Cleveland, Ohio-based Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. reported Tuesday that for the full year 2012, Cliffs recorded a net loss attributable to Cliffs' common shareholders of $899 million, or $6.32 per diluted share, compared with net income ...
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A strong line-up of speakers from around the world has already been confirmed for day one and two (13 & 14 March 2013) of the upcoming Interstoff Asia Essential Spring trade fair, to be held at the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention ...
Tags: Fashion Trends, Interstoff Asia, Apparel
INVISTA Technologies S.à r.l. and Arzeda Corp. announce collaboration for the development of new technologies to enable novel bio-derived processes. The agreement brings together complementary technologies: INVISTA's capabilities ...
Germany-based steelmaker ThyssenKrupp has announced its financial results for the first quarter ended December 31 of the financial year 2012-13. In the given quarter, ThyssenKrupp's net profit amounted to €29 million, decreasing by ...
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The European Commission (EC) has held a roundtable meeting today, February 12, attended by representatives from 13 steel producing member states and the European Parliament, regarding the EC's plan to deliver an action plan by June to ...
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Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki Metals has announced that it will develop new iron pellet grades in cooperation with Russian company Karelsky Okatysh, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Russian steel producer Severstal. Ruukki uses iron ore ...
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The textile and clothing chain within the ten countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) needs to be vertically integrated in order to ensure the competitiveness of the Asean apparel industry. This was echoed by various ...
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The US-based steel industry analysis firm, World Steel Dynamics rated Korean Posco as the world’s most competitive steelmaker for 2013 in a survey of 34 world-class steelmakers, making it on top of the list for the fourth consecutive ...
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Flexographic plate-making systems supplier DuPont Packaging Graphics has announced plans to increase prices for DuPont Cyrel products globally, effective 4 March 2013. To offset higher raw materials costs, the company continues to pursue ...
According to the data released by the Export and Import Division of South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy, the country's trade balance indicated a $870 million surplus in January this year, with a total export value of $46.1 billion. ...
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The latest freight rate indications as issued by Banchero Costa are as follows: Products: - 15,000-20,000 mt from the Black Sea approx. $15-16/mt FIO to Mediterranean ports of Turkey and Egypt approx. $16.5-17.5/mt FIO to Italy ...
Western European production of ethylene, propylene and butadiene in the fourth quarter of 2012 was down from the same period of 2011, according to the Association of Petrochemical Producers in Europe this week. Ethylene production in the ...
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Thai paper-maker Double A has acquired a pulp and paper mill facility in northern France from the French government agency, Eure. Double A has bought the properties and assets needed to re-start paper activities for an amount of Euro15 ...
Reportedly, Finnish stainless steel producer Outokumpu and ThyssenKrupp Nirosta planned to align alloy surcharge price lists from March this year while they were quoted separate alloy surcharge price lists for February this year. ...
China's purchasing managers' index (PMI) for its domestic manufacturing sector was at 50.4 percent in January, down 0.2 percentage points compared to December last year, according to the figures released by China’s National Bureau of ...