Japanese steel mills have finished their negotiation with Chinese buyers about the price of cold rolled non grain oriented steel (CRNGO), increasing by US$20~US$30/ton for January, 2014 shipment. However, the negotiated price of CRNGO has ...
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Helene Herman, director of global marketing for New York-based Lee Spring, which has a distribution center and sales offices in China, was one of more than 100 business and trade group representatives at a conference on the importance of ...
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Not many thermal coal buyers are looking to conclude deals for imported material this week with Chinese Lunar New Year holidays approaching, sources said Monday. "The delivery window before the Lunar New Year is closed," a source at a ...
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Driven by a virtuous cycle of falling prices, policy support and energy goals, the light-emitted diode’s share of the lighting market in China will nearly double from 9.6% to 18% in four years, forecasts Lux Research in its report ...
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Chinese demand for lower-to-medium grade Indonesian thermal coal was stable, with a few deals being reported on Monday as buyers look to take deliveries of the cargoes before the Lunar New Year holidays, sources said. Two Handymax cargoes ...
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China’s fast-growing market for LED lighting will more than double in value to be worth $7.4 billion in 2017, according a new market study. Analysts at Lux Research believe that a virtuous cycle of falling prices, policy support ...
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Twenty-five sessions and counting! That's how long the March contract has been confined to this extremely narrow range of just 212 points, closing no lower than 77.23 cents and no higher than 79.35 cents since October 31st. We probably ...
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Tethys Petroleum Limited ("Tethys" or "the Company") (TSX:TPL)(LSE:TPL) today gave an update on its operations in Kazakhstan. AKD08 ("Doto") The AKD08 ("Doto") exploration well has reached a total depth of 3,556 metres and electric logs ...
Asian spot butadiene prices have slumped 18-20% in November under selling pressure as buyers retreated amid ample supply. Key benchmark CFR China has fallen $360/mt or 20% since October 31 to be assessed at $1,400/mt Thursday. The FOB ...
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At least three Chinese companies are in the final stages of negotiations with three LPG producers in Iran for term supply deals for 2014, industry sources said Thursday. The deals would mark the first time buyers in China had secured LPG ...
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A higher-than-expected increase Wednesday in FOB prices at China's Qinhuangdao port for 5,500 kcal/kg NAR domestic thermal coal gave a lift to imported thermal coal prices which advanced to $79/mt basis South China ports, said market ...
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Chinese spot CIF import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode remained steady amid marginal sideways movements, industry sources said Wednesday Import premiums remained around $200/mt CIF China Wednesday, ...
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Weak commodity prices, a shifting investment environment, and problems with governments and workers prompt Chinese mining companies to slow their expansion abroad, reports Du Juan from Tianjin Chinese investors in overseas mining projects ...
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Spot prices for high carbon ferrochrome and charge chrome imported into China remained steady this week with trade activities remaining muted as buyers stayed on the sidelines ahead of the settlement of November bid prices by Chinese major ...
China's benzene imports surpassed 100,000 mt in September, more than doubling month on month to 128,344 mt, data released Tuesday by the General Administration of Customs showed. The figure was also up from 40,046 mt in September 2012. ...
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