As we enter a new year,we are confronted with one of the more bizarre and enigmatic cotton situations in recent memory.What makes price analysis currently so difficult is that we are essentially dealing with two entirely different ...
Tags: cotton situation, 2013, Chinese, yarn
Prices of hot rolled steel coils for January shipment rose further in the Asian region.The Japanese mills are predicted to raise their prices in negotiations on HR coils for February shipment as well taking an advantage of such ...
UAE market seems to has become averse to new bookings of HRC. Apart from slow demand aggressive offers by Chinese mills has stalled aspirations of Japanese and Korean mills. It is learnt that Japanese mills off late are reluctant to give ...
Tags: UAE market, new bookings, HRC, mills
Negotiations on electro-galvanized steel sheets for Asia have started for shipment of February next year. The Japanese mills seem to have mostly offered USD 30 increase. It is said that Korea's POSCO reduced its prices to USD 730 to 750 ...
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TEX reported that prices of hot rolled steel coils for January shipment rose further in the Asian region.The Japanese mills are predicted to raise their prices in negotiations on HR coils for February shipment as well taking an advantage of ...
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Reuters reported that spot iron ore was unchanged on December 18th Tuesday, holding at a more than 5 month high that was hit after a two week rally, although a slowdown in steel price gains this week in top consumer China may prompt buyers ...
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Plexus Cotton Limited reported that New York (NY) futures rebounded this week, as March gained 190 points to close at 72.24 cents. With crops in the Northern Hemisphere coming off the field at a rapid pace and with the USDA issuing yet ...
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During the SteelOrbis fall 2012 conference&67th IREPAS meeting held in Munich on September 30-October 2,Peter Marcus from World Steel Dynamics(WSD)has assessed the current situation in the world steel industry and provided an outlook for ...
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According to information obtained by a source, China's export quantity of steel products (steel ingots and semi finished products excluded) in November was 5,130 thousand tonnes up 6.0% from the previous month and up 34.3% from the same ...
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There is no sign of progress even till mid-December in negotiations on steel plates for shipbuilding for Korea for shipment of this quarter (October to December), and if this goes on, negotiations are likely to see the old year out. ...
Tags: shipbuilding, steel plates, no sign of progress, target prices, Iron, Steel
Reuters reported that Shanghai steel futures jumped 1.6% on Monday, snapping a week-long fall, following more evidence that China's economy is on the mend, although demand for raw material iron ore is likely to stay subdued along with ...
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According to media report that Chinese state-run Anshan Iron & Steel Group (Ansteel), the second largest steel maker in Mainland China has notified price increase of hot-rolled steel coils (HRC) by US$21/ton and US$11/ton for its ...
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It is reported that Asian steel mills are in negotiations with the buyers for shipment next year. The major contracted prices are reportedly to be at the level of US$ 540/ton CFR. The Japanese mills have not completed al ...
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United Kingdom-based fashion retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S), in reponse to environmental watchdog group Greenpeace's Detox campaign to stop chemical pollution of the Earth's waters, has committed to eliminating by 2020 toxic chemical ...
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New Zealand's timber exports are expected to reach a record high this year, largely due to demand from China, according to a recent report by Wood Resource Quarterly. In the first eight months of this year export volumes were 25% higher ...
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