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Eurozone industrial output falls 3.7% year-on-year in November 2012

Total industrial production in the eurozone, excluding the construction sector, fell by 3.7% year-on-year in November 2012, according to Eurostat.

January 14, 2013
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Energy technology company Ansaldo changes name to Nidec ASI

Italian energy technology company Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali has changed its name to Nidec ASI.

January 14, 2013
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Energy technology company Ansaldo changes name to Nidec ASI

Italian energy technology company Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali has changed its name to Nidec ASI.

January 14, 2013
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Jaguar Landrover UK creates 800 jobs on strong global car sales

Tata-owned car manufacturer Jaguar Landrover will hire 800 more workers in the UK following strong global sales in 2012.

January 14, 2013
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China’s auto sales hit record high in 2012

Chinese automobile sales rose by 4.3% year-on-year in 2012, hitting an historical high of 19.3 million units.

January 14, 2013
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Usiminas’ crude steel output up by almost 10% in 2012

Brazilian flat steel producer Usiminas closed 2012 with a total crude steel output for the year of 7.3 million tonnes, sources close to the company told Steel First on Friday January 11.

January 11, 2013
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Toyota sets company record for North American output in 2012

Toyota Motor Sales USA set a company record for North American production in 2012, manufacturing 1.78 million vehicles, the automaker said on Thursday January 10.

January 11, 2013
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MESTP 2013: India’s pipe exports to Mena exceed 1m tonnes, Welspun says

The total volume of tube and pipe exports from India to the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region is expected to have broken through the 1 million tonnes mark in 2012.

January 11, 2013
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Iran’s Chador Malu raises iron ore concentrate output 22%

Chador Malu, Iran’s largest iron ore miner, increased production of concentrate by 22% year-on-year in the first nine months of the Iranian year, from March 20 to December 20, 2012.

January 11, 2013
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Poland’s steel consumption ‘down 7% in 2012’, association predicts

Steel consumption in Poland in 2012 is likely to have fallen by 7%, although the decline is not as steep as in other countries across the EU, according to the Polish Steel Assn (HIPH).

January 11, 2013
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PRICING NOTICE: Proposal to discontinue aluminium extrusion and FRP margins, CPC prices

Fastmarkets proposes to discontinue seven price assessments, comprising aluminium extrusion and flat-rolled product conversion margins, plus calcined pet coke.

April 22, 2020

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MORNING VIEW: Metals weak in early trading but could benefit from pick-up seen in wider markets

Despite signs of the Covid-19 virus being brought more under control with daily death tolls in most major economies now in decline, the rebound in demand is slow and this seems to be weighing on metals prices this morning, Wednesday April 22.

April 22, 2020

By: William Adams

PRICING NOTICE: Proposal to amend specifications of Fastmarkets’ lithium battery-grade price assessments

Fastmarkets proposes amendments to the specifications of its price assessments for battery-grade lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide to better reflect emerging norms in battery-grade chemistry.

April 22, 2020

By: Carrie Shi

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