Russian-origin styrene butadiene rubber 1502 grade was seen being offered at prices similar to offers from mainland Europe this week eroding the Eur50-200 spread between product from the two sources through 2015, trade sources said. ...
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Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus has been terrorizing the pork industry for over 25 years, but the end may be in sight. Researchers and scientists from the University of Missouri, Kansas State University, and Genus ...
Atlantic metallurgical coal buyers and miners Friday were positive on the reported $81/mt hard coking coal benchmark, with new spot US offers looking to match or exceed this reference. Some buyers were bracing for a settlement closer to ...
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The NYMEX January natural gas futures contract settled at $1.990/MMBtu Friday, down 2.5 cents. A prompt-month contract has not settled lower since reaching $1.975/MMBtu on April 24, 2012. The fall in the January contract comes as the ...
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Crude futures fell Friday after the International Energy Agency said global oil markets will remain oversupplied at least through 2016. NYMEX January crude settled $1.14 lower at $35.62/b. ICE January Brent settled down $1.80 at $37.93/b. ...
Spurred by major and emerging markets, global photovoltaic (PV) demand has grown substantially this year. According to the latest Gold Member Report by EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce, installed capacity worldwide for 2015 is ...
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Juan M. Sevillano (L), managing director of the Figueres-based Dali foundation, and artist Leng Bingchuan talk during a dialogue at the Phoenix Center, Beijing, Dec 4, 2015. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The Dali foundation in ...
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Nobel physics laureate Shuji Nakamura recently said importance of Ultraviolet LEDs will grow as the next generation LED technology can also help prevent the spread of deadly diseases, and possibly eradicate them, according to a Korea Times ...
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Baskin-Robbins has added cookie sandwiches and cookie sundae options to its menu in time for the Australian summer. The ice cream retailer is offering a number of cookie flavours to choose from including macadamia, chocolate and double ...
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When emergency medical services respond to the scene of a serious accident, a few seconds can mean the difference between life and death. That's why the certified nonprofit organization Emergency Medical Network of Helicopter and Hospital ...
A rice field in Heilongjiang province. [Photo/Xinhua] The press conference for the grand cultural feature series, The Road of Rice, was held in Beijing on Dec 1. Two episodes of the documentary are expected to be finished before the 2016 ...
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The NYMEX January natural gas futures contract rebounded Monday from Friday's selloff to settle at $2.235/MMBtu, up 2.3 cents. The January contract dropped 8.7 cents Friday to settle at $2.212/MMBtu on the contract's first day in the ...
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Prices for hot-rolled and cold-rolled coil in the US are expected to bottom out by the end of the year, sources said Tuesday. Platts maintained its daily HRC and CRC assessments at $360-$370/st and $490-$500/st, respectively. Both prices ...
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Laba Festival is held on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month on the Chinese calendar. It is a festival that started as a sacrificial offering to ancestors. It is a traditional festival of China that is regarded as the preface of the Spring ...
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German automaker Daimler’s Trucks division is planning to invest $475m in the Detroit area for the development to diesel engines for medium duty trucks. The assembly will take place under the roof of the company's Redford plant that ...