Ferromolybdenum prices struggled to keep pace with rising molybdenum oxide prices as the market remained cautiously optimistic, sources said Tuesday. Platts assessed its daily dealer molybdenum oxide price at $11.50-11.70/lb, up from ...
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China's domestic copper cathode output is expected to rise 5.6% year on year to 6.6 million mt in 2014, an analyst from state-owned nonferrous metals information division Beijing Antaike said Wednesday. In 2013, China's output stood ...
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US ethanol exports in January totaled 326 million liters (86 million gallons), the highest monthly volume since December 2011, according to US Census Bureau data released late Friday. Exports are up 36% month on month and up 33% from ...
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The US acrylonitrile export assessment rose $25/mt week over week Tuesday to a more than 11-month high of $1,940/mt FOB US Gulf Coast on continued tight supply. The assessment reached its highest level since March 5, 2013, when it was at ...
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Mild winter weather in Northwest Europe has boosted demand for ETBE -- a component used to make gasoline -- at a period when imports of the product into the region are seasonally low, supporting its premium over rival blending product MTBE, ...
Soybeans were steady to firm on late fund and technical buying. The near term supply remains tight and demand continues to look strong, especially from China, even if there is continued talk that they'll eventually cancel on some purchases. ...
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The gap between Kraft and Testliner prices had grown and hence a narrowing made sense. Foreign Kraft producers found the UK market increasingly attractive…which raised supply. There has been a further switch out of Kraft into the less ...
US ethylene dichloride prices were assessed Thursday at$325-335/mt FOB US Gulf,a spike of$30/mt week on week,amid tight availability,strong demand from Asia and an increase in feedstock costs,said sources. The price is at its highest ...
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Chinese consumers can expect higher dairy prices in December because of a shrinking supply of raw milk from the country's fragmented milk farms. Most domestic dairy companies put up prices last week, ranging from five to 20 percent. This ...
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The global long steel products market maintained its generally stable condition during the month of November on the back of stable ferrous scrap prices, according to the short-range outlook report issued by IREPAS, the global association of ...
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The US spot methanol assessment reached the highest level in more than five years Tuesday, assessed at $1.67/gal FOB US Gulf, with prices soaring 4 cents from Monday's assessment. Prices have remained at or near the highest levels in over ...
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China may raise the price of refined oil on Thursday, which would mark the seventh such increase within a year, industry analysts predicted. The upward adjustment of the refined oil price is predicted to be 100 yuan ($16) per ton, ...
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Prices for solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers have risen to US$0.94/wafer due to tight supply, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) has cited Taiwan-based maker Gigastorage as indicating. Gigastorage has received orders ...
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The 2014 Lexus GS has landed locally, with a new eight-speed automatic standard on all 3.5-litre petrol V6 models, active lane keeping assistance standard on all Sports Luxury grades, and a new four-cylinder hybrid GS300h specification ...
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Tight supply of PC DRAM chips is set to persist until the second quarter of 2014, which will sustain memory price stability, according to memory module firm Adata Technology. Adata added that the company expects to make gains in inventory ...
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