Although dwindling domestic demand and excess capacity have shrunk profit margins for most Chinese steelmakers, it has inspired some to tap overseas markets for sustained, long-term growth. Hebei Iron &Steel Co, China's second-largest ...
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A combination of low inventories and refinery maintenance could be spurring some Chinese state-owned companies to seek gasoil imports for the fourth quarter, sources said this week. Though market sources said that state-owned trader ...
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The Chinese government on Tuesday began to solicit public opinion on a catalogue of industries to guide foreign investment. The draft axes the number of sectors that limit foreign investment from 79 to 35 and cuts the number of items that ...
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Broadband wireless and wireline communications component maker Anadigics Inc of Warren, NJ, USA has launched a new product family of voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs), beginning with the AMV8901 (7.3-8.2GHz), AMV8902 (7.8-8.8GHz), ...
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Researchers based in Singapore and Turkey have been developing a hole accelerator structure with a view to improving the performance of indium gallium nitride (InGaN) semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Zi-Hui Zhang et al, Appl. ...
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Taiwna-based Sunlux Energy, which supplies reclaimed solar-grade polysilicon, will be listed on the local emerging stock market at an initial price of NT$28 (US$0.92) per share on November 6. Prices for reclaimed solar-grade polysilicon ...
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In the first nine months of this year, Turkey's finished steel output increased by 1.2 percent year on year to 26.64 million metric tons, according to a report released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD). In the ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany has launched the surface-mountable Displix Oval, which is claimed to be the first LED with oval light-radiating characteristics for large-screen video walls, gas station price signs and ...
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Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest has announced its results for the third quarter and the first nine months of the current year. According to its results, Metinvest's crude steel production decreased by 42 percent to ...
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Renewable-energy power plant developer Focusic New Energy Holding Co Ltd of Zhengzhou, China and concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) solar system maker Soitec of Bernin (Grenoble), France, have announced that the second phase of the Hami ...
The machine-tool manufacturer, Fair Friend Enterprise Group, broke ground on Oct.18 to construct a plant in the Zhengzhou Airport Economic Experimental Zone (ZAEZ) in Henan Province, China as part of its goal to lead the global machine-tool ...
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Swedish specialty steel producer SSAB has posted its financial results for the first nine months of the current year, reporting a net profit of SEK 418 million ($56.9 million), compared to a net loss of SEK 849 million in the corresponding ...
In the January-September period of the current year, China's crude steel output amounted to 618.00 million mt, up 2.3 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). The growth rate in ...
South Africa headquartered Sasol Limited has taken the final decision to set up an US$ 8.1 billion ethane cracker and derivatives complex at its existing site in Lake Charles, Louisiana. "At the heart of the project is an ethane cracker ...
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After falling by about 50% from 2009-2014, pricing for solar glass is set to commence a rebound starting in 2015, as anti-dumping duties levied by the European Union go into effect on China suppliers. Average global pricing for glass used ...
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