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Japanese Electric Wire & Cable Makers’ Association announced fiscal 2014 copper electric wire shipment estimation in japan by around 130 members on 25th to keeps flat from fiscal 2013 estimation to 713,000 tons. Though there are minus factor including reaction caused by the rise in the consumption tax, they calculate it has a small effect, and expected to keep 700,000 tons level for the 2 straight year.

He said the fall of the PMI in December reflected the fall in market demand and a cautious attitude by enterprises toward the future market.

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) will hold a conference call on Thursday, January 9 beginning at 5:00 p.m.

The Economist Intelligence Unit has been fine-tuning its base-year estimates for global copper consumption in 2013 in line with the latest data published by the World Bureau of Metal Statistics (WBMS).

Peru’s energy and mining minister, Eleodoro Mayorga Alba, has repeatedly said the country’s total production will hit 2.8 million tonnes in 2016, up from 1.4 million tonnes in 2013

Major changes include stronger performance in industrial, automotive, and telecom/datacom equipment sectors. Automotive will have the strongest growth at +11.2% over 2013. Industrial and telecom/datacom will both produce +9.5% growth in 2014.

This research service provides a high-level analysis of the East African transmission and distribution (T&D) industry, focusing on the top 3 countries: Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. The base year for the study is 2013, and forecasts for the industry are provided from 2014 to 2019. The study provides insights into the current state of the T&D market in East Africa and identifies the key current and future projects. This study also discusses industry challenges, drivers, restraints, and offers a view on the investment climate within each of the 3 countries' T&D sectors.

The global solar market is shifting from Europe to Asia. China's newly installed solar capacity grew 232% year-on-year in 2013 to 12GW, whereasGermany's newly installed capacity fell 56.5% to 3.3GW and Italy's dropped 55% year-on-year to 1.6GW.