Germany-based SMS Group has announced that in 2013 its order intake amounted to €3.3 billion, increasing by 16.7 percent compared to the previous year. The results included Paul Wurth for the first time, acquired by SMS Group in 2012. ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
In May this year, manganese ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland totaled 157,500 metric tons, increasing by 34.24 percent from 117,325 metric tons in April, but down 28.28 percent compared to the same month of 2013, according to the ...
Tags: Manganese Ore, Australia's Port
In the January-May period this year, Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises' revenues from exports of ferrous metals decreased by 2.4 percent year on year to $6.007 billion. In May, Ukraine's ferrous metal export revenues reached $1.379 ...
Tags: Ferrous Metal, ferrous export
Solar photovoltaic (PV) demand from Europe is forecast to reach 10GW during 2014, down 7% on year, according to Solarbuzz. This will be the third consecutive year that solar PV demand in Europe has declined, after reaching a peak of 19.2GW ...
In the January-April period this year, Ukraine exported 238,100 mt of ferrous scrap metal worth a total of $75.2 million, while it had not exported any ferrous scrap in the same period of the previous year, according to Ukraine's Ministry ...
Tags: ferrous scrap, ferrous metal
The Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade has announced that it has found preliminary evidence of dumping in seamless pipe imports from Ukraine. The antidumping duty investigation was launched in February this ...
Tags: Seamless Pipe, antidumping duty
Ukrainian gas company Naftogaz and Russian gas company Gazprom are considering an EU proposal where Naftogaz pays Gazprom $2 billion by Friday in exchange for talks on a new gas price and no prepayment in June, the European Commission said ...
Tags: EU energy, Russian Gas
The recently announced 400 billion-dollar gas deal between Russia and China will not affect gas deliveries to the EU, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Thursday. "The gas that has been determined for export to China would have ...
Tags: EU Supplies, Gas
Ruslan International – the joint venture company that manages and markets a 17-strong fleet of Antonov An-124 aircraft – has handled the movement of a massive deck loader for the Boeing 747 Dreamlifter. The special cargo ...
Tags: cargo loader, wheeled loader
The fuel oil hi-lo spread -- the premium of 1% FOB NWE cargo swaps over 3.5% FOB Rotterdam barges -- has moved above $60/mt for the first time since April 1 on supply worries, sources said Thursday. The physical hi-lo was assessed at ...
Tags: Fuel Oil, physical hi-lo
Turkish iron ore imports increased by 25% in the first quarter, on the back of higher blast furnace-based steel output and mills' restocking activity, according to statistics published this week. Data released by the Turkish Statistical ...
Tags: Iron Ore
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has announced that it has initiated an expiry review to determine if the continued or resumed dumping of hot rolled carbon steel plate and high strength low-alloy steel plate from Ukraine is likely ...
Tags: Steel Plates, Steel
China's gold demand fell 18 percent in the first quarter as investors bought fewer bars and coins, offsetting record interest in jewelry, the World Gold Council said. Purchases declined to 263.2 metric tons in the three months ending ...
Tags: Gold Demand, jewelry consumption
Global crude steel production in April this year increased by 1.7 percent year on year to 136.63 million metric tons, while a 3.33 percent fall was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel). In ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Steel Output
A slowdown in the growth rate for tablet and mobile phone sales and economic uncertainty in emerging markets are putting a damper on global IT spending, according to IDC. Worldwide IT spending will increase 4.1 percent in constant ...
Tags: Tablet, Mobile Phone, Computer Products