German autoparts maker Continental has commenced the production of its new tire making plant in Kaluga, Russia. The company has invested EUR240m in the plant to reach an annual capacity of four million tires in the first phase until ...
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The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) this week submitted comments to the inter-agency Trade Policy Staff Committee, led by the US Trade Representative (USTR), outlining specific instances where "foreign government laws, policies, ...
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Russia-based TMK, one of the world's leading oil and gas steel pipe producers, has announced its operational results for the first nine months of the current year. In the January-September period, TMK shipped 3.2 million mt of steel pipes ...
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Total European Union steel tube production is expected to decline by almost four percent this year, according to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2013-2014/Q4 2013 Report from the Economic Committee of the European Steel Association ...
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China has made steady progress in improving business regulations for local entrepreneurs in East Asia and the Pacific since 2005, a report released by World Bank Group said on Tuesday. Doing Business 2014, the 11th in a series of annual ...
Titan International Inc. posted net income of $8.1 million on net sales of $497.5 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2013. That compares to income of $24.7 million on sales of $404.7 million for the same period last year. ...
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The United States Department of Commerce initiated a trade investigation into imports of electrical steel products from seven countries, including China. The products, under the category of grain-oriented electrical steel, are flat-rolled ...
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Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced that its Cherepovets Steel Mill has entered into another agreement to supply rolled steel for the production of the Nissan Almera car model. First deliveries were launched in the fourth quarter of ...
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Russkaya Stal (Russian Steel), a non-pro?t association of Russian domestic steelmakers, has reported that its main member enterprises produced 4.36 million metric tons of finished steel in September this year, down four percent from August ...
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Technological advancements, new product innovations, and even demographic shifts can have a dramatic impact on consumer attitudes and behaviors around the world. Which consumer habits and beliefs are most malleable in this new era of ...
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Recently, another batch of FAW Jiefang J6P to be exported to Russia rolls off the line. The batch contains 60 complete vehicles, all equipped with FAW Jiefang Wuxi Diesel' engine: CA6DL2-37E4 and CA6DM2-39E4. Since the beginning of 2013, ...
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The German economy is on the verge of an upturn driven by domestic demand. The improving global economic climate and decreasing uncertainty are fuelling investment. Private consumption is benefitting from favourable employment and income ...
According to report, Russian major steelmakers, members of the umbrella organization Russian Steel, said in the statement that they have kept cutting output and sales on “continuing world financial crisis. Steelmaker members include ...
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In August this year Turkey's billet and bloom import volume increased by 6.82 percent year on year to 206,090 metric tons, down 22.4 percent compared to the previous month, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute ...
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The country's largest flat-rolled alloy steel producer, Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp, said Sunday that it will respond in a proactive manner to an anti-dumping investigation launched Friday by the US Commerce Department. Xinhua News ...
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