In August this year, exports of iron ore from Ukraine amounted to $246.369 million, while the value of Ukraine's iron ore imports totaled $11.762 million, according to Ukraine's Ministry of Revenue and Duties. The main importer of iron ore ...
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In the January-September period of this year, world pig iron production amounted to 894.76 million mt, rising by 2.07 percent compared to the same period of 2013, according to the preliminary data covering 38 countries accounting for ...
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US construction firms added jobs in 39 states between September 2013 and September 2014 while construction employment increased in 34 states and the District of Columbia between August and September, according to an analysis of Labor ...
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According to the data released by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company (UGMK), in the January-August period this year Ukraine exported 17.9 million mt of steel products, up 2.3 percent year on year, worth a ...
In September this year, Germany's crude steel output increased by 12.1 percent month on month to 3.51 million metric tons and decreased by three percent compared to September 2013, according to the information provided by the German steel ...
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Both Taiwan's machinery export and machine-tool export in September missed growths expected by industry executives probably due to lagging shipments, according to president of the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI), J.C. Wang. ...
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LED bulb prices over the past quarter, with price declines most markedly in the German market for both 40W and 60W equiv. LED bulbs last month.Prices for 60W equiv. LED bulb have dropped more than 40W equiv. LED bulbs in September. Bulb ...
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Crocs, Inc. announced several key management changes. These changes include the appointment of Bob Munroe to general manager of Crocs Americas region; Greg Sullivan to the new role of senior vice president of global business transformation; ...
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The decade of the 1950s saw women's clothing in China lose all aesthetic significance after the founding of New China. After experiencing the Great Leap Forward [*note] and the People's Communalization Movement [*note], Chinese women's ...
In the year 1920 in China, women still bound their breasts and those who wore low-cut clothing revealing even the slightest bit of skin risked being arrested by outraged authorities. But only seven years later, the Chinese government ...
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On the first day of October 1949, 300,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians gathered at Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing and joined the founding ceremony of the New China. Chairman Mao read out the public announcement of the Central ...
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The Manufacturing Excellence Taskforce of Australia (META), which helps the Australian manufacturing industry evolve with increasing efficiency and competitiveness on a local and global scale, has launched a new collaborative hub, based ...
In the January-September period this year, total real estate investments in China amounted to RMB 6.8751 trillion ($1.12 trillion), up 12.5 percent year on year, with this growth rate down 0.7 percentage points compared to the year-on-year ...
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Although ThyssenKrupp stated in August that it planned to invest up to BRL 450 million (US$197.4 million) in Brazil between 2013 and 2016, reports this week indicate the company has adjusted that figure to BRL 2 billion ($814.1 million). ...
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Global crude steel production in September this year decreased by 0.1 percent year on year to 134.42 million metric tons, while a 0.4 percent decline was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel Association ...
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