The North American chemical market is in the midst of a major regulatory shift. On Dec. 1, 2013, this transition has impacted more than 43 million employees in the United States, including chemical manufacturers, distributors, exporters and ...
Since the establishment of prerequisites for the import of steel products in Mexico, the Ministry of Economy (SE) has implemented a mechanism to prevent illegal trade practices that would severely affect the domestic steel industry. The ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy
Anonymous sources have confirmed to SteelOrbis that representatives of the US rebar industry filed a "critical circumstances" allegation late Wednesday in the ongoing AD/CVD investigation of rebar from Turkey. The allegation, which claims ...
Tags: US, rebar, US rebar industry, Turkish rebar, critical circumstances
US steel sheet prices are likely headed higher as mills appear to be maintaining tight discipline, market sources said Thursday. Platts maintained its hot-rolled coil assessment at $670-680/st and its cold-rolled coil assessment at ...
Tags: Steel Sheet, hot-rolled coil
China is extending an existing tax exemption on imported gas to new sources of foreign pipeline gas and imported LNG. The Ministry of Finance announced on Monday that the tax exemption will be granted to pipeline imports from Myanmar, ...
After a slow recovery period, Mexico's packaging machinery marketplace is coming back strong, according to PMMI's 2013 "Mexico Packaging Machinery Market Study," published in 2013. The study reviews current market data and interviews with ...
Tags: Packaging Machinery, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery
Australia’s impending free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea will not automatically translate to cheaper prices on imported cars, say the Southeast Asian country’s leading automotive importers. Prime Minister Tony Abbott ...
Tags: Car Prices, Hyundai
In October this year, South Korea's new car registrations increased by 11.7 percent month on month to 14,154 units, up 17.8 percent year on year, according to the data released by the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association ...
Tags: Car, Transportation
Australia's three surviving car makers have called for continued financial support, a reassessment of tariffs and trade agreements, and policy clarity in their submissions to the Federal Government's inquiry into the current state and the ...
Tags: Car Makers, Call for Support, Productivity Commission Submissions
Current-year corn-based ethanol RINs rose to a six-week high Monday amid steadily improving buying interest. Corn-based ethanol (D6) RINs were assessed 1.75 cents higher at $0.2975/RIN, the highest since October 21. Current-year ethanol ...
Tags: Ethanol RINs, Chemicals
With the aim of empowering the textile and clothing industry of Pakistan with more knowledge and enabling the entrepreneurs to make smarter choices in order to reap the benefits from the expected European Union (EU) Generalised System of ...
Tags: ITC, Pakistan, Textile&Clothing Sector
As the Rupp Report mentioned last week, the annual PCI Fibres Conference 2013 took place November 7-8, 2013, in Hong Kong. The event was an unlimited source of important information concerning the global fiber and textile industry. As ...
Tags: Yarn Dyeing, Textile
Mainfreight managing director Don Braid has travelled to Thailand with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and other NZ business mangers on a trade mission to Thailand. Mr Braid used this opportunity to announce Mainfreight’s ...
Tags: Mainfreight, open, office, Thailand, Big Ambitions
JF Hillebrand Group (JFHG), a global beverage logistics company, has purchased Satellite Logistics Group (SLG), a supply-chain solution provider for the beverage industry. Based in the US, SLG offers reverse logistics solutions and ...
Tags: JF Hillebrand, beverage
The current volatility of crude oil spreads like Brent/WTI and Brent/LLS are a sign that, when it comes to light, sweet crude in the US, refining capacity limits are being reached, Ed Morse, head of commodities research at Citigroup, said ...
Tags: Chemicals