Daily Archives: 17 July, 2010

Rays of recovery..

… or rays of illusion? to have a clearer picture of the situation, reports of such should come with breakdown of:1) empty containers being imported / exported2) laden containers being imported / exported3) transshipment containers – laden and empty 2009 was a period where there …

CPC Corporation to set up oil shipping venture

Reuters reported that Taiwan’s CPC Corporation will join private firms U Ming Marine and Chinese Maritime Transport to set up an oil shipping venture with a total investment of TWD 29.7 billion. State owned CPC said in a statement that it will have 48% of …

Macroeconomic indicators – Asia has emerged as a global powerhouse – IMF MD

The International Monetary Fund said that Asia has emerged as a global powerhouse in the process of recovering from the worldwide economic crisis, and its economic performance will likely continue to grow down the road. Mr Dominique Strauss Kahn MD of IMF said that “Asia …

Top 5 steel companies in 2009

The World Steel Association has published the 2010 edition of World Steel in Figures. The largest five steel producing worldsteel member companies in 2009 were: Rank Country Volume Share 1 ArcelorMittal 77.5 6.3% 2 Baosteel 31.3 2.6% 3 POSCO 31.1 2.5% 4 Nippon Steel 26.5 …

Top 5 crude steel producing countries in 2009

The World Steel Association has published the 2010 edition of World Steel in Figures. In 2009 the five major steel producing countries were Rank Country Volume Share 1 China 567.8 46.3% 2 Japan 87.5 7.1% 3 India 62.8 5.1% 4 Russia 60.0 4.9% 5 United …