According to the Mineral Industry Survey released by the US Geological Survey (USGS), stocks of imported and domestic scrap in the US at the end of February this year amounted to 3.5 million mt, falling eight percent from the end of January ...
Tags: Iron and Steel Scrap, Mineral
According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japan's ferrous scrap exports totaled 865,536 metric tons in March this year, rising by 3.5 percent month on month and up 26.4 percent compared to March 2012. Meanwhile, in ...
Tags: Scrap Exports, Mineral
Macquarie Research has cut its price forecast for several commodities, including copper and gold, due to renewed concerns about future commodities demand as optimism about the global economy erodes. Macquarie Research, a unit of Macquarie ...
Tags: Macquarie Research, Demand Fears
LED TVs will account for 100% of Samsung and 90% of LG's TV products in 2013. Direct-lit LED TVs have lower production costs compared to side-lit LED TVs, which is beneficial in increasing LED TV penetration rate. Samsung's 40-inch ...
Tags: LED TV, Lighting, LED TV backlight
According to the Mineral Industry Survey released by the US Geological Survey (USGS), stocks of imported and domestic scrap in the US at the end of January this year amounted to 3.8 million mt, up slightly from the end of December 2012. ...
Tags: Iron and Steel Scrap, Mineral
The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) has announced that, as a result of its dumping investigation regarding galvanized steel and aluminum zinc coated steel imports from China, South Korea and Taiwan, it has found no ...
According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japan's hot rolled (HR) flat steel exports totaled 1.4 million metric tons in March this year, increasing by 13.7 percent month on month and up 11.8 percent compared to March ...
Tags: HR Flat Steel, Mineral
Global demand for robots is forecast to increase nearly 11% per year through 2016 to $20.2 billion, outpacing both the world’s economy and overall manufacturing activity. The United States is projected to grow at more than 15% per ...
Tags: Processing Machinery, robots
India's Ministry of Steel has rejected claims by local steel mills that steel products were being dumped by Japanese and South Korean producers under Comprehensive Economic Partnerships Agreements (CEPAs) signed between India and the two ...
Tags: Steel Ministry, Domestic Industry
Lextar Electronics has seen increasing orders for LED backlight units (BLUs) mainly from China- and South Korea-based LCD TV vendors, with overall capacity utilization rising to 70-80% currently and shipments scheduled for 1-1.5 months, ...
Tags: LED lighting products, LED lighting, LED
The market of sapphire substrates, an upstream material for LEDs, has been in oversupply with prices falling. The prices are lower than the production costs of many firms. This has also caused many tier-two sapphire firms to purchase ...
Tags: LEDs, LED lighting, lighting
The number of facilities becoming certified to the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) increased 11 percent to surpass the 3000 mark in 2012, growing from 2,714 facilities in 2011 to 3,016 facilities in 2012, according to new data from ...
Tags: Textile Firms, Textile
New York-based womenswear label Suno has joined hands with the famous Japanese casual wear retailer Uniqlo to design a new collection as part of the latter’s latest edition of Designer Invitation Project. Known for its ...
Tags: Suno Collaborates, Apparel
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd of Seoul, South Korea is introducing the new LC013/26/40B family of 13, 26 and 40W high-efficiency, chip-on-board (COB) LED packages. Featuring a compact light-emitting surface (LES), the new family is designed ...
Tags: Samsung LEDs, LED Packages, LED
According to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel), in March this year the crude steel output of 63 countries surveyed across the globe reached 134.9 million mt, increasing by one percent compared to March 2012 and up 3.5 percent ...
Tags: Crude Steel Output, Mineral