Ethanol production in Germany rose 9.6% in 2013 to 672,028 mt (852,000 cu m or 225 million gallons), reaching the highest level since records began in 2007, German ethanol industry association BDBe said Thursday. Nearly 40% or 267,074 mt ...
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National Beef Packing Company announced today that they will be closing their beef processing facility in Brawley, California in early April. The closure is the result of tight margins due to declining cattle numbers. The plant employs ...
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China's apparent demand for gas in December rose 14.1% year on year to a record high of 16.26 billion cu m, according to Platts calculations of recently released government data. China does not release consumption data on gas. Platts ...
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Nam Cheong makes strong start in new year with contract win for five Vessels worth us$70 million Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 Nam Cheong Limited ("Nam Cheong", or together with its subsidiaries, the "Group"), a leading global offshore marine ...
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Conway propane continued to slide on Tuesday morning as the market corrects from all-time high levels, sources said. Conway propane was heard trading at $2.25/gal, which was 65 cents lower from Monday's assessment. "I think we had a tad ...
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In the backdrop of a weak economic scenario in Europe, German menswear fashion company Ahelrs AG has posted lower-than-expected preliminary unaudited sales and profit numbers for full year 2012-13. The company, which is one of the ...
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Spot January propane was trading at $3.95/gal early Monday at the Conway, Kansas, NGL trading hub, some 6 cents lower than Friday's assessment. Conway propane was assessed nearly $1/gal lower than on Thursday on Friday at $4.01/gal as ...
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New numbers on smartphones suggest they’ve notched a significant milestone. The global market topped 1 billion shipments for the first time in 2013, covering about one-seventh of the world’s population, according to research by ...
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All-Flo Pump Company is launching a new line of air operated diaphragm pumps. For use in a wide variety of chemical and fluid transfer applications, the new air operated diaphragm pump line offers an extended set of improved features over ...
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China saw a rise in crude oil imports from Kazakhstan last year via a transnational pipeline to Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Oil imports hit a record high of 11.85 million tons in 2013 through the China-Kazakhstan ...
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Microsoft soared to record revenues in the last quarter the company said Thursday, confounding Wall Street forecasts on the back of strong demand for Xbox consoles, Surface tablets and Internet "cloud" services. The US-based technology ...
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TransCore says its Canadian freight volumes showed "stellar" results in December, establishing a new record high for December load volumes. With two fewer shipping days than November, December's load volumes were up 11% month-over-month, ...
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A combination of long-term feed price movement and recent stormy winter weather have combined to ignite record-high cattle and beef prices, and between those factors, a lag in cow slaughter and a strong export market have the market on ...
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Judge Rejects Legal Challenge Against Health Insurance Subsidies A legal challenge against health care insurance subsidies for ...
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According to related statistics from the Taiwan Industrial Fasteners Institute, Taiwan's total screw exports in 2013 hit a record high of 1.4594 million tons, up by 5.78% from a year earlier. Taiwan’s export of screw reached over than ...
Tags: Screw, Export, Fasteners Institute