In July this year, Germany's crude steel output decreased by 3.1 percent month on month to 3.45 million metric tons, rising by 1.5 percent compared to July 2013, according to the information provided by the German steel federation ...
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In June this year, Swedish crude steel production amounted to 400,500 metric tons, increasing by 8.1 percent year on year, but down 2.6 percent as compared to May, according to the latest data released by the Swedish Steel Producers' ...
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Kocaeli-based Turkish steel wire and rope producer Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayii Inc. has announced its financial results for the second quarter and the first half of the current year. In the second quarter, the company posted a net profit ...
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Brazil's iron ore export volume amounted to 29.55 million mt in June this year, decreasing by 3.70 percent compared to May and up 13.20 percent compared to the same month of 2013, according to the information released by the Brazilian ...
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According to a report released by the South East Asia Iron and Steel Institute (SEAISI), in 2013 China overtook Japan as the biggest source of steel imports of ASEAN (Association of South East Nations) countries, with a market share of ...
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According to a report Thursday from the American Institute for International Steel, exports of US steel held steady in June, as increases to minor trading partners offset decreases to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) ...
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There's an old saying in China that a word is worth a thousand pieces of gold, but one anti-corruption official's accusations involving the name change of a medicinal herb may prove it can cost much more. Lu Qun, deputy director of an ...
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According to a new study by the consulting firm Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney, consumption of five of the leading additives for coatings and inks in 2013 was 1.02 million tons, as supplied, worth $4.66 billion. A 5 percent annual rate of ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
In the first half of this year, Japan's cold rolled sheet and strip shipments decreased by 0.46 percent on year-on-year basis to 3.25 million metric tons, according to the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF) data. 52 percent of shipments ...
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According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in the first half of this year Turkey's pre-painted galvanized iron (PPGI) exports amounted to 83,256 mt, decreasing by 26.02 percent, while the revenue from these ...
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Viscose Staple Fibre (VSF) volume rose to 86,389 tons, up 11 percent at Grasim Ltd; a company of Kumaramangalam Birla-led Aditya Birla Group in the first fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2014. However higher input cost impaired the margins ...
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In the first six months of the current year, Turkey's pre-painted galvanized iron (PPGI) imports amounted to 33,047 mt, increasing by 26.1 percent, while the revenue of these imports rose to $35.67 million, up 7.77 percent, both year on ...
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Global demand for specialty silicas -- which include precipitated silica, silica gel, silica sol, and fumed silica -- is forecast to grow 5.0 percent per year through 2018 to 2.9 million metric tons, valued at $6.9 billion. This will ...
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Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the first half of this year finished steel imports from China to Latin America increased by 65 percent year on year to 4 million metric tons. Latin America, which ...
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