Local shares closed higher yesterday, even after paring a sharp rise early on in the session, as investors took profits ahead of an interest rate decision due from the Reserve Bank of Australia today. The stockmarket was buoyed by growing ...
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According to the statistics provided by Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals (Sinferbase), in March this year Brazil's iron ore exports amounted to 22.4 million metric tons, falling by 25.7 percent ...
Tags: Iron Ore Exports, Mineral
In the first quarter this year, China's Hebei Province produced a total of 52.697 million mt of crude steel, up 9.62 percent year on year, accounting for 27.5 percent of total output in China, according to data released by Metallurgical ...
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In April of the current year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland increased by 4.4 percent compared to March and were up 63.75 percent year on year, totaling 26 million metric tons. According to the information released by ...
According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japan's iron ore imports totaled 10.1 million metric tons in March this year, falling by five percent month on month and down 4.8 percent compared to March 2012. The ...
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,14 commodities increased in prices, 39 fell and 47 remained unchanged on 02/05/2013.The largest rises were Nitric acid (1.55%),Lead ingot (0.94%),Cotton yarn (0.82%),while ...
Steel is an alloy which essentially comprises of iron and varying rates of carbon. Elevated carbon steel antiquities and weapons going back to as far as 400 BC have been found in distinctive geographical areas like India and Eastern Africa. ...
Tags: Steel Industries, alloys
Shares pared an early rise as profit-taking emerged before the release of US non-farm payrolls data due overnight. Strong earnings results from Westpac and Macquarie Group, together with a jump in resources stocks initially boosted the ...
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The sharemarket pared an early rise as profit-taking emerged before the release of US non-farm payrolls data due overnight. Strong earnings results from Westpac and Macquarie Group, together with a jump in resources stocks, initially ...
According to the Mineral Industry Survey released by the US Geological Survey (USGS), US iron ore production in February this year was 3.9 million mt, falling 7.1 percent from the January level and down by 8.7 percent year on year. Iron ore ...
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Australia-based miner BC Iron has announced that, together with its strategic partner Australia's Cleveland Mining Company Ltd, it has signed a memorandum of understanding to earn the right to acquire 80 percent of three iron ore ...
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The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) has stated that in the January-March period of this year the aggregate gross profits of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled RMB 2.486 billion ($400 million), compared to the ...
Tags: Steel Enterprises, Mineral
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,14 commodities increased in prices, 19 fell and 67 remained unchanged on 26/04/2013.The largest rises were Silver (3.63%),Copper (1.70%),Natural rubber (1.65%),while the ...
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has announced that during last week (April 22-28) the average steel price in China decreased by 0.3 percent compared to the previous week. In particular, in the given week prices of 80 mm x 43 mm x 5 mm ...
According to the customs statistics released by the Japanese Ministry of Finance, Japan's iron and steel product exports in March this year amounted to 4.1 million metric tons, increasing by 4.7 percent compared to the same month of 2012 ...
Tags: Steel Exports, Mineral