world leader in food processing and packaging solutions, today announces that the company made strong progress in 2013 towards its 2020 environmental targets, focusing on developing sustainable products, reducing ...
Tags: Tetra Pak, Environmental Targets
China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC), the country's largest offshore oil and gas developer, has become the first Chinese firm licensed to look for oil in the Arctic, a landmark step for overseas energy exploration for the world's ...
Tags: Arctic Oil, Mineral
Spectrum Plastics Group Pexco LLC enters the injection molding business, acquiring the Minnesota-based operation of Spectrum Plastics, Inc. Pexco LLC, a leading North American specialty plastics processor, has entered the injection ...
Tags: Spectrum Plastics, Plastics, Chemicals, injection molding
Demand for Molycorp’s rare earth products “appears to be returning to more normalized levels, albeit at a subdued pace, as customers have been reducing inventories and adjusted their purchasing plans accordingly, Molycorp CEO ...
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Turkey's leading steel pipe producer Borusan Mannesmann Boru has announced its financial results for 2013, posting a net profit of TRY 36.7 million ($16.6 million), down nine percent compared to the previous year. In 2013, Borusan ...
Tags: steel pipe, Mineral
According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending March 1, 2014, US domestic raw steel production was 1,861,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 77.4 percent. Production was 1,875,000 net tons in the ...
According to local media, Mexican authorities raided 11 iron ore yards at the Port of Lazaro Cardenas—one of the country’s largest seaports—after revelations that drug cartels had been exporting ore to China. Over ...
American automaker General Motors (GM) is set to invest $14m in the installation of a progressive press at the Parma Metal Center in Ohio. The press will be used for both die tryout and regular parts production. It is expected to start ...
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In the past two months, both the United States (the largest exporter in 2012/13) and China (the largest producer and consumer in 2012/13) announced changes to their agricultural policies, including cotton. On February 7, 2014, President ...
Tags: Cotton Policies, Apparel
Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in 2013 China's finished steel exports to Latin America increased by 17 percent year on year to 5.3 million metric tons, while Latin America exported just 42,000 metric tons ...
Tags: Finished Steel, Mineral
In January this year, Turkey's pre-painted galvanized iron (PPGI) exports decreased by 78.40 percent year on year to 4,691 metric tons and were down 55.84 percent month on month, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical ...
Tags: PPGI Exports, galvanized iron