Quotes for a solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer have risen from US$1 in December 2013 to US$1.05 currently, and are expected to rise to US$1.08 in February and further to US$1.10 in March, according to chairman Guo Yan-ting of ...
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European butadiene buying interest for February loading material has climbed to $1,300/mt FOB Rotterdam on the back of firm demand for exports to the US, market sources said. Reflecting this, Platts assessed butadiene at $1,287/mt FOB ...
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. reported Wednesday an adjusted loss per share of $(0.18) and a loss per share of $(0.23) for its fiscal 2014 first quarter ended November 30, 2013. Adjusted results for the first quarter exclude a $2 ...
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The chair of Manitoba Pork Council says 2014 is shaping up to be a much better year for pork producers than 2013. As the result of disappointing grain production in 2012 due to drought pork producers saw grain prices double heading into ...
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Forepi’s LED business hit rock bottom in 2013, said Jian Fengren, Chairman of Taiwanese LED chip manufacturer Forepi. However, the company will benefit from the gradual development of flip chip, HV LED, and package free products in ...
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The program uses the direct costs and yields from the 2014 projected crop budgets for nine regions of North Dakota. The program provides a tool for producers to check the changing scenarios until final planting decisions are made this ...
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Preliminary research from Purdue found that on average, farms could spend an additional $7.50 for polled genetics and break even with the average costs of dehorning. At the annual meeting of the American Dairy Science Association this ...
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However, producers may want to be more aggressive than normal in forward-pricing crops that provide acceptable profit. Projected crop budgets generally show some return to labor and management for 2014, although the price of most crops ...
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Taiwan's CPC will likely sell 10,000-30,000 mt of isomer-grade mixed xylenes in 2014, as it runs one paraxylene units every other month and keeps the other two PX units shut due to thin margins, a market source said Monday. CPC has been ...
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Tesco meat packer Hilton Food Group has reported "good progress" in a number of its western European markets for the past quarter (third quarter) to November 5. Declines in meat sales were driven by horsegate The Huntingdon-based ...
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Germany-based steelmaker ThyssenKrupp has announced its financial results for the financial year 2012-13, stating that it is planning a capital increase of up to 10 percent, raising €1 billion, as the sale of its US steel mill has now ...
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The Asian paraxylene/naphtha spread slumped to 28-month low of $440.38/mt on Friday, down $14.62/mt from the previous day, with the regional PX market hit by rising supplies. The CFR Taiwan/China PX price benchmark inched down $0.50/mt ...
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CRAiLAR Technologies Inc., which produces and markets CRAiLAR Flax fiber The Friendliest Fiber On The Planet, announced today it has finalized the purchase of a European based fiber processing company with more than 40 years of experience ...
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The DuPont Co. said strong demand for agricultural products in Latin America offset weak pricing for a key industrial pigment in contributing to an increase in third-quarter earnings. The Wilmington chemical company reported net income of ...
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Global steelmakers, metallurgical coal miners and merchant coke producers are feeling the heat thanks to sluggish steel and coal prices coupled with the prospect of higher energy costs in the US due to regulation, participants said Tuesday ...
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