Strong LED backlight and lighting product performances pushed Taiwan LED package manufacturer revenue for Aug. 2013 up 10.13% to NT$ 2.41 billion (US$ 8 million) compared to NT$ 2.19 billion in July. The company announced Monday its ...
According to a release from the Lake Carriers' Association (LCA), shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 6.2 million tons in September, an increase of 4.4 percent compared to a year ago, and 6.3 percent better than August. The ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Metallurgy, Mineral
The Port of Houston announced Wednesday that total tonnage for September is up 3 million tons or 1 percent and year to date, 27 million tons, up 3 percent. Container tonnage is at 1.5 million tons for the month, down 9 percent. Year to ...
Tags: Lower Steel Shipments, Mineral
Commercial Metals Company announced Wednesday financial results for its fourth quarter and year ended August 31, 2013. Net earnings for the fourth quarter ended August 31, 2013 were $4.1 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, on net sales of ...
Tags: Net Earnings, Mineral
It’s reported the shipments registered by the Brazilian independent flat steel distributors and service centers totaled 409,600 tons in September, decreasing by 3.4% from a month ago but rising by 15% year on year, according to flats ...
Tags: Flat Steel, Construction
Booming diesel-fuel use in Europe and Latin America is paying off for U.S. drivers, as gasoline prices fall to a nine-month low. October supplies of gasoline are at a three-year high for that month, but refiners are still running at high ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, diesel-fuel
Shipments of bikes to U.S. retailers in September took a bigger dip than anticipated, down 4.9 percent in dollars and 11.9 percent in units compared to the same month last year, according to the BPSA Topline for Cycling RetailTRAK from ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
"Extremely encouraging" is how National Lighting Bureau Executive Director John Bachner characterized second-quarter 2013 performance of the NEMA Lighting Systems Index (LSI), which posted its strongest showing since the third quarter of ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, Lighting Systems
AK Steel released its third quarter 2013 results Tuesday, indicating a $31.7 million loss, compared to a net loss of $60.9 million in Q3 2012 and a net loss of $40.4 million in Q2 2013.? Sales for the quarter reached $1.3 billion on ...
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In the first three quarters of the current year, total fixed asset investments in rail, road and water transport in China came to RMB 1.4274 trillion ($234.5 billion), up 8.4 percent year on year, as announced by China's Ministry of ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Transportation
In the week ended October 21, coal shipments from the Port of Newcastle in Queensland, the coal producing state of Australia, totaled 3.21 million mt, according to Newcastle Port Corporation. The figure constitutes an increase of 0.6 ...
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Reportedly, Nucor’s rebar shipments totaled 305,000 tons in the third quarter of this year, falling by 11% year on year, affected by sluggish demand from construction sectors and low-priced imports. In the second quarter of this year, ...
Tags: Rebar, steel, Construction
Apple's 9.7-inch iPad supply chains are preparing for shipments of more than 10 million units in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to industry sources. The company's supply chains started gearing up for the release of a new 9.7-inch ...
Despite the failure to raise touchscreen notebook demand in 2013, several notebook brand vendors including Acer and Asustek Computer are still planning to release more products in 2014, hoping to increase the proportion of total shipments ...
Tags: Touchscreen Notebooks
MediaTek is expected to see its shipments of tablet solutions double in 2014 from 15-20 million units projected for 2013 and account for 30% of the non-iPad tablet chipset market, according to an industry estimate. MediaTek has launched ...