The value of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened by 34 basis points to 6.1213 against the U.S. dollar in its central parity rate on Thursday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading System. In China's spot ...
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Stevia manufacturers are making moves to target the dairy sector, with global stevia producer PureCircle launching a product aimed specifically at this category. PureCircle is a leading global producer of “high-purity” stevia ...
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According to CEPEA/ESALQ, most companies continue to refrain from closing new cotton trades due to the nearness of Christmas vacation. Only a few players are operating in this end-of-the-year period in the Brazilian cotton market, it ...
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SEMI has reported the worldwide PV manufacturing equipment billings billings reached US$264 million in the third quarter of 2014, down 17% on quarter but up 36% on year. Worldwide PV manufacturing equipment bookings for the third quarter ...
The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) is actively procuring raw cotton from farmers at minimum support price (MSP) and it has procured approximately 13 lakh bales by November-end at various centres in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and ...
Tags: Raw Cotton, Cotton
Boeing claims to have completed the world’s first flight using ‘green diesel’, a sustainable biofuel that is widely available and used in ground transportation. The company powered its ecoDemonstrator 787 flight test ...
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The value of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened by 21 basis points to 6.1430 against the U.S. dollar in its central parity rate on Tuesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading System. In China's spot foreign ...
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Recent weakness in Brazilian ex-mill hydrous fuel ethanol prices finally led to more competitive retail prices in the key southeastern part of the country in the week ended October 25, National Petroleum Agency data showed Monday. ...
Weakening demand from cotton spinning mills in early October, led to cotton prices, resuming moving down in the Brazilian market. Spinners are offering lower prices than those quoted by sellers, for even high-quality cotton, while also ...
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Did Microchip Technology get ahead of itself last week by suggesting that its downward revenue forecast was a negative bellwether for the whole semiconductor market? Or is there a macro-economic weakness, foreshadowed by Microchip, that ...
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Following the first Pepro (Equalization Premium Paid to the Producer and/or Cooperative) auction which took place on September 25, stakeholders in the Brazilian cotton market are acting carefully in signing new trades. Brazilian cotton ...
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The Asian price spread between high density polyethylene and ethylene feedstock turned negative Thursday, September 25, falling to minus $5/mt from parity a day before, due to the bearish PE market amid continued firm ethylene, Platts data ...
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The SEMI book-to-bill was 1:04 in August, down from the 1.07 of July, the 1.10 of June and the 1.06 of March, but up from the 1.0 of May and the 1.03 of April. "The SEMI Book-to-Bill ratio has been at or above parity for 11 consecutive ...
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The Brazilian cotton trade has turned cautious in the just concluded fortnight, mainly from price volatility in Brazil, rise in global prices in early September and the dollar valuation against Brazilian currency real, which has also led to ...
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, the world's biggest thin-film solar module manufacturer and one of the largest developers of utility-scale solar projects worldwide (with a global project pipeline of more than 2500MW), has announced its ...
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