Israel fears Egypt unrest will threaten gas supplies

AFP reported that Israel expressed concern that its natural gas supplies from Egypt could be threatened by the ongoing popular uprising to oust President Mr Hosni Mubarak.

A spokesman for Israel's national infrastructure minister Mr Uzi Landau told AFP that "We again realize that the

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Kochi port projects stalled by delayed Naval clearance

Even as the Cochin Port Trust is building world class terminals such as the ICTT at Vallarpadam and the LNG terminal, the bulk cargo handling facilities at the port remain inadequate.

The Port is, therefore, looking at various options to improve its cargo profile after the container

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US iron and steel scrap exports figures for September 2010

According to the US Geological Survey in Reston, following is a table detailing US iron and steel-scrap exports by country.


Item Sep '10 Sep '09 Change YTD '10 YTD '09 Change

Total 1,660 2,020 -17.8% 14,800 17,300 -14.5%

China 107 385 -72.2% 2,250 5,160 -56.4%

Turkey 546 309 76.7% 2,990 2,770 7.9%

South Korea 218 510 -57.3% 2,260 2,490 -9.2%

Taiwan 195 177 10.2% 1,950 1,490 30.9%

India 46 22 109.1% 670 1,300 -48.5%

Canada 131 91 44.0% 1,080 676 59.8%

Vietnam 117 85 37.6% 443 593 -25.3%

Mexico 32 92 -65.2% 500 482 3.7%

Malaysia 31 108 -71.3% 680 444 53.2%

Thailand 5 11 -54.5% 335 379 -11.6%

Egypt 114 79 44.3% 394 321 22.7%

Pakistan 8 9 -11.1% 124 252 -50.8%

Indonesia 45 51 -11.8% 266 187 42.2%

Greece 0 n/a n/a 61 184 -66.8%

Peru 32 62 -48.4% 218 94 131.9%

Bangladesh 4 7 -42.9% 24 82 -70.7%

Hong Kong 7 8 -12.5% 73 74 -1.4%

Switzerland 0 3 -100.0% 0 55 -100.0%

Italy 1 n/a n/a 118 48 145.8%

Japan 11 8 37.5% 157 43 265.1%

Spain 0 n/a n/a 14 31 -54.8%

Finland 0 n/a n/a 25 30 -16.7%

Portugal 0 n/a n/a 0 25 -100.0%

Singapore 1 4 -75.0% 5 12 -58.3%

Germany 1 n/a n/a 8 3 166.7%

Belgium 1 n/a n/a 4 2 100.0%


In '000 tonnes

(Sourced from www.bloomberg.net)

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Steel Strips bags major orders from Renault for Russia

Steel Strips Wheels has bagged an order to export 20,000 wheels per month to Renault, France.

The total supplies for next 5 year would be around 1.2 million wheels equivalent to around INR 190 crore

The order is for a new vehicle to be launched in Russia towards end on

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Wide steel plate price up in Chennai and Mumbai

PLTS
GR B
12-20x2.5


Location Change

Ahmedabad 453

Bangalore 0

Chennai 907

Delhi 0

Indore 0

Kanpur 0

Kolkata 0

Mumbai 453

Raipur 0

Rudrapur 0


Change is on 27th January as compared to 25th January 2011
Change is in INR per tonne

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