Swiss cocoa and chocolate products manufacturer Barry Callebaut has reported that its net profit for the first half of 2012-13 declined 7.4cto CHF116.4m ($124.5m), compared with CHF125.7m ($134.4m) for the same period in 2011-12. The ...
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China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has announced that during last week (March 25-31) the average steel price in China decreased by 0.2 percent compared to the previous week. In particular, in the given week prices of 12 mm diameter rebar, ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, steel
China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has announced that during last week (March 18-24) the average steel price in China decreased by 0.2 percent compared to the previous week. In particular, in the given week prices of 12 mm diameter ...
Tags: MOC, Average Steel Price, Mineral
The food and drink sector is leading the UK’s industrial output, according to the Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI’s) latest monthly Industrial Trends Survey. Food and drink businesses are expecting to lift ...
Tags: Food, drink, drink businesses
In the January-February period of the current year, China’s crude steel output totaled 125.45 million mt, up 10.6 percent year on year, while its finished steel, coke and ferroalloy outputs came to 158.27 million mt, 73.61 million mt, ...
Tags: Crude Steel, imported iron ore, Mineral
According to the report of China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC), the average steel prices in China dropped by 0.4% from a week ago during March 11st through March 17th. In the given period of time, the average prices of rebar with diameter ...
Tags: Steel, Steel Prices, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Zhongpin, a China-based meat and food processing company, has reported a 31% decrease in net income to $44.1m for the full-year 2012, compared to $64.2m in 2011, due to a lower gross profit margin, rising labor and utility costs, and higher ...
Sweden-based mining and exploration company Dannemora Mineral has announced an iron ore reference price of $147/mt for the second quarter of the current year, based on the average prices for December 2012 and January and February 2013. The ...
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Cotton prices have increased significantly over the last eight months, a period when the harvesting is intensified and Brazilian cotton exports move up. The 2011/12 season (harvested in 2012) was the second highest in history, and ...
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According to the indexes issued by the European Steel Association (EUROFER), local scrap prices in the European Union (EU) in February this year indicated declines of 3.69-4.95 percent compared to January levels, after a three-month uptrend ...
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Japan exported 21,000 tons of rebar in January with export revenues of 920 million yuan. The export prices averaged at 44,425yuan/ton. Among them, 20,000 tons were export to Korea with average prices of 43,993 tons yuan and 276 tons ...
Tags: rebar exports, rebar, steel
According to statistics release by the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF), Japan exported 76,361 tons of stainless steel products in January, falling by 14.4% from 89,259 tons in a month ago. Among them, 11,745 tons were exported ...
Tags: Stainless Steel Exports, Stainless Steel, Steel Exports
China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has announced that during last week (February 25-March 3) the average steel price in China decreased by 0.4 percent compared to the previous week. In particular, in the given week prices of 10 mm ...
Tags: steel price, steel, steel plate
The luxury segment in Germany is booming thanks to its considerable strengths. High quality, technological innovation and unique design demonstrate the expertise of luxury companies and their employees. These virtues are paying off: all ...
According to statistics released by China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC), the average steel prices in China rose by 0.2% from a week ago during January 28th through February 3rd. Among them, the prices of high-speed wire rods with ...
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