He says the "rig count" in the natural gas market - an indicator of production - supports a possible price rise, but warns inventories are high and demand weak.

他表示，天然气市场的“钻井设备数量”(一种产量指标)支持价格上涨的可能性，但警告称库存依然高企而需求疲弱。

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But Mr Martins shows few signs of worry. He says that the growth in demand for iron ore in China - a good indicator of steel production - is slowing down.

但马丁斯没有表露出担忧情绪。他表示，作为一个能够较好预示钢铁产量的指标，中国的铁矿石需求增幅正在放缓。

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The quality indicator of synthetic diamond obtained by adopting the purification process can reach grade demand.

采用该提纯工艺得到的金刚石品质指标完全达到品级要求。

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But if commodity demand is any indicator, the China dragon is still hungry for raw materials.

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The growing Chinese demand is an indicator of where mobile phone manufacturers such as Apple, Samsung, Nokia, Research in Motion and others will be seeing most of their sales growth in the coming years.

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Significantly, non-food manufactured products inflation, an indicator of demand side pressure, rose sharply from 4.8% in January to 6% in February and continues to stay well above its medium-term trend.

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