Japan's scrap aluminum prices have risen by 5-8% from a month ago due to tightening supply, local trade sources said Tuesday. Prices for telik, used by secondary aluminum alloy smelters, were heard in the range of Yen 135-140/kg ...
Tags: scrap aluminum, Metallurgy, Mineral
Green Energy Technology (GET), in view of tight supply of solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers arising from increasing demand in China, Japan and emerging markets, aims to increase ASPs by 3-5% in the fourth quarter of 2013, according ...
Tags: Silicon Wafer, Solar-Grade
Chicago Argo ethanol was assessed Monday at a two-week high of $2.07/gal amid stronger corn futures and tight ethanol supply, sources said. Specifically, the Chicago Argo ethanol assessment rose 1.5 cents from Friday to the highest level ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, tight ethanol, corn
Chinese oil companies are becoming more active in the international crude trading market, rather than just acquiring the fuel for domestic use. China's top oil refiner, Sinopec Group, has purchased crude from the Forties oil field, the ...
Tags: oil refiner, Sinopec
Spot prices of 98.5% 553-grade silicon metal in Asia rose further this week on tight supply and high demand as Chinese producers limit sales in anticipation of higher prices to come. The Chinese export price was assessed by Platts at ...
Tags: silicon metal, Mineral
The Western and Eastern European market is finding recycled containerboard in increasingly tight supply: The sun has been shining in much of Europe and demand is up…helping to bring the Eurozone out of a long recession. Testliner ...
The imports of Indonesian laterite via Ganyu Port in Lianyungang grew substantially. From January to August, the imports of Indonesian laterite via Ganyu Port hit more than 2 million tons. The imported laterite are mainly used as raw ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral
US spot mixed xylene was last assessed Friday at a five-month high of $4.25/gal ($1,296.85/mt) FOB US Gulf Coast after a trade was heard at that level for August, sources said. The spot assessment has not been this high since March 13, ...
Tags: Mixed Xylene, Chemicals
The estimated weekly production margin for a typical US Midwest dry-mill ethanol plant jumped 1.98 cents, or 3.39%, this week to a 15-week high of 60.43 cents/gal, according to a Platts estimate based on a Friday review of data. This was ...
Tags: Estimated Ethanol, Chemicals
It’s reported that Taigang Stainless, the largest stainless steel producer in China announced to hike its export prices for austenitic stainless steel coil by RMB180/ton, driven by higher domestic prices and improved demand. ...
ICE cotton futures shot up again this week with the spot December contract advancing 439 points to close at 93.32, highest since March this year. Monday’s supply & demand report by USDA projected a tight supply situation with the US ...
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It’s reported that Korean Dongkuk Steel announced to raise its rebar domestic sales prices by KRW20, 000/ton to reflect higher input costs, effective from August 19th. After the adjustment, its prices for SD400 rebar with ...
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It’s reported that Korean steelmaker Hyundai Steel announced to raise its rebar prices by KRW20,000/ton from August 14th, in order to reflect higher raw material costs, increase steel longs prices and tight supply. It’s ...
Tags: Hyundai Steel, Rebar Prices
Median home prices continued to rise in the majority of metropolitan areas in the second quarter, with the national year-over-year price showing the strongest gain in seven-and-a-half years, according to the latest quarterly report by the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Traders have remained rather indecisive, as they are torn between a tight supply situation nearby that justifies firm prices until new crop arrives and a potentially bearish outlook thereafter. As a result we have a market that is stuck ...