Fears of China moving to ban the import of lower grade coal have again resurfaced amid concern over the country's high pollution levels, with several market participants indicating that the government is seriously contemplating such a move ...
Southern Coal plans to produce an additional 900,000 st of steam and metallurgical coal this year from two surface mines in eastern Kentucky that have been reopened and/or expanded, according to a senior company official. The Beech Creek ...
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Two Indiana coal companies have received state regulatory approval for new or extended mining operations that could produce an additional several million short tons of high-sulfur steam coal annually for the US electric utility market, a ...
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India's coal imports via major ports across the country dropped 4% month on month in December, to around 12.2 million mt, data released late Tuesday by Indian ship broker Interocean showed. In November, imports totaled 12.7 million mt. ...
Mechel, one of the leading Russian mining and steel groups, has announced that in the third quarter this year its crude steel output decreased by 12 percent to 1.098 million mt, while its pig iron output declined by 11 percent to 913,000 ...
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China's top securities regulator said on Friday that it has approved iron ore futures trading on the Dalian Commodity Exchange. The approval came one week after the relaunch of treasury-bond futures on the China Financial Futures Exchange ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,16 commodities increased in prices, 26 fell and 58 remained unchanged on 05/09/2013.The largest rises were SBR (1.21%),Styrene (1.05%),LLDPE (0.80%),while the largest falls ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,18 commodities increased in prices, 24 fell and 58 remained unchanged on 27/08/2013.The largest rises were Soybean meal (4.75%),LPG (1.33%),Hydrochloric acid (0.77%),while ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,31 commodities increased in prices, 16 fell and 53 remained unchanged on 26/08/2013.The largest rises were Silver (5.07%),Natural rubber (2.18%),Soybean meal (1.03%),while ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,16 commodities increased in prices, 20 fell and 64 remained unchanged on 23/08/2013.The largest rises were Silver (1.62%),Ethylene oxide (1.41%),Copper (0.59%),while the ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,13 commodities increased in prices, 36 fell and 51 remained unchanged on 22/08/2013.The largest rises were Chloroform (3.21%),Acrylic acid (1.95%),Coke (0.62%),while the ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,15 commodities increased in prices, 29 fell and 56 remained unchanged on 20/08/2013.The largest rises were Dysprosium oxide (8.70%),Sulfur (3.58%),Soybean meal ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,25 commodities increased in prices, 16 fell and 59 remained unchanged on 19/08/2013.The largest rises were Hydrochloric acid (12.28%),Lead ingot (2.20%),Silver ...
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The Illinois Basin steam coal market continues to face domestic and international headwinds, as weak overseas prices and domestic electricity demand keep a cap on prices, sources said Friday. "The export market is really dropping off," ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,33 commodities increased in prices, 17 fell and 50 remained unchanged on 15/08/2013.The largest rises were Phenol (2.01%),Silver (1.74%),Stainless steel plate (1.33%),while ...
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