During the panel discussion at the SteelOrbis Market Talks Meeting held in Turkey's capital Ankara on April 12, Veysel Yayan, general secretary of the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (DCUD), informed participants that Turkey ...
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China's imports of thermal coal could contract in 2013 as demand growth in the seaborne market is expected to moderate to 2% over the next four years, Goldman Sachs warned in a research note on Friday. "We believe 2013 will represent a ...
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Statistics Canada reported Tuesday that Canadian municipalities issued building permits worth $6 billion in February, a 1.7 percent increase from January. Higher construction intentions in the non-residential sector in eight provinces more ...
The local sharemarket has closed lower as investors struggle to maintain the confidence that marked the earlier months of this year. OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said that although mining stocks had performed better on the ...
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According to market intelligence organization TrendForce's LEDinside division's newest LED bulb retail findings, the retail prices of LED bulbs all over the world have a downward trend this year for February. Worldwide 40W replacement LED ...
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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's belief that the women's revolution has "stalled" and that "men still run the world" may have merit, at least in IT. Women today are clearly rejecting IT as a career. In the early 1980s, women accounted for ...
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China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd has announced its audited results for 2012 ending 31 December. The company, which is the largest cement producer in Shandong and Liaoning Provinces, achieved a revenue of RMB16,161 million, a profit of ...
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The latest figures issued by the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) show that European Union (EU) new car registrations continued the downward trend commenced in October 2011, falling to their lowest level for a month of ...
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Benzene prices continued to maintain the downward trend in Europe last week. "Global price meltdown and sluggish downstream demand were mainly responsible for the decline," say experts. Prices were assessed in the range of US$ ...
Global O-Xylene market showed downward trend in the week ending March 9, 2013. In Korea, O-Xylene prices went down last week, due to dull downstream buying sentiment in the region and lower downstream product prices. In the initial days ...
The solar cell glass market showed 6.8% de-growth in 2012 over last year. While the entire PV module production increased by about 5GW, the selling price of glass for solar cells declined by about 20%, causing market shrinkage. ...
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Kyodo News reported that Japan central bank monetary policy meeting on the 7th unanimously decided to maintain the current policy and will not implement further monetary easing policy. The meeting also decided to raise assessment on ...
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In Korea, P-Xylene prices declined due to weak support from the downstream buyers in the week ending March 2, 2013. Prices opened at US$ 1675/ton FOB Korea lower by US$ 25/ton, as compared to the same period of its previous week. ...
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Statistics Canada reported Thursday that building permits in the country totaled $5.8 billion in January, up 1.7 percent from December. The increase in the residential sector more than offset a decrease in the non-residential sector. ...
Australian businesses don’t plan to hire new staff in the coming months, and are putting off investments, as the cost of doing business takes its toll. On the back of recent high-profile job cuts and off-shoring announcements by a ...