China's appetite for imported naphtha has grown since the start of the year on the back of strong demand from petrochemical producers, market sources and traders said this week Imports of the petrochemical feedstock over January-April ...
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Spot offers for Chinese electrolytic manganese metal, or EMM, on a FOB basis have halted the downward trend seen since March, market sources said Friday. Despite the prevailing weak overseas demand, sources said Chinese domestic prices ...
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Spot offers for Chinese electrolytic manganese metal, or EMM, on a FOB basis have halted the downward trend seen since March, market sources said Friday. Despite the prevailing weak overseas demand, sources said Chinese domestic prices ...
Tags: Ferrous Scrap, Ferrous
“All India kappas (raw cotton) arrivals have touched approximately 3 crore bales and CCI cotton procurement has crossed approximately 80 lakhs bales till now,” informs the fortnightly report of Indian Cotton Federation. It ...
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Falling LNG costs and rising domestic gas prices in China have made opportunistic purchases increasingly attractive for non-traditional LNG buyers, which are now putting pressure on state-owned terminal operators to gain access to their ...
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Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis inched up as the import-related loss has turned into a profit, while the import interest has generally stayed thin after the New Year ...
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The prices of both imported and domestically produced LPG rebounded in East and South China this week, after falling 21-34% over the previous five weeks, supported by increasing demand and improving sentiment, trade sources said Friday, ...
The government is likely to give the green light to some nuclear projects this year, with the Hongyan River nuclear plant likely being the first to get approval, according to officials. Several other new nuclear projects are also in the ...
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A combination of low inventories and refinery maintenance could be spurring some Chinese state-owned companies to seek gasoil imports for the fourth quarter, sources said this week. Though market sources said that state-owned trader ...
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US tubular prices appear to be settling across the board concurrent with moderating skelp prices and demand, market sources said Monday. "Prices have firmed, but some more than others," one oil country tubular goods trader said. ...
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Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis generally remained steady but displayed signs of slipping amid persistent weakness in the physical buying interest, market sources said ...
Both imported and domestically produced LPG prices drifted lower in South and East China this week, mainly weighed down by the bearish market outlook, trade sources said Friday. Asian LPG prices slid to near 28-month lows Thursday, ...
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The Asian price spread between high density polyethylene and ethylene feedstock turned negative Thursday, September 25, falling to minus $5/mt from parity a day before, due to the bearish PE market amid continued firm ethylene, Platts data ...
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Weak demand saw China's imports of toluene plunged to a near six-year low in August, with market sources expecting the bearish sentiment to prolong for the foreseeable future. China's toluene imports in August fell 73% from the previous ...
Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis remained steady for the fourth consecutive week amid thin trade, market sources said Wednesday. Sources said physical buying interest ...
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