According to the Japanese Ministry of Trade (METI), Japanese demand for crude steel in the second quarter of the current year is expected to decrease by 0.9 percent from the previous quarter to 26.4 million mt, with an expected decline of ...
Tags: Crude Steel Demand, Mineral
ccording to the short range outlook of the World Steel Association (worldsteel), apparent steel consumption in the US is expected to grow by 2.7 percent in 2013 due to continuing fiscal concerns, totaling 99.3 million mt, lower than the 8.4 ...
Aspen Insurance has formed a specialty marine, energy and construction unit within its US business, which will underwrite various onshore energy and construction sector businesses. Based in the US, the new operation will focus on property ...
According to the data released by the Japan Iron and Steel Association (JISF), steel product orders, including specialty steels, booked by domestic steel consuming sectors in Japan in February this year amounted to 7.5 million metric tons, ...
Tags: Domestic Steel Product, Mineral, Metallurgy
April 3, 2013 - Construction industry stakeholders from across Canada have formed a new national organization to help “keep a steady flow of highly skilled workers available to the growing industry”: BuildForce Canada. ...
The injection molding machine sales have shown an upswing in the US during 2012 compared to 2011, according to the latest statistics by Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI). As per the data reported by SPI's Committee on Equipment ...
Tags: Injection Moulding Machines, Packaging, all-electric machines
On April 5, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUK) released the domestic construction sector indicators for the fourth quarter of 2012. Accordingly, in the quarter in question, the production index in Turkey's domestic construction ...
Tags: Construction Turnover, Mineral
Mr. Sanjay Mehta, Chief Executive Officer of Al Nasser Industrial Enterprises LLC, the biggest trading company in the UAE, evaluated the current situation in the UAE rebar market for SteelOrbis. What can you tell us about the current ...
Tags: rebar market, SteelOrbis, rebar
In March this year, the seasonally adjusted confidence index in the Italian construction sector decreased from 81.5 to 80, down 1.84 percent month on month, after two months of increase on month-on-month basis. The March reading is lower ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, steel
In January this year, the Italian seasonally adjusted construction output index decreased by 1.4 month on month, according to the preliminary figures issued by ISTAT, Italy's national statistics office. The average index for ...
Tags: Construction Output, Construction
Taiwan's industrial production index in February this year fell by 11.45 percent as compared to February 2012 after rising by a revised 19 percent year on year in January, and was down 19.9 percent month on month, according to the country's ...
Tags: taiwan, Basic Metal Output, Metal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
As construction sector is getting wider, the demand for new and improved technology is also increasing dramatically. Understanding the importance and requirements of the work field, numerous equipments and heavy machinery are offered in the ...
According to the monthly sectoral confidence survey released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the confidence index* for the construction sector in Turkey, which stood at 85.5 points in February this year, increased by 10.9 ...
Tags: construction sector, construction, construction industry
A just-released forecast of labour supply and demand says construction will need to recruit more than 250,000 workers—including the traditional number of new entrants to the workforce—to meet building needs from now until 2021. ...
Tags: Construction Industry, labour supply, commercial building
According to first estimates released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in January this year the seasonally-adjusted production of the construction sector in the European Union member states (EU-27) decreased ...
Tags: construction output, construction sector, construction