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The August US Paraxylene Contract Price Settled at 73.5 Cents/Lb

Aug 22, 2013

The August US paraxylene contract price settled at 73.5 cents/lb ($1,620.38/mt), an increase of 2.5 cents from July's contract price, sources said Tuesday. The settlement is in line with most market expectations for an increase, because ...

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China's Domestic Thermal Prices Are Bottoming Due to Increased Coal Demand & Transactions

Aug 22, 2013

China's domestic thermal prices are bottoming due to increased coal demand and transactions, while local producers like China Coal and Shenhua are not expected to cut production, an analysts' report from UOBKayHian said Tuesday. The ...

Tags: Thermal Coal Prices, coal demand

An Estimated 300 Metric Tons of Highly Radioactive Water Is Believed to Have Leaked

Aug 22, 2013

An estimated 300 metric tons of highly radioactive water is believed to have leaked from one of the hundreds of storage tanks at Japan's tsunami-crippled nuclear power plant, the operator said on Tuesday as it battled the latest toxic water ...

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It Was Assessed by SunSirs That in The Tracked 100 Spot Commodities

Aug 22, 2013

It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,15 commodities increased in prices, 29 fell and 56 remained unchanged on 20/08/2013.The largest rises were Dysprosium oxide (8.70%),Sulfur (3.58%),Soybean meal ...

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CGE Is Planning to List Some of Its Mining Assets Via a RTO of SGX-listed China Mining

Aug 22, 2013

China Geological Exploration Holdings (CGE) is planning to list some of its mining assets via a reverse take-over (RTO) of Singapore Exchange (SGX)-listed China Mining International (China Mining), the CGE said on Monday. The CGE is a ...

Tags: Geological Exploration, Mining Assets

ExxonMobil Was Heard Nominating Its September US Butadiene Contract Price at a Rollover

Aug 22, 2013

ExxonMobil was heard nominating its September US butadiene contract price at a rollover from August at 47 cents/lb ($1,036/mt), sources said Monday. ExxonMobil spokeswoman Margaret Ross declined comment on the nomination as it is ...

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It Was Assessed by SunSirs That in The Tracked 100 Spot Commodities

Aug 22, 2013

It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,25 commodities increased in prices, 16 fell and 59 remained unchanged on 19/08/2013.The largest rises were Hydrochloric acid (12.28%),Lead ingot (2.20%),Silver ...

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Sinopec Engineering Group Co Ltd Saw Annual Profit Growth of 10.8 Percent

Aug 22, 2013

Sinopec Engineering Group Co Ltd saw annual profit growth of 10.8 percent during the first half of the year to 2.21 billion yuan ($361 million), a statement from the company said. The group saw revenue of 19.65 billion yuan from January ...

Tags: Sinopec, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy

The UK's Oil and Gas Production Is Expected to Contract by up to 22% This Year

Aug 22, 2013

The UK's oil producers group Oil & Gas UK cut Wednesday its forecasts for oil and gas production this year amid signs that declining output from mature fields and outages in the North Sea continue to outpace the impact of new projects and ...

Tags: Oil, Gas, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy

DAK Americas Plans to Raise September Prices for All Grades of Polyethylene Terephthalate

Aug 21, 2013

DAK Americas plans to raise September prices for all grades of polyethylene terephthalate by 3 cents/lb, according to a letter sent to customers on Friday. "The announcement is necessary due to upward pressure on the price of raw ...

Tags: Chemical, polyethylene terephthalate

State's Support for New Environmental Initiatives Promotes Emerging Sectors

Aug 21, 2013

State's support for new environmental initiatives promotes emerging sectors China's investment in renewable energy will bring vast opportunities and challenges for the country's overall development, a senior official said at a recent ...

Tags: renewable energy, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy

Much of The Year-to-Date Increase in Gas Prices Was Erased

Aug 21, 2013

The recapture of power generation demand from coal and expectations for an early start to the US heating season could prompt a pre-winter rally for natural gas prices by October, BNP Paribas said Friday. Much of the year-to-date increase ...

Tags: Gas, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy

It Was Assessed by SunSirs That in The Tracked 100 Spot Commodities

Aug 19, 2013

It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,33 commodities increased in prices, 17 fell and 50 remained unchanged on 15/08/2013.The largest rises were Phenol (2.01%),Silver (1.74%),Stainless steel plate (1.33%),while ...

Tags: Spot Commodities

The CNOOC Gas Said Its First Floating LNG Project Has Gone Through Government Approval

Aug 19, 2013

The CNOOC Gas and Power Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC, China's largest offshore oil and gas producer, said Thursday that its first floating liquified natural gas (LNG) project has gone through government approval. The floating ...

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Chinese Electrolytic Manganese Spot Prices Climbed Further This Week

Aug 19, 2013

Chinese electrolytic manganese spot prices climbed further this week -- the second weekly price gain in a month -- as demand for the ferroalloy got a boost from strengthening steel market sentiment. Platts assessed the price of 99.7% ...

Tags: Buying Sentiment, electrolytic

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