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After February’s sales had slid due to the Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday break, sales of heavy-duty trucks in China from makers direct to dealers including for export closed the first quarter on a bright note in March, with volume that month surpassing 130,000 units, higher by nearly 17% on
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have launched another wave of its retaliation campaign 'Operation True Promise 4', targeting U.S.-linked steel and aluminum facilities in the Middle East region, according to an IRGC statement released on April 2.
The prospect for China's metallurgical coke market in April turns optimistic, with potential supply disruptions offering new support after a short-lived pessimism developed due to steelmakers' boycott of higher coke prices, Mysteel predicts in its latest monthly report.
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