It's reported that Russian steelmaker Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) predicted that its shipments of cold rolled (CR) steel products would be at around 118,000 tons in September, falling by 17% from a month ago. MMK expected to ...
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Taiwan-based PV conductive paste maker Giga Solar Materials has reached monthly shipments of three metric tons of front-side silver paste and expects to ship 10 metric tons in the fourth quarter of 2013, resulting in shipments of 20 metric ...
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Reportedly, Russia's Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) expected that its shipments of hot rolled steel flat products would be at 169,000 tons in September, falling by 8% from a month ago. Among them, 110,000 tons were made to domestic market and ...
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The August North American net new aluminum mill orders index fell 3.5% year on year to 113.51, but was up 3.3% from July, according to the Aluminum Association's monthly report released Friday. Year-to-date, the new mill orders index was ...
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ICE Cotton futures traded unchanged on last week, with the main Z3 contract settling at 84.52 c/lbs. Physical supplies for delivery to mills through 2013 year-end are looking increasingly tight, as spot supplies of Australian, West African ...
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Asustek computer now ranks third in the tablet market, however, rival lenovo is challenging its status. IDC report that in the second quarter of 2013 lenovo shipped 1.5 million tablet computers, in the third quarter shipments is expected to ...
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World number two truck maker Volvo (VOLV-B.ST) said on Wednesday deliveries of its trucks dropped four percent year-on-year in August as shipments fell in both Europe and North America, held back by an extensive renewal of its product line. ...
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Prices drifted sideways in the delivered South China cargo market for thermal coal Friday in the absence of any significant buying interest from China, and sellers pondered the next move in a buoyant freight market, market sources said. ...
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Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA, which provides lasers and optical components, modules and subsystems for the optical communications, industrial, and consumer laser markets, has started volume production of its next-generation tunable laser ...
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Tokyo-based Toshiba Corp has expanded its family of 650V silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky barrier diodes (SBD) with the addition of a 10A product to its existing line-up of 6A, 8A and 12A products (which operate with a forward voltage of 1.7V ...
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Following a strong pace of production in the first quarter of 2013, manufacturing production eased in the second quarter but should accelerate growth, according to the quarterly Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation U.S. ...
DHL has launched the Cool Green Cell, a package specifically designed for pharmaceutical and medical products that must be temperature controlled. The packaging, which is reusable, has been launched in NSW and QLD with all other states ...
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The Government of India has notified the revised duty drawback rates applicable to articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (under Chapter 61 of Customs Schedule); articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not ...
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The Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, is planning to come out with a Cotton Distribution Policy to bring stability in the prices of cotton. Under the plan, the Ministry proposes to levy a 10 percent duty on shipments of cotton ...
General Mills has reported that its net earnings declined 16.3% to $459.3m for the first quarter of fiscal 2014, compared with $548.9m for the same period in 2013, as special items boosted its year-ago results. Net sales, for the quarter ...
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