The global apparent steel demand for 2014 will increase by two percent to 1.56 billion metric tons, following a growth of 3.8 percent in 2013, according to the short range outlook presented at the 48th annual meeting of the World Steel ...
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Solar photovoltaic (PV) modules using solar-grade wafers, as offered by 16 of the top 20 solar module suppliers to the industry, will account for 89% of solar capacity forecast to be installed in 2014, according to Solarbuzz. Thin-film ...
Global solar photovoltaic (PV) installations added during the fourth quarter of 2014 are forecast to exceed 19.5GW, pushing global cumulative PV deployment toward the 200GW mark. The amount of solar PV deployed in the fourth quarter is ...
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Toray Industries’ group operating profit apparently grew 13% on the year to around 50 billion yen ($462 million) for the April-September half as carbon fiber sales made up for lower-than-expected sales in other segments. The figure ...
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File photo courtesy of ARTC. Relevant industries are now assessing their capacity to build the Inland Rail freight project, connecting Brisbane to Melbourne via regional south east Queensland, inland New South Wales and rural Victoria. ...
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U.S. retail sales rose 3.6% during the final week of September. Business was described as brisk at apparel stores, wholesale clubs, dollar and electronic stores and discounters for the week ended Sep. 27. The gains offset weakness at ...
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The wearables market is perhaps $3 billion to $5 billion today, rising to perhaps $30 billion to $50 billion over the next three to five years, the analysts forecast, adding that there may be upward of 15% of smartphone owners who end up ...
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The cotton growing area in China in the 12 months is expected to decline to 63.40 million mu (about 4.23 million hectares), down 9.4 percent from the previous year, and the cotton yield is also forecast to plunge by half a million tonnes to ...
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Economists at the World Trade Organization (WTO) have downwardly revised their world trade growth estimate for 2015 to 4 percent from the previous estimate of 5.3 percent. For 2014 also, the WTO has reduced its world trade growth ...
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Given the predicted 1.8 million tons of surplus cotton production and changes in China’s cotton policy, prices are unlikely to rise to the levels seen in the last two seasons, says a report of the International Cotton Advisory ...
Nickel prices on the London Metal Exchange are likely to trade within a range of $17,000-23,000/mt in 2015, Alto Capital research analyst Carey Smith said Friday. "Prices will average around the $20,000/mt level due mainly to the ...
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More than 24 million vehicles will be sold this year in the world's largest auto market, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) has forecast. China's vehicle output is also expected to top 24 million units this year, ...
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The Asian price spread between high density polyethylene and ethylene feedstock turned negative Thursday, September 25, falling to minus $5/mt from parity a day before, due to the bearish PE market amid continued firm ethylene, Platts data ...
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The future looks bright for the Chilean economy which in recent years has benefited from rising exports and foreign investments. This new optimism has had a positive effect on the country's packaging market, reveals new report from ...
Speaking at the SteelOrbis 2014 Fall Conference & 71st IREPAS Meeting in Berlin, Kim Marti, international sales director of Spanish steel producer CELSA Group, said that the key risks to the global economy, such as geopolitical tensions ...