China's iron ore import prices are likely to come under pressure in March, as the expected increase in domestic steel output is unlikely to offset the impact of persistent iron ore oversupply in China, the China Iron & Steel Association ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Steel Demand
A 16-member six country African delegation is in India to explore ways and means to increase exports of African cotton to India. The delegation is also visiting various Indian textile clusters in order to check and imbibe the best practices ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Cotton
February steel imports are expected to hold at elevated levels seen in January, which was already a near 27% boost from December, according to Department of Commerce data that was updated Tuesday. The US had 2.9 million mt of steel ...
Tags: Steel Imports, Plate products
The U.S. trade deficit was little changed in January as imports and exports grew, the Commerce Department reported March 7. The gap between imports and exports rose 0.3% to $39.1 billion, from $39 billion in December. The trade deficit ...
Tags: Trade Deficit, Economy
Importers of minerals from conflict zones will be able to certify their goods have not financed warlords under a European scheme proposed on Wednesday, which would also help manufacturers show products are free of ‘blood ...
Tags: Mineral Imports, minerals
According to the data released by the Export and Import Division of South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MOTIE), the country's trade balance indicated a $926 million surplus in February this year. Meanwhile, in the first two months ...
Tags: Steel Export, Mineral
The Indian government has been caught between the conflicting demands of iron ore miners and steel producers regarding the recently imposed five percent export duty on iron ore pellets, a government official said on Wednesday, March 5. As ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Export Duty
Raynet will launch a new solution for software packaging in summer 2014: RayPack! With Symantec havingphased out the once globally dominant WISE Package Studio almost two years ago, the Paderborn-based manufacturer is stirring up the ...
Tags: Software Packaging, Raynet
The conflict between Ukraine and Russia could cause the global LNG market to tighten further if the crisis were to escalate and affect gas flows into Europe, but high gas storage inventories in the region should create a buffer in the ...
Tags: Natural Gas, Mineral
In the first two months of the current year, Turkey's steel exports totaled 3.07 million mt, down four percent year on year, while the value of these exports decreased by 2.7 percent year on year to $2.3 billion, according to the data ...
Tags: Steel Exports, Mineral
In January this year producer prices in French industry decreased by 0.6 percent month on month, following a month-on-month rise of 0.1 percent recorded in December, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of ...
Israeli technology firm Emblaze has signed a deal to takeover a controlling stake of 58% in Willi-Food Investments (WFI) for NIS268m. The deal was signed with Zwi Williger and Joseph Williger who are selling their whole interests in WFI, ...
The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector was at 50.2 percent in February of the current year, down 0.3 percentage points compared to January but remaining above 50 percent , according to China's National Bureau ...
Tags: Manufacturing PMI, Mineral
European prices for polyethylene terephthalate have fallen to their lowest levels since August 2010 according to Platts data, and many sources expect further declines in March. The falls were driven primarily by import competition and ...
Japan's LNG imports in January rose 1.2% from December to 8.18 million mt but fell 0.8% year on year, data released Thursday by the Ministry of Finance showed. Australia was the largest supplier with 1.73 million mt of LNG, up 10.4% year ...
Tags: LNG Imports, Chemicals