Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the first quarter of this year finished steel imports from China to Latin America rose by 95 percent year on year to an all-time quarterly record of 1.9 million m metric ...
Tags: Finished Steel, Steel Imports
Brazil's Vale produced 1.785 million mt of coal during the first quarter, up 1.9% on the year to a record Q1 volume due to the ramp up of the Moatize mine in Mozambique, the diversified miner said in a production report published late ...
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For first-quarter 2014, GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for fiber-optic and wireless networks) has reported revenue of $7.4m, down 5% on $7.8m last quarter ...
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The CIF Bremen index remained stable recording only slight fluctuations since the last report. Thus, it reflected the firm quotations for promptly available shipments. The negotiations on prices between trade and industry often did not ...
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Australia-based miner Rio Tinto has announced that it has filed a complaint in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York against Brazil-based miner Vale and BSG Resources Limited regarding mining concessions in Guinea. ...
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Luxembourg-based global steelmaker ArcelorMittal has announced its Latin American investment plans with Kortrijk, Belgium-based Bekaert, one of the world's largest steel cord and wire manufacturers. Accordingly, in Brazil, ArcelorMittal ...
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Domestic prices of hydrous ethanol in Brazil's center-south -- the world's largest sugarcane growing region -- hit five-month lows Tuesday as offers continued to flood the market. Product sold at plants in Ribeirao Preto have fallen 13% ...
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Norilsk Nickel produced 67,818 mt of nickel in the first quarter, down 5.2% from 71,571 mt in the first quarter of 2013 due to lower production volumes at some of its global operations, the Russian producer said Tuesday. The company said ...
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The expected growth in global steel demand through 2050 may require a tripling of current seaborne metallurgical coal exports, which may be tough for miners to deliver, according to forecasts delivered Monday by two consultants. An annual ...
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Luxottica Group reported net sales fell 1.2 percent to €1.8 billion in the first quarter ended March 31, but were up 4.2 percent in currency-neutral (c-n) terms as unfavorable exchanger ates, North America's harsh weather and weak ...
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Oyxlane, the French parent company of Decathlon, reported sales increased 6.1 percent in 2013 to €7.4 billion ($9.8 bn) in 2013 on comparable store sales growth of 1.3 percent. Sales had risen 7.2 percent to €7.0 billion in 2012 ...
Combined with paperboard, the use of bio-based LDPE made from sugar cane increases the content of materials from renewable sources to as much as 82% in a Tetra Brik Aseptic 1000ml Base package. In February Coca-Cola Brazil became the ...
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According to the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), Brazilian crude steel production in the first quarter of the current year amounted to 8.32 million metric tons, 1.5 percent higher year on year. In the same period, Brazilian rolled steel ...
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Global yarn production dropped in Q4/2013 in comparison to the previous quarter as a result of lower output in Asia, South and North America while production in Europe was up. Year-on-year global yarn production was up with all regions ...
U.S. manufacturers have grown more competitive over the past decade compared with factories in China, Brazil, and most of the world’s other major economies. So says a new private study, which found that rising wages and higher ...
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