Spot market prices for polysilicon have risen to US$20/kg currently and some China-based makers, in view of strong demand in the China market, plan to further hike quotes by 10% to US$22/kg after the Lunar New Year (January 31), according ...
Tags: China polysilicon, Strong demand
Taiwan-based makers plan to hike quotes for polycrystalline silicon solar cells with energy conversion rates over 17.4% to US$0.41-0.45/W in February 2014 to reflect increases in the cost of solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers, ...
Tags: Solar Cell, PV Module
Quotes for a solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer have risen from US$1 in December 2013 to US$1.05 currently, and are expected to rise to US$1.08 in February and further to US$1.10 in March, according to chairman Guo Yan-ting of ...
Tags: Solar-Grade, Silicon Wafers
While the Japanese government struck a more upbeat chord in its January economic report, measures of consumer confidence paint a grimmer picture of things further on, as a tax hike in April threatens to put the breaks on household spending. ...
Tags: economic report, Japan's Economy
Taiwan-based makers have hiked quotes for high energy conversion rate solar-grade wafers to about US$1 per wafer due to tight supplies, according to industry sources. Prices for a high-efficiency solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer ...
Tags: Silicon Wafer, Lighting, Solar-grade
Geologic time is shorthand for slow-paced. But new measurements from steep mountaintops in New Zealand show that rock can transform into soil more than twice as fast as previously believed possible. The findings were published Jan. 16 in ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
East African Portland Cement Company (EAPCC), Kenya s third largest producer, is planning to install a new clinker line and mill to lift capacity by 2016, the company s CEO has said. EAPCC, in which Lafarge and Bamburi Cement have a 41 ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Cement
US PVC maker Axiall will raise its suspension grade PVC prices on February 1 by 3 cents/lb, or as contracts allow, the company said Friday in a letter to customers. The increase follows a similar announcement from December 3, when the ...
Tags: PVC Prices, PVC Maker
Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless (NSSC), the largest stainless steel producer in Japan announced to hike its prices for stainless cold rolled coils (CRC) and plates for January contracts, in order to reflect higher raw material costs. The ...
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The Brazilian steel mills including Usiminas, Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) and ArcelorMittal have planned to raise the prices for flat-rolled steel products by 6%~7.5% averagely. It’s said that Usiminas hiked prices by ...
Tags: Brazilian steel mills, raise the prices, flat-rolled steel products
Anticipation of higher earnings in fiscal 2014 is buoying Japanese electronics stocks, with Hitachi, Panasonic, and many others outstripping their own 2013 market performance in the new year. On Wednesday, 178 issues on the Tokyo Stock ...
Blue Shield Life and Health is imposing an unreasonable rate increase on over 80,000 Californians with individual health insurance policies, an average of 9.8% that adds up to a 22.8% increase for the year. California Insurance Commissioner ...
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A selection of health policy stories from California, Florida and Minnesota. Los Angeles Times: Blue Shield Of California Rate Hike Is Excessive, Regulator Says California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones criticized Blue Shield of ...
Sysco, one of the major coating steel mills in Taiwan, said the company's orders has been full booked until the end of February, 2014 and the company's current monthly production quantity which included galvanized, galvalume and pre-painted ...
Tags: Steel, Steel News, Taiwanese Sysco
It’s reported that the Indian steelmaker, Steel authority of India Limited (SAIL) announced to hike prices for both flat and long steel products by US$8~US$11/for January sales and shipments as they see the improved market situation ...
Tags: Steel, Steel Prices, Indian Sail