Chinese electrolytic manganese metal prices rose this week on tightening supplies in the market, sources said Thursday. Major electrolytic manganese metal producers in China have kept their run rates lower due to continued maintenance ...
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Libya's oil sector is showing tentative signs of recovery, with production now averaging around 300,000 b/d after the restart of the key Elephant field and with exports from the eastern ports of Marsa al-Hariga and Zueitina resuming after a ...
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European ethylene hit a 2014 high of Eur1,015/mt ($1375/mt) FD NWE Friday, up Eur45/mt on the week, Platts data showed, on the back of reduced availability and an increase in feedstock prices. Naphtha hit a 2014 high of $959/mt CIF NWE ...
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Southern Coal Corp is seeing an uptick in demand for high-quality steam coal this year, but the metallurgical side of its business continues to lag, which is why the company has temporarily idled its Tams No 1 mine in Raleigh County, West ...
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Warren Steel is asking Ohio regulators for an electricity rate discount the company says could allow it to attract "strategic partnerships" and reopen its Warren steelmaking plant that was shut in late March. Warren is the latest in a ...
Northwest European spot styrene values rallied $45/mt or 3% Wednesday morning in reaction to the fire that broke out at Ellba's styrene monomer/propylene oxide plant at Moerdijk, the Netherlands. Styrene end-users and consumers stepped ...
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South Sudan has received over $3.5 billion from the sale of crude oil between June 2013 and May 2014, the country's oil minister Stephen Dhieu Dau said in a statement made available to Platts in the capital Juba on Sunday. "As from June ...
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Crude production in Libya is facing further setbacks this week, as loadings out of the 110,000 b/d Marsa al-Hariga crude terminal in Eastern Libya have stuttered to a halt. Traders and shipping sources said that no there have been no ...
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The Angola LNG plant is expected to resume production in mid-2015 after a rupture on a pipeline forced it to shut down, a spokesman for Angola LNG said Wednesday. "Following investigation into the incident that took place at the plant in ...
The price spread in Asia between styrene monomer and its main feedstock benzene fell to a three-month low of $284/mt on Tuesday, as benzene supply has tightened while SM supply has increased, Platts data showed. The FOB Korea benzene ...
Japanese steelmaker Kobe Steel has announced its plans to reline blast furnace No. 3 at its Kakogawa works in western Japan. The company will shut down the blast furnace from the end of September 2016 for a 90-day period to undertake the ...
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The high speeds in warp knitting frequently require technical modifications to be made along the entire production chain – especially in warp preparation. Lace production is one example of this. KARL MAYER’s modern lace raschel ...
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Despite shutdown of nuclear power plants, Japan is not expected to raise its thermal coal imports significantly over the next five-seven years, as existing coal-fired power plants are running at high rates and new facilities are still on ...
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Malaysian biodiesel producer, AJ Oleo Industries, has restarted its 100,000 mt/year plant at Segamat in Johor state, CEO Kasim Nani said Monday. Recommissioned early last month, the plant will supply 3,000-4,000 mt/month of palm methyl ...
Ukraine has closed its anti-dumping investigation into imports of suspension PVC from the US without imposing any duties, the interagency commission for international trade said in a report published by the government's official Uriadoviy ...
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