All US ethanol regions on Monday were assessed within 10 cents of their previous assessment for the first time since March 11, as volatility that has plagued the market for two months softened. The front-month New York Harbor ethanol ...
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In a move to better serve its customers in North and Latin America, the global chemical company Oxea has started basic engineering for a 2-Ethylhexanol (2-EH) and a Propanol unit at its world-scale production plant at Bay City, Texas. Both ...
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March coal exports from Virginia's Hampton Roads region totaled 4.35 million st, up 1.4% from February but down 23.7% from the year-ago month, the Virginia Maritime Association said Monday. Neither the association nor the individual ...
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Global ports expect to see LNG account for 13% of the bunker fuel market supply come 2020 and 24% by 2025, according to a Lloyd's Register report Monday. Lloyd's global marketing manager Luis Benito shared the observations at a media ...
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The price of zinc could get up to $4,500/mt by the end of the decade as supply is outstripped by increasing demand, CRU analyst Helen O'Cleary said Monday. The analyst -- speaking at the Metal Events 6th International Zinc conference in ...
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Argentina exported 92,755 mt of biodiesel in February, a 106% jump from the same period in a year ago, according to Argentinian Biofuels Association, or CARBIO, data that Platts received Thursday. February fixture data indicated as much ...
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Colombian exports of ferronickel, a processed metal used in the manufacture of stainless steel, totaled 10,516 mt in February, up 46.3% from the 7,187 mt shipped in February 2013. The month's export volume, however, was down 18.1% from ...
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Steel production in the US Great Lakes region tumbled 6.8% last week after falling 9.8% the week before, the American Iron and Steel Institute reported Monday. The Great Lakes region produced 565,000 st of steel in the week ended ...
The global LNG market will remain tight through the end of the decade as growing demand in Asia, South America and Europe outpaces supply constrained by high costs and underdeveloped infrastructure, according to a study released Thursday by ...
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Japan's ethylene and ethylene derivatives exports in February fell 16.1% from a month earlier to 192,100 ethylene equivalent ton, or EET, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday. From a year earlier, the exports were ...
US over-the-counter thermal coal prices changed little Thursday, as competing natural gas futures got a boost from end-of-season gas storage stocks falling to 822 Bcf, a level not seen since 2003. The increased consumption of gas this ...
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From April 8-11, BASF will present new and efficient solutions for the hygiene industry at the INDEX 2014, the worldwide primary exhibition of nonwovens, at the Palexpo Exhibition & Congress Centre in Geneva, Switzerland. At the BASF booth ...
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BASF, the world's leading chemical company, and TODA KOGYO CORP., one of the industry leaders in the development and manufacture of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, have announced that they will enter exclusive negotiations to ...
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The volume of replacement lead batteries shipped in the North American market in February fell 13% from January, Battery Council International data showed Wednesday. A total of 8.533 million replacement batteries were shipped in February, ...
Miner BHP Billiton expects India to lead future demand growth for coking coal, as Chinese imports steady while global competition from suppliers in Australia, Russia and North America intensifies. The world's biggest seaborne coking coal ...
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