In March this year, the purchasing managers’ index (PMI) of China’s steel sector decreased to 44.6 percent, sharply down 14.3 percentage points compared to the previous month, as announced by the China Steel Logistics Committee ...
Tags: Chinese Steel Sector, PMI, Mineral
After moderating in February, Australian manufacturing performance was marginally weaker in March, hit by a decline in exports and fall in new orders. This is the 14th consecutive month the sector has contracted, according to latest ...
Hoping to keep its stock price above $1 per share and preserve its New York Stock Exchange listing, Furniture Brands International is asking shareholders to approve a reverse stock split. Shareholders were notified in a recent proxy ...
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The seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf has claimed the title of World Car of the Year (WCOTY) for 2013, marking the brand's second consecutive win. Voted the best new vehicle out of an initial entry list of forty-two cars, the Volkswagen ...
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On Tuesday, Ford Motor Company said that its US March sales were up 6 percent, the best results since May 2007, with cars even with year-ago levels, utilities up 14 percent and trucks up 6 percent. Chrysler Group extended its streak of ...
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According to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), in February this year producer prices in French industry rose for the second consecutive month by 0.4 percent compared to ...
Tags: Metal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector, as measured by the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) expanded in March for the fourth consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 46th consecutive month, say the nation's supply ...
Tags: PMI, manufacturing sector, Economic activity
According to data released by the American Iron and Steel Institute, the US's stainless shipments totaled 157,759 tons in January, rising by 5,308 tons from a month ago while falling by 5.5% year on year. Among them, 9,441 tons were hot ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, steel
The more established shutter glass 3D technology now faces competition from the film patterned retarder technology as the demand for 3D TV rises, notes NPD DisplaySearch. According to the NPD DisplaySearch Quarterly Display Optical Film ...
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Japanese automobile production in February this year totaled 808,194 units, decreasing by 144,062 units or 15.1 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, indicating a year-on-year fall for the sixth consecutive month, ...
Buying interest for imported cargoes of thermal coal was restricted to South African higher calorific coal in the Chinese spot market Thursday, market sources said. Seaborne-traded thermal coal with a calorific value of 5,500 kcal/kg on a ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Thermal Coal, Coal
Chinese buying interest was mostly concentrated on cargoes of lower calorific value thermal coal from Indonesia Wednesday, as traders expressed fears that another decline in domestic thermal coal prices was not far away and could have a ...
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Lifestyle, India’s leading shopping destination synonymous with fashionable & gracious living, has been awarded the ‘Most Admired Fashion Retail Destination’ of the year at the 13th edition of the prestigious Images ...
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According to the customs statistics provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), Turkey's slab imports amounted to 178,248 metric tons in January this year, falling 13 percent compared to the previous month, after four consecutive ...
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Ireland-based Holfeld said its new Diamat technology, a plastic extruder, can processes PET sheets with up to 50% recycled post-consumer PET. In a statement, the firm said: “The decontamination process is the nub; it involves 50% ...
Tags: PET flakes, PET sheets, food packaging