LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Formosa Epitaxy expects flip chip LED components for use in lighting and LCD TV backlighting to account for 15-20% of its 2014 consolidated revenues, according to company chairman Frank Chien. Formosa ...
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China's fuel oil imports in November plunged 29.7% year on year to 1.46 million mt, General Administration of Customs data released Friday showed. The total was also down 12.4% from October. The volume refers to fuel oil classified as No. ...
Vale S.A. (Vale) informs that it is declaring force majeure (FM) on a number of its iron ore sales contracts as a result of the weather conditions in the Southeast of Brazil. Heavy rainfalls since December in the Southeast of Brazil, ...
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Singapore's growth quickened in 2013 and the country will "do well" going forward, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. Gross domestic product rose 3.7 per cent this year, Lee, 61, said in his New Year message today. That's in line with ...
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According to statistics released by the Japan Iron & Steel Federation (JISF), the country’s output of galvanized steel sheets totaled 10.07 million tons in the January-October period, rising by 2.23% year on year. In October, the ...
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According to statistics released by the Japan Iron & Steel Federation (JISF), the country’s shipments of hot rolled (HR) plates and sheets totaled 846,779 tons in October, down by 1.97% from a month ago and decreasing by 8.92% year on ...
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Chip resistor firm Ralec Electronic is expected to report double-digit growth in revenues for 2014, buoyed by brisk demand for LED lighting, growing shipments of metal plate products, as well as its expanding OEM business, according to ...
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Spot prices of 98.5% 553-grade silicon metal in Asia continued to rise this week as suppliers lifted offer prices on deepening output cuts in South China. Platts assessed the Chinese export spot price at $2,050-2,090/mt FOB China ...
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According to data released by Brazil's secretary of foreign trade Secex, the country’s shipments of steel long products totaled 47,587 tons in November, slumping by 21% from a month ago. In November, the country’s export ...
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In November this year, Japan's industrial production increased by 0.1 percent from the previous month and rose by five percent from November in the previous year, according to the preliminary indices of the Industrial Production report ...
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Amazon and Walmart are issuing gift cards to some disgruntled customers after United Parcel Service failed to deliver gifts to their customers by Christmas, CNBC reported. In an apology addressed to both customers and shippers, UPS ...
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Vale SA announced Friday that it has declared force majeure for some iron ore delivery contracts due to heavy rains in the southwest part of the country. Flooding and landslides in the states of Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo have ...
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U.S. intermodal shipments by rail grew 6.4% in the week ended Dec. 21 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported. Traffic grew to 255,456 units, AAR said in its weekly report issued Dec. 26. ...
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NEMA's index for LED A-line replacement lamps increased for the second consecutive quarter in Q3 2013. Shipments during the quarter registered a gain of 71.9 percent compared to the previous quarter. Shipments rose 60.2 percent on a ...
Soybeans closed higher Friday. DTN cites buying late in the session, the result of USDA's bullish export sales figures for soybeans. That may have been even more bullish, except for a general distrust of USDA's estimates, and of China's ...
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