The Asian paraxylene/naphtha spread slumped to 28-month low of $440.38/mt on Friday, down $14.62/mt from the previous day, with the regional PX market hit by rising supplies. The CFR Taiwan/China PX price benchmark inched down $0.50/mt ...
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With November 2013 proclaimed as Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month by President Barrack Obama, the Diesel Technology Forum issued the following statement to recognize improvements made in clean diesel power that aide in ...
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Reuters reported that stainless steelmaker Aperam and the Italian stainless steel producers Arvedi and Marcegaglia, have stepped up on its bid for Outokumpu Italian steel mill, Terni as the seller, Outokumpu expressed that the bids they ...
Tags: Aperam, Arvedi, Marcegaglia, raise, bid, Outokumpu, Acciai
According to reported that International credit rating agency Moody's recently announced the European prospects of the steel sector by the "negative" was increased to “stable", which is expected from next year. Meanwhile, the ...
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It’s reported that Finland-based stainless steel producer Outokumpu announced to raise its alloy surcharges for stainless steel products for December. Outokumpu sets its December alloy surcharges for 304 grade stainless steel products ...
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The OEKO-TEX Secretariat was established 20 years ago in Switzerland and for this reason, this year's meeting of the OEKO-TEX General Managers on November 14th and 15th took place in Lucerne - at the heart of Europe and Switzerland. With ...
NWFA Board members and staff in front of the Capitol Building The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) recently held its Fall Board meeting in conjunction with the annual Hardwood Federation Fly-In in Washington, Oct. 30-31. The ...
NAC Products released their 2014 calendar, “Classic Vehicles from the Tile Industry” at the Total Solutions Plus show in Bonita Springs, Fla. The 2014 calendar follows the debut of the “Classic Vehicles from the Tile ...
On November 20, Chinese steelmaker Chongqing Iron and Steel Co. (Chongqing Steel), a subsidiary of Chongqing Iron and Steel (Group) Co., announced that its major asset restructuring plan has received final approval from the China Securities ...
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United Parcel Services Inc. (UPS) is the latest shipping company to raise its freight services by an average of 4.9 percent, effective Dec. 30. The higher rates, which will cover ground, air and international services, come amidst UPS and ...
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Zambeef Products, a Zambia-based meat products company, has opened a dairy processing plant in Chisamba. The $2.5m facility is set to raise the company's milk processing capacity from 35,000 liters per day to 100,000, while creating 1,000 ...
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The Korean steelmaker Hyundai Steel announced to hike its export prices for H-beams and other steel long products by US$20~US$30/ton last week, driven by higher electricity charges. Besides, it’s predicted that the other mills might ...
Tags: steel, Construction
It’s reported that AK Steel has announced to hike base prices for its specialty stainless steel products since next January shipment. This will curtail the original product discount by 2%. The company indicates the prices up will ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Steel, Stainless Products
Yieh Phui, one of the major coating steel mills in Taiwan said that it might raise its export prices by US$10~US$20/ton for next January due to the rising steel demand in the US and European market. Meanwhile, the price rise is also ...
Tags: Coating Steel Mills, Steel, taiwan, Construction
It's reported that the Chinese steel prices affect the Taiwanese steel market as buyers always compare the price between China and Taiwan, even though most of the Taiwanese rebar production is mainly supplied to local market. Although ...
Tags: taiwan, steel, rebar, Construction