According to Russia-based SpetsStal Association, in 2013 the volume of stainless steel consumption in Russia rose by 6.2 percent year on year to 383,900 mt. In the year in question, domestic stainless steel output rose by 18.4 percent to ...
Tags: Stainless Steel Consumption, Stainless Steel, metallury
Vietnam's oil product imports in February rose for a third consecutive month, on a year-on-year basis, following declines for most of last year, customs data released late Thursday showed. The country imported 602,827 mt of oil products ...
Tags: Oil Product, crude, gasoline
China's refinery crude throughput over January and February dipped 1% year on year to 78.78 million mt, or an average of 9.79 million b/d, according to preliminary data from the country's National Bureau of Statistics released Thursday. ...
The spread between the spot prices for acetic acid and vinyl acetate monomer in Europe surged to an all-time high of Eur1,040/mt ($1,444/mt) Thursday, as VAM prices soared and feedstock AA prices remained stable. In December last year, the ...
In January this year, Turkey's steel scrap import volume increased by 28.76 percent year on year to 1.95 million metric tons, up 2.75 percent compared to the December, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute ...
Tags: steel scrap, Scrap, Metallurgy
In February this year, the value of Taiwan's iron and steel exports increased by 12.7 percent year on year and decreased by 18.6 percent compared to January to $1.29 billion, according to the preliminary statistics issued by Taiwan's ...
Tags: Iron, Steel, Metallurgy
Fears of China moving to ban the import of lower grade coal have again resurfaced amid concern over the country's high pollution levels, with several market participants indicating that the government is seriously contemplating such a move ...
The promotion of new projects in the automotive industry will break a new steel production record for Mexico, pointing to some 19 million tons, said Hugo Solis, president of Mexico’s chapter of the Association for Iron and Steel ...
The Shanghai Futures Exchange is ready to roll out the country's first yuan-denominated crude oil futures, which it hopes will become a benchmark in Asia before gaining global influence. Yang Maijun, the bourse's chairman, said foreign ...
In January 2014, Japan imported 86.6161 billion yen of textile yarn and fabric, registering a sharp increase of 35.8 percent year-on-year, according to the trade statistics released by the Ministry of Finance. Region-wise, ...
Tags: Textile Yarn, fabric imports
Canada and the Republic of Korea have concluded negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) that will significantly boost trade and investment ties between the two countries. The negotiations were concluded during the visit of ...
NY futures resumed their uptrend this week, as May rallied 380 points to close at 91.61 cents, while December gained 171 points to close at 79.55 cents. After meandering sideways for the past six weeks, unable to generate much ...
Tags: Cotton Futures, Cotton market, Textile
Projected 2013/14 world wheat production is up 0.8 million tons this month to 712.7 million, further raising the historical record. In Australia, 2013/14 production is up 0.5 million tons to 27.0 million this month. The harvest in Australia ...
Tags: Wheat, cereal, Agriculture
China imported 379,000 mt refined copper in February, down 29% from January but up 27% from February 2013, General Administration of Customs data released Monday showed. Industry analysts Tuesday attributed the month-on-month fall to ...
China's domestic copper cathode output is expected to rise 5.6% year on year to 6.6 million mt in 2014, an analyst from state-owned nonferrous metals information division Beijing Antaike said Wednesday. In 2013, China's output stood ...
Tags: scrap, copper cathode, Mineral