Apple last week filed for a European patent (via Patently Apple) on methods for fusing glass pieces together to create various types of glass enclosures for a number of products. While the patent application specifically addresses the ...
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Oil prices surged on Thursday as economic data around the globe added optimism to economic growth. In the week ending July 27, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial jobless benefits claims decreased 19,000 to 326, 000, the ...
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According to report, JSW Steel’s July crude steel production was 991,000 tons, rising 47% from the same period last year. Production for flat rolled products rose 64% year-on-year to 796,000 tons and long products production rose ...
In the first half of the current year, China's total crude steel output was 390 million mt, up 7.4 percent year on year, according to a report on overall Chinese industry in the given period released by China's Ministry of Industry and ...
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Oil prices advanced on Wednesday after a report showed that U.S. economic growth was higher than expected in the second quarter of the year. The U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 1.7 percent in the ...
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Metalloinvest, a leading global iron ore and hot briquetted iron (HBI) producer based in Russia, has announced its operational results for the second quarter of the current year. Accordingly, in the given period Metalloinvest's iron ore ...
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The world's largest steelmaker Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal has announced its financial results for the second quarter and the first half of the current year, stating that it has had to lower its guidance for 2013 due to weaker than ...
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In the first half of this year, French crude steel output decreased by 4.3 percent year on year to 8,024,000 mt, according to the latest data released by the French Steel Federation (FFA). In the given period, EAF output fell 11.6 percent ...
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In July this year, Ukrainian steelmaker Zaporizhstal's finished steel product output increased by 9.5 percent to 282,900 mt, while its crude steel production rose by 7.7 percent to 341,600 mt, both year on year, according to the company's ...
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Brazil-based steel producer Gerdau SA has reported its financial results for the second quarter and the first half of the current year. In the second quarter, the net profit of the company was R$401 million ($104.4 million), down 27 ...
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Calgary, Alberta-based TransCanada said Thursday that it will move forward with the 1.1 million barrel per day (bbl/d) Energy East Pipeline project based on binding, long-term contracts received from producers and refiners. The conclusion ...
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Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest has announced that in the second quarter of the current year its crude steel production increased by one percent to 3.138 million mt compared to the previous quarter of the year. In the ...
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Russian steelmaker MMK's Turkey-based subsidiary MMK Metalurji has announced that its offer of a 10 percent increase in wages notified to Turkish labor union Çelik-İş has expired as of August 2. After the labor union ...
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In the first seven months of the current year, Ukraine registered a one percent decrease in its finished steel product output to 17.147 million mt, a 0.2 percent decrease in its crude steel output to 19.350 million mt, and a 0.9 percent ...
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According to report released by China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC), the average steel prices during July 22nd and July 28th increased by 0.2% from a week ago. In the given period of time, the average prices of rebar with diameter of 12mm ...
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