After six consecutive quarters of decline, GDP in the Eurozone increased by 0.3% in Q2 2013. Economic activity is projected to expand further over the forecast horizon (+0.1% in Q3, +0.3% in Q4 2013 and +0.4% in Q1 2014) mainly on the back ...
Oil futures traded sharply lower during Monday’s Asian session after a critical economic data point out of China surprised to the downside. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for November delivery slid ...
Tags: Oil Futures, Mineral
Oil prices dropped Monday as investors paid close attention to speeches from Federal Reserve officials for clues on monetary policies. New York Fed President William Dudley on Monday defended the Fed's decision not to trim its massive ...
Tags: Oil Prices, Fed Tapering Fears
U.S. oil prices declined Friday, continuing to pull back from a mid-week rally sparked by the Federal Reserve's surprise decision to continue its easy money policies, while concerns over Middle East supply disruptions continued to fade ...
Tags: Oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The slide in LPG prices over the past four days on abundant supply and an Asian demand pause has sent physical values to six-week lows and flipped the paper market to the steepest contango structure since early July 2012, market sources ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The Asian naphtha market may firm going into the last two months of this year on curtailed arbitrage flows which will likely tighten supply balances and year-end demand mopping up excess naphtha supply from the higher arbitrage arrivals in ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Philips Hue, has been installed at the Photon Project’s Photon Pod at the London Design Festival. The all-glass pod is a prototype for the Photon Project that will collect invaluable data and insights on the links between light, and ...
The first proposal for the World's Largest Lava Lamp was submitted in 2001 by a man with a large idea by the name of Brent Blake. In hopes of building the world's largest Lava Lamp in his home town of Soap Lake, Washington. The lava lamp's ...
Relative strength in premiums for the sour Middle Eastern crude market seen in recent days showed continued upward momentum Wednesday, as Asian refiners look to cover winter requirements and Chinese buyers look to re-stock, trading sources ...
Tags: Premiums, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Oil prices gained Wednesday as U. S. crude inventories decreased last week. Energy Information Administration said Wednesday crude supplies shrank 200,000 barrels to 360 million barrels for the week ending Sept 6. Gasoline supplies rose ...
Tags: Oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
INDA's FILTRATION? International Conference and Exposition is returning to Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois, November 12-14, 2013, and promises to be the most important three days on the 2013 calendar for the filtration industry. Over 130 ...
Tags: Textile
ICE October Brent dipped to its lowest level in a week then settled $2.40 lower at $113.72/barrel Monday, while NYMEX crude also fell as uncertainty over a potential US strike against Syria remained. In after-hours trade, October Brent ...
Tags: Chemicals
European light ends outright values reached six-month highs, tracking rising crude values, as prices soared amidst growing tensions in Syria. "It's rallying with the crude," said one source, referring to the strengthening of the Northwest ...
Tags: oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The Asian toluene market led a price surge in most Asian aromatic products early Wednesday, driven by crude oil futures rising on geopolitical tensions in Syria. Front-month ICE Brent crude futures hit a six-month high Wednesday, with ...
U.S. oil prices dropped Monday after July durable goods orders came in weaker than expected. New orders for manufactured durable goods in July tumbled 7.3 percent from the previous month following three consecutive monthly increases, ...
Tags: Oil Prices, Durable Goods Data