It’s reported that Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless (NSSC), the largest stainless steel producer in Japan announced to hike its domestic prices for austenitic cold rolled coils (CRC) and plates by 15,000/ton for March contracts, due ...
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FOB prices for Australian 5,500 kcal/kg and 6,000 kcal/kg net-as-received spot cargoes came under intense pressure Thursday from a firmer freight market, lower Asian physical demand and weaker prices for domestic coal in China, market ...
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Cotton prices have increased significantly over the last eight months, a period when the harvesting is intensified and Brazilian cotton exports move up. The 2011/12 season (harvested in 2012) was the second highest in history, and ...
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It’s reported that Korean Posco Specialty Steel (Posco SS) announced to leave its domestic prices for its austenitic stainless wire rod and bar unchanged for March. Market insiders pointed out that the country’s demand for ...
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It’s reported that Chung Hung Steel, one of the major re-rollers in Taiwan announced to lift its domestic prices for hot rolled coils (HRC) by NT$1,000~NT$1,200/ton and cold rolled coils (CRC) by NT$1,000/ton for domestic sales in ...
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According to statistics released by Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF), Japan's shipments of cold rolled (CR) steel sheets and strips totaled 517,941 tons in January, rising by 4.4% from a month ago and increasing by 4% year on year. ...
Korean steel giant Posco announced to leave its domestic list prices for austenitic and ferritic stainless steel coils unchanged for March. Posco stated that it decided to roll over its stainless coil domestic prices for March due to ...
Tang Eng, one of the major stainless steel producers in Taiwan announced to lift the domestic stainless steel price by NT$150-1,500/ton for February. Tang Eng decided to lift the domestic prices of 304, 202 and 201 by ...
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Reportedly, Japanese JFE Steel planned to raise its domestic prices for construction steel products by 15,000 yuan/ton for April contracts. It's learned that the price rise will be mainly applied to the commodity grade plates, pipes and ...
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Domestic prices of Chinese herbal medicine have increased since 2009, which severely impacted foreign trade of Chinese herbal medicine. The export of Chinese herbal and Chinese herbal pieces is 200,000, by 31% year on year. The export ...
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The Japan government recently started its quantitative easing (QE) policies putting pressure on other Asia currencies. Taiwan's premier Sean Chen has urged Taiwan's central bank to adopt necessary measures to stabilize domestic prices and ...
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It's reported that Brazilian steelmakers' intention to hike domestic steel prices is being considered possible but is anticipated difficult and questionable. According to UK bank HSBC analyst Mr. Jonathan Brandit that there ...
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Korean Hyundai Steel planned to hike its domestic prices for rebar by KRW47,000/ton, effective from January 28th. After the adjustment, its prices for SD400 grade rebar with diameter of 10mm will be at KRW797,000/ton. Also, the company ...
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China's domestic toluene price has fallen 4.8% in seven trading days since hitting a peak of Yuan 10,375/mt on January 7, Platts data showed Wednesday. The price was heard at Yuan 9,900/mt, or $1,309.81/mt on an import parity basis ...
Taigang Stainless, the largest stainless steel producer in China announced to raise its domestic prices for stainless steel coils by RMB500/ton for February shipments. After the adjustment, the company’s ex-work prices for 304 grade ...
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