The Platts Australian alumina assessment fell 50 cents/mt from Friday to $315.50/mt FOB Monday, weighed down by supply overhang, tight cash flows and lack of buyers. Alumina bid/ask levels were around $310-312/mt against $316/mt FOB ...
Tags: alumina, Australian-origin cargoes
Northwest European methanol spot prices have fallen below Eur300/mt for the first time since October 2, 2012, under pressure from ample supplies in the market, according to sources. Platts assessed spot methanol at Eur299.50/mt ($411/mt) ...
Tags: Methanol, spot prices
Australian coal exploration company Stanmore Coal estimates that 40% of global seaborne-traded thermal coal production of roughly 800 million mt and 45% of internationally traded coking coal production of around 300 million mt is ...
Tags: coal exploration, thermal coal
Colombian coal exports in March fell to their lowest level in a year, at 3.331 million mt, down 18.1% from February, data from statistics agency DANE showed. The monthly export volume drop-off corresponded to a ban imposed in January on ...
Tags: Coal Exports, thermal coal
Ultra low sulfur diesel premiums in the northwest European CIF cargo market fell to $11.25/mt above May 0.1% ICE gasoil Futures Friday, their lowest since January 28 according to Platts data, after a sharp $3/mt fall in the cash premium ...
Tags: Diesel Cargo, low sulfur diesel
Indonesian thermal coal prices were stable to higher on Monday with very few deals reported as the market awaits direction from India after the end of its month-long elections later this week, sources said. "Prices have been more or less ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Indian demand
Diversified iron ore developer London Mining said Monday it produced 900,000 mt of iron ore from the Marampa operation in Sierra Leone in the first quarter, up 17% from Q4 2013, while it looked for a minority investor to help it cope with ...
Tags: Iron Ore, London Mining
European fuel-grade ethanol prices have become less vulnerable to near-term declines as future prices are now high enough to encourage sellers to hold on to stock rather than selling it promptly, according to trading sources. Wholesale ...
The spread between Asian paraxylene and benzene fell to its lowest in more than nine years on Thursday, where it was assessed at minus $104/mt, down $0.50/mt from the the day before, Platts data showed. The last time the spread was lower ...
Tags: Paraxylene, Benzene
The Singapore Exchange (SGX) will launch two coking coal swaps contracts in July settled against prices produced by The Steel Index (TSI), to capitalize on growing interest in steel raw materials derivatives, the exchange said in a ...
Tags: Coking Coal, coking coal futures
April coal exports out of the Richards Bay Coal Terminal fell 13% year on year and 21% on the month to 5.45 million mt, the 91 million mt/year South African facility said Tuesday. RBCT shipments at the end of April stood at an annualized ...
Tags: Coal Exports, coal
The May US mixed xylene contract price settled down 4 cents to $3.50/gal ($1,060.50/mt), industry sources said Tuesday. A lower settlement was anticipated by market participants due to quiet demand in downstream markets and from the Asian ...
Styrolution has nominated an increase of Eur30/mt ($42/mt) for its polystyrene contracts in May, the company said on its website Tuesday. The premium of its high impact polystyrene grade over general purpose grade was unchanged Eur105/mt. ...
Tags: Polystyrene, Styrolution
The US methanol spot assessment reached its lowest level in more than 14 months Monday, assessed at $1.30/gal ($432.90/mt) FOB US Gulf as buying interest was thin due to well-stocked inventories, sources said. Monday's assessment was down ...
Tags: Methanol, FOB US Gulf
Q4 2014 Central Appalachian rail (CSX) and Powder River Basin 8,800-Btu/lb coal time spreads saw action Thursday in the US over-the-counter market, pushing prices higher. In the PRB 8,800 market, the Q4 2014 physical price closed 30 ...
Tags: Coal Prices, physical price