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IDF looks to US firms to build APCs - Jerusalem Post

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:58 GMT

At the cutting edge of APC technology and claimed to be one-of-its-kind in the world by officers in the Ground Forces Command, the Namer is based on the Merkava MK4 Battle Tank and has the same high level of reinforced steel protection. Battalion 13 ...

Iran National Carpet Center to open permanent showroom in Moscow - Tehran Times

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:50 GMT

Iran National Carpet Center to open permanent showroom in Moscow
Tehran Times
Russia buys about 5 percent of Iran's exports, mainly foodstuffs, and supplies steel and nonferrous metals, wood and machinery to Iran, according to Russian ...

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Steel bends under slowdown pressure - Business Line

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:47 GMT

Steel bends under slowdown pressure
Business Line
Crude steel production in several developing economies such as Brazil and Russia registered huge falls in production by 46 and 31 per cent respectively. ...

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Jordan iron and steel imports decline by 5.6pct in Q1 - SteelGuru

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:54 GMT

Jordan iron and steel imports decline by 5.6pct in Q1
SteelGuru
The figures showed that the value of Jordan's imports of iron and steel in the first three months of this year stood at JOD 108 million. Russia, Ukraine and ...

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Putin puts Russia in the driver's seat - Globe and Mail

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:02 GMT

Globe and Mail

Putin puts Russia in the driver's seat
Globe and Mail
Mr. Weafer of Uralsib thinks Russia might invest in any Western industry in crisis, from steel to resources. “They see this crisis in Europe and it opens up ...

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Manager of Arcelor Mittal steel mill in Ukraine beaten in Kryvy ... - Kyiv Post

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:23 GMT

Manager of Arcelor Mittal steel mill in Ukraine beaten in Kryvy ...
Kyiv Post
Dnipropetrovsk, July 3 (Interfax) - A high-ranking manager of Arcelor Mittal Kryviy Rih, a metallurgical giant located in the Dnipropetrovsk region, ...

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Remembering Stalins victims annoys Russia?!?! - Politics.ie

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:06 GMT

Given that the majority of victims of both Stalin and the Nazis were Russian, why would Russia want to protest against remembering these regimes barbarity? Does the Kremlin still admire (and even respect) the "Man of Steel"? Countries with communist ...

Europe and Russia's Continental Rift - TIME

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:05 GMT

Europe and Russia's Continental Rift
TIME
Traditional industries such as steel are hurting badly. The decade-long consumer boom has turned into a slump as unemployment soars. ...

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Russia's corporate foreign debt grows in Q2 - guardian.co.uk

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:56 GMT

Russia's corporate foreign debt grows in Q2
guardian.co.uk
Russia's gas giant Gazprom and state-controlled Rosselkhozbank issued eurobonds while steel and coal producer Mechel and mobile network Mobile TeleSystems ...

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Jewish legend Victor Smorgon dies - The Australian

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:44 GMT

Brisbane Times

Jewish legend Victor Smorgon dies
The Australian
The shop prospered and the family broadened into steel, plastics, paper, property and forestry. Smorgon Consolidated Industries was best known in later ...
Industrialist Victor Smorgon dies at 96The Age

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Heading for a fall - CNBC European Business

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:51 GMT

CNBC European Business

Heading for a fall
CNBC European Business
Ukraine has been among the worst hit. Demand for its steel and agricultural products collapsed, driving GDP down 15%. Like other countries in the region, ...

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Industrialist Victor Smorgon dies at 96 - The Age

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:55 GMT

Industrialist Victor Smorgon dies at 96
The Age
That led to steel and Smorgon Steel became, for a time, Australia's largest producer. And so it went on with the result being Smorgon Consolidated ...

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Victor Smorgon dead at the age of 96 - Sydney Morning Herald

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:56 GMT

Brisbane Times

Victor Smorgon dead at the age of 96
Sydney Morning Herald
... meat exporting to plastics, glass, steel and recycling. Born into poverty in Heidelberg, Ukraine, in 1913, Mr Smorgon emigrated to Australia in 1927. ...
Victor Smorgon dies, aged 96Smart Company Blogs
Industry giant: Victor Smorgon dies, aged 96Melbourne Herald Sun
Statement from the Smorgon familyAustralian Jewish News
Australian Jewish News
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Ukraine hospitals survive on charity - BBC News

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:40 GMT

BBC News

Ukraine hospitals survive on charity
BBC News
Since summer 2008, demand for Ukraine's main export, steel, has dropped dramatically. The national currency, the hryvnia, has lost more than a third of its ...

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Wimbledon Slice, Day 10: Best against the best - Yahoo! Sports

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:34 GMT

Wimbledon Slice, Day 10: Best against the best
Yahoo! Sports
But with heavy downpours scheduled for finals weekend, the steel and glass contraption could yet have a part to play in the destiny of the tournament. ...

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Business Sense with John Dakin - Kyiv Post

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:30 GMT

Business Sense with John Dakin
Kyiv Post
Since steel accounted for roughly 40 percent of Ukraine's exports last year, the significant reduction in the receipt of hard currency reserves from its ...
Bribes and taxesKyiv Post

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Canada Stocks Fall as US Job Cuts Increase; Suncor, TD Drop - Bloomberg

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:09 GMT

Canada Stocks Fall as US Job Cuts Increase; Suncor, TD Drop
Bloomberg
Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. dropped 5 percent after steel prices fell last month. The Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index lost 75.17, or 0.7 percent, ...

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Demilitarized Palestinian State? - Five Towns Jewish Times Online

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:53 GMT

Demilitarized Palestinian State?
Five Towns Jewish Times Online
If pipes are manufactured in Tulkarm, Israel will not be able to start a war that can be justified in the eyes of the world if steel cutters turn the pipes ...

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What Happened To Russia's "Flying Car" Program? - io9

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:35 GMT

What Happened To Russia's "Flying Car" Program?
io9
The steel cords under great tension had to be stretched on the polls across all the country to support the high speed (up to 500 km/h - 300 mph) trains ...

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Mechel Announces Results of Its Annual General Shareholders' Meeting - StreetInsider.com

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:38 GMT

July 2, 2009 8:40 AM EDT MOSCOW, July 2, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL ), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces the results of its Annual General Shareholders&os; Meeting that was held on June 30, 2009. The ...