With demand from downstream customers remaining lukewarm in the face of an uncertain global economic outlook, China Steel Corp (CSC) decided to keep domestic contract steel prices for June unchanged. The nation's largest and only integrated ...
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Manufacturing in the U. S. Grew in January at the fastest pace in seven months, adding to signs of a global pickup from Germany to China. The Institute for Supply Management’s index climbed to 54.1, from 53.1 in December, the Tempe, ...
Manufacturing probably grew at a faster pace in January, a sign the industry will lead the U. S. Expansion early this year, economists said before today’s report. The Institute for Supply Management’s factory index rose to 54.5, ...
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Players in China’s polymer markets are expressing mixed forecasts for 2012. While there is general agreement that upstream costs will continue to support polymer prices, players hold divergent opinions about the macroeconomic outlook ...
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Chinese PET producers report that they are planning to increase their export sales in 2012 as competition within the domestic market will heat up this year due to some large new capacity additions scheduled to come on-line in 2012. China is ...
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U. K. Manufacturing production fell for a second month in November as the weakening economy curtailed demand for metals, wood and paper products. Factory output fell 0.2 percent from October, when it fell a revised 0.9 percent, the Office ...
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Despite ads by Bank of America and others touting their records of helping small businesses, some merchants say their loan applications are routinely rejected. They have more success with small banks and non-bank lenders. The TV commercials ...
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Germany’s economy is expanding “noticeably slower” in the final quarter as demand for exports, the mainspring for growth, tapers off in the euro region and globally, the Finance Ministry said. After notching up growth of ...
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For abrasives manufacturers working in the US construction industry, the forecast for next year is that housing and commercial building construction starts may improve, but will be offset by weakness in the public works and institutional ...
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Delegates at the annual International Softwood Conference (ISC) last week expressed scepticism about forecasts for growth in European softwood consumption and production in 2012. Hosted this year by the Danish Timber Trade Federation in ...
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KUALA LUMPUR: It has been more than six months since the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in March. The market has been anticipating increasing exports of timber products to Japan as the country rebuilds itself. It was reported that Japan ...
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World demand for silicones will rise 6.2% to $12.4bn (€ 8.6bn) in 2015, fuelled by the increased penetration of high-value silicone materials into emerging applications, says a new report from Freedonia. According to the World ...
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