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China exported 2.7 million tons of manufactured steel products to Latin America between January-November 2012

Santiago of Chile, January 07, 2013. Latin America represented 10% of the exports of manufactured iron and steel products (chapter 73) from China to the world between January and November 2012, reaching 2.7 million tons, 8% more than in the same period of 2011. Between January-November 2012, the main importing countries of manufactured iron and …

AISI DISAPPOINTED AT ADMINISTRATION’S FAILURE TO NAME CHINA A CURRENCY MANIPULATOR

On November 28th 2012, AISI President and CEO, Thomas J. Gibson, issued the following statement in reaction to the Administration’s decision not to name China a currency manipulator in the Treasury Department’s semiannual report: “We are extremely disappointed that once again the Administration decided not to name China a currency manipulator in the Treasury Department’s …

China Playing a Major Role in Global Silver Market – New Silver Institute Report Explores Dramatic Changes in Last Decade

(Washington, D.C. – December 13, 2012) China’s role in the global silver market has dramatically changed over the past decade. Once a small player in the global market, China today is the world’s leading market for both physical investment and paper trading of silver futures and other similar products, and is the second largest silver …

Pragmatism, not pushiness—China adopts low-key approach to secure economic interests in the Arctic, says SIPRI

(Stockholm, 27 November 2012) Aware of the suspicions some countries have about its intentions in the Arctic, China is adopting a deliberately low-key public stance that avoids talk about minerals, oil and gas and focuses on climate change and shipping routes. Nevertheless, China is determined not to be sidelined in decisions that it believes will …

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Gold – the Hot Commodity of 2012 and 500 B.C.

With Interest in the Precious Metal High, Art Expert Examines Its Past If ever gold was precious, it’s now. “Gold has remained at or near record high prices, even while the value of other commodities falls,” notes art expert Terry Stanfill, author of Realms of Gold: Ritual to Romance (realmsofgoldthenovel.blogspot.com), a book that blends factual ancient …