Indian steelmaker JSW Steel has announced that it has acquired a 26 percent stake in Punjab-based Vallabh Tinplate Pvt Ltd (VTPL), fulfilling the customary closing conditions and third party consents. As SteelOrbis previously reported, in ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
According to the statistics released by the US International Trade Commission (US ITC), in February this year, exports of iron and steel scrap from the US amounted to 1.20 million mt, increasing 33.42 percent from January and down 36.53 ...
Tags: Iron, Steel Scrap
At the EDI CON 2014 Electronic Design Innovations Conference in Beijing (8-10 April), Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA, a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) ...
Tags: Peregrine CMOS SOI, Electrical, Electronics
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that for the month of February 2014, US steel mills shipped 7,618,380 net tons, a 3.5 percent decrease from the 7,895,293 net tons shipped in the previous month, January 2014, ...
Tags: Steel Mill, Iron, Steel
US-based wine producer Snoqualmie Winery has launched new sustainable packaging for its entire line of wines. According to the company, the wines in lightweight, 397g ECO glass bottles are available across the nation since February 2013 ...
Tags: Sustainable Packaging, Wine
Euclid, the leader of in-store retail analytics, releases its monthly retail benchmarks report to analyze shopper activity and behavior during the month of March. This month’s report measured data from tens of millions of ...
Tags: Euclid, industry revenues
Brits have been heading for their sewing baskets and getting crafty, having been inspired by programmes such as the BBC's, The Great British Sewing Bee. Haberdashery sales have soared since the show aired its second series in February ...
Tags: Haberdashery, Sewing Bee
Levi Strauss & Co. announced financial results for the first quarter ended February 23, 2014. Net revenues declined one percent on a reported basis and were flat on a constant-currency basis, reflecting lower sales at wholesale in the ...
Tags: Levis, women's products
The US will export 101 million st of coal this year and 96 million st in 2015, the US Energy Information Administration said Tuesday, down from March projections of 103 million st and 99 million mt, respectively. Continued economic ...
Tags: Coal Exports, Coal-fired power
US March ethylene contract negotiations are still ongoing as US PVC producers are holding out for larger decreases, market sources said Tuesday. "A number of buyers have settled at a 4-cent/lb decrease, however there are at least two PVC ...
Tags: Ethylene, PVC Producers
The first shipment of iron ore from Goa has made its way onto the spot market Tuesday, weeks after the February 17 auction held by the Indian state, following an extended ban on ore exports. Singapore-based trader Unicore Resources ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Goa's mines
Russian AK5M2 secondary aluminum feedstock prices remained under downward pressure for a second week from weak export demand, Japanese buyers said Tuesday. Several Russian producers Tuesday offered $1,940/mt CIF Japan for AK5M2 feedstock ...
Tags: Aluminum Prices, Japanese Demand
In February of the current year, Turkey's rebar exports amounted to 703,831 metric tons, increasing by 6.57 percent year on year and up 12.76 percent from the previous month, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical ...
Tags: Rebar, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Construction
In March, continental buyers of recycled containerboard made some unexpected headway in offsetting €10/tonne of the €20/tonne increase that took effect last Autumn. That increase was so small that there was virtually no attempt to ...
According to a report from the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS), February 2014 showed mixed to disappointing results for US steel exports. “A weaker result in February over January was particularly evident with ...
Tags: Steel Exports, US steel