As announced by the Colombian National Administrative Department of Statistics, production in the Colombian manufacturing industry increased by 1.2% in October this year compared to the same month of 2011. In the month in question, ...
Tags: basic iron and steel production, Export Value, Falls in October
Khaleej Times reported copper rose in London before a report that may show manufacturing in China increased, adding to speculation of recovering demand by the biggest buyer. Copper for delivery in three months gained 0.2% to USD 7,933 a ...
Tags: copper, London, copper demand, copper market
The emirate's transport authority said that Dubai plans to spend about AED 1 billion over 5 years to improve roads. Mr Mattar Al Tayer chairman and executive director of the Roads and Transport Authority said that the initial phase of ...
Tags: emirate, transport authority, roads, transport
Yieh United Steel Corp (Yusco), one of the major stainless steel producers in Taiwan announced to hike its domestic prices for stainless steel products for by TWD 300 per tonne o TWD 1,500 per tonne for January. Also, Yusco increased its ...
Tags: stainless steel, Yieh United Steel Corp, Taiwan, steel products
TVI Pacific Inc announced that its Philippine operating affiliate, TVI Resource Development Inc completed its fifth shipment of zinc concentrate produced at the Canatuan mine on December 18th 2012. 1. 4,470 dry metric tonnes of zinc ...
Tags: TVI Pacific Inc, zinc concentrate, shipment, company news
Bloomberg reported that copper gained after workers at BHP Billiton Ltd's Escondida mine in Chile turned down a wage proposal, threatening a stoppage at the largest copper mine. Metal for delivery in March climbed as much as 0.9% to ...
Tags: BHP Billiton Ltd, copper, futures
Panarmenian reported that the Belarusian government said that export import bank of China will grant Belarus over USD 600 million in preferential loans towards the implementation of national infrastructural projects Eximbank will provide ...
Tags: Belarus, implementation of national infrastructural projects
Associated Press reported that last December,a group of investors backed by Alcoa Inc scrapped plans to bring 450 jobs to two new industrial plants at the former Alcoa aluminum smelting plant in North Carolina where once about 1,000 worked. ...
Tags: Alcoa Jobs for License Offer, scrapped plans to bring 450 jobs
New Pacific Metals Corp announced that it has signed a binding letter of agreement with Silvercorp Metals Inc to acquire majority interest in its wholly owned subsidiary,Fortress Mining Inc.Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement,the Company ...
Tags: New Pacific, Acquire Stake in Rzy Silver Lead Zinc Project
MNA reported that Iran plans to extract some 400 million tonne of minerals by the end of the current Iranian calendar year(March 20,2013), IRNA quoted deputy industry minister Mr Vajihollah Jafari as saying that the figure will be around ...
BusinessDesk reported that Fletcher Building,the country's biggest listed company,is to sell its CSP Coating galvanised steel unit to Hamilton based Perry Group as it looks to replace some of its treated metal products with imports. Perry ...
It is reported that the personal protective equipment market in the GCC earned revenues of USD 320.8 million in 2011 and this is estimated this to reach USD 452.4 million in 2017. The Strategic Analysis of the GCC Personal Protective ...
Tags: personal protective equipment market, GCC, infrastructure development
Bloomberg reported that trading in iron ore swaps, used to bet or hedge on the future cost of the steelmaking commodity, rose almost threefold to a record this year as prices slumped to the lowest in nearly three years before rebounding. ...
Tags: iron ore, steelmaking commodity, future cost, SGX AsiaClear
The Australian reported that Korab Resources has ended 2012 on a high, its stock more than doubling yesterday after selling its Winchester magnetite deposit in the Northern Territory for USD 33.2 million. Korab will receive a USD 16.6 ...
Tags: Korab Resources, magnetite deposit, Australia, stock
A government source said that Turkey has immunized its USD 2 billion loan to Egypt against variables such as a court ruling. The loan agreement also requires the Egyptian government to involve Turkish companies in public sector ...
Tags: Turkey, Egypt, public sector investment, court ruling