In 2012, Belgian crude steel production fell by nine percent year on year, amounting to 7.3 million mt, according to the Belgian Steel Federation (GSV). The country's crude steel production amounted to 1.75 million mt in the fourth quarter ...
In the first two months of the current year, Ukraine registered a 1.4 percent decrease in its finished steel product output to 4.243 million mt, a 3.1 percent increase in its crude steel output to 5.446 million mt and a 2.4 percent rise in ...
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In 2012, BASF reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 31.7% per metric ton of sales product and increased its energy efficiency by 19.3% compared with baseline 2002. The number of work-related accidents dropped in the same period by 48%. ...
Northwest Europe gasoline crack swaps fell sharply at Tuesday's European close following a drop in NYMEX RBOB futures. Platts assessed the March Eurobob crack swap at $13.50/barrel Tuesday, down from Monday's $14.70/b and the lowest since ...
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Speaking on February 27, Li Xinchuang, deputy secretary-general of the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA), stated that overall Chinese demand for iron ore in 2013 will reach 1.11 billion mt, up 5.7 percent year on year. The average Fe ...
Substantial progress has been achieved recently by Bayi Steel X70 grade pipeline steel in passing entrance qualification of CNPC. Bayi Steel was formally recognized as CNPC's qualified supplier of X70 grade pipeline steel after over ...
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US commercial crude stocks failed to fall for the sixth straight reporting week data from the Energy Information Administration showed Wednesday, climbing 1.13 million barrels over the week ended February 22 to 377.518 million barrels, ...
Germany's Wintershall expects to increase its oil and gas output in 2013 mainly as a result of higher volumes from its operations in Russia, Norway and Libya, the company's parent BASF said Tuesday. In its outlook for 2013, BASF said ...
China's oil and gas companies could lift their total overseas equity production to 3 million b/d by 2015, the executive director of the International Energy Agency said Tuesday. "Chinese national oil companies are present everywhere in ...
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China Shagang Group, the biggest private steel group and the biggest rebar producer in China, was interested in exporting rebar products to Taiwan. It has 13 million tons capacity for rebar products currently, having passed the requirement ...
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For years, the Jeep Grand Cherokee just didn't live up to the model's substantial nameplate equity. A top-to-bottom 2011 redesign set things straight, rewarding the post-bankruptcy Chrysler with strong sales. Now a 2014 mid-cycle update ...
Russia and China may reach a basic agreement on the supply of Russian gas to the Asian giant by the end of March -- in time for the visit to Moscow by Xi Jinping, secretary general of the Communist Party of China -- Russia's deputy prime ...
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According to report, China’s Magang Mining Co., the subsidiary of Ma’anshan Iron & Steel Group (Magang), said it will start mining at Heshangqiao iron ore mine in Auhui province in June. The annual capacity is expected of 5 ...
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NYMEX April crude settled 29 cents higher at $93.13/barrel Friday after a largely rangebound trading session, bouncing back slightly after a two-day selloff. "We're pretty unchanged with the market attempting to stabilize after the ...
In January this year, Brazilian crude steel production totaled 2.8 million metric tons, rising by 8.3 percent as compared to December and up by 1.1 percent from January 2012, according to preliminary data released by the Brazil Steel ...
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