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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The unveiling of final renewable fuel requirements for US refiners ignited a rally in gasoline futures Tuesday, helping support the rest of the oil complex. The front-month gasoline crack, basis ICE Brent, reached $13.61/b Tuesday, its ...
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California is on the verge of becoming the largest market for zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) in the United States, steered by the state's increasingly stringent ZEV mandate. The directive lends a holistic perspective to the adoption of ...
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When Congress announced the US Renewable Fuel Standard a decade ago the aim was to combat the growing need for foreign oil as well as increase the production and promotion of clean, renewable biofuels. As 2016 approaches, and the ...
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Bowie Resource Partners will become the US' largest Western bituminous coal producer following a deal with Peabody Energy, according to the company. The Louisville, Kentucky-based company expects the $358 million acquisition to nearly ...
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LED manufacturers had an especially tough year in 2015. Despite rising LED lighting market demands, and large scale replacements of traditional luminaires, the oversupply situation in the market has caused average sales price (ASP) of LEDs ...
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The market for wearables has maintained a certain growth level in recent years, though device vendors have not experienced a boom in demand as they would hope. The total wearable device shipments in 2015 are estimated at 68.1 million units, ...
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The global xEVs (x-electric vehicles) market has performed impressively this year mainly because of the Chinese market, which has expanded due to strong government support. EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce, estimates that xEV sales in ...
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European Union regulators have concluded that the widely used herbicide glyphosate is unlikely to cause cancer, a ruling that runs counter to a controversial assessment issued recently by an arm of the World Health Organization. The ...
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Through devices such as smart thermostats that allow users to remotely control household temperatures or LED lights that can be switched on and off from a smartphone, the much-hyped IoT concept has arrived in the residential setting. Major ...
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China's crude stocks continued to grow for the fifth straight month in October, despite a month-on-month drop in net imports, output and slight rise in throughput, Platts calculations based on recently released official data showed. Crude ...
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Opple Lighting, which is in the process of applying IPOs in China, has seen its revenues reach RMB 3.9 billion (US $630 million) in 2014, according to a report by Chinese-language media The Time Weekly. The lighting industry is entering a ...
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German lighting giant Osram announced it will be spinning off its general lighting business including general LED lighting into an independent company. Osram Lamp According to the company statement: “This business includes the ...
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According to the data compiled by NPD, U.S. watch sales fell to a seven-year low in June 2015. Retailers sold $375 million timepieces during June, 11% less than one year ago. It is the worst decline since 2008, unit sales dropped 14 %. ...
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According to the latest report by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, the global average price of 40W LED replacement light bulbs rose 2.8% monthly to US$11.1 in October, while the 60W replacement bulbs rose 3.5% to US$15. LEDinside ...
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