The changing political situations in the Middle East are focusing attention on possibly significant increases in energy production, but countries that could produce that energy still face significant hurdles, according to a panel of Middle ...
Tags: energy production, Mineral
Several US ferrosilicon market participants believe the preliminary determination giving a 0% margin on imports of Russian ferrosilicon and a 27.27% margin for imports of Venezuelan material, announced Wednesday, could have a near-term ...
Tags: Ferrosilicon, Antidumping Finding
Bitcoin exchange MtGox faced massive hacker offensives last month, coming under some 150,000 DDoS attacks per second for several days ahead of its spectacular failure, a report said Sunday. The Tokyo-based exchange, which filed for ...
Tags: Bitcoin, Consumer Electronics
The data breach at Target Corp. that exposed millions of credit card numbers has focused attention on the patchwork of state consumer notification laws in the U.S. and renewed a push for a single national standard. Most U.S. states have ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics
Secretive Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto is a 64-year-old man living near Los Angeles who has declined to talk about his role in the digital currency, according to a report from Newsweek.? Newsweek found Nakamoto, the alleged Bitcoin ...
Tags: Bitcoin, Computer Products
Last month, a China’s official announced that the government has set the PV system installation target of 14GW in 2014, including 8GW of distributed generation (DG) PV system. However, the second target may be lower by at least 2GW to ...
Tags: PV System, PV Industry
Mediterranean ultra low sulfur diesel cargoes are trading $10.25/mt above the Northwest European cargoes, the widest spread between the two regions since January 17 on tight prompt supply in the Med. The Med cargo cash premium to the ...
Tags: Diesel Cargoes, low sulfur diesel
Dorel Industries reported that its Recreational/Leisure Segment lost $5.4 million after mostly non-cash restructuring charges that reduced its overall earnings by about half. Dorel warned investors in early February that continued ...
Tags: Dorel Industries, Sporting Goods
In the first two months of the current year, Turkey's steel exports totaled 3.07 million mt, down four percent year on year, while the value of these exports decreased by 2.7 percent year on year to $2.3 billion, according to the data ...
Tags: Steel Exports, Mineral
Iron ore blast furnace pellet premiums rose further in March as some steelmakers were said to have agreed quarterly pricing for Q1 around the low $40s/dry mt, and leave open the opportunity to renegotiate for lower pricing later this year. ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Pellet premiums
American automaker Chrysler Group has issued a voluntary recall on 5,664 Ram ProMaster vehicles of certain model year 2014 in the US over brake hose damage. The affected vehicles were manufactured from 1 July 2013, through 15 November ...
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Students from Birmingham City University will be transforming parts of the campus this month, to showcase which trendy interiors will be the focal point of our living rooms this year. Focusing on key trends for Autumn/Winter 2014, the ...
Angolan April crude cargoes have sold steadily so far with more than half of the program already cleared, but Asian demand is expected to slow down ahead of a heavy refinery maintenance season, trading sources said Thursday. Activity on ...
Tags: Crude Cargoes, Mineral
Nigerian crude values for April are beginning to rise steadily on higher refining margins and healthy demand from Europe, trading sources said Friday. Spot trade in Nigerian cargoes has increased this week, with some high offers and deals ...
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The front-month Brent-WTI spread settled at a fresh five-month low of $6.48/barrel Friday, as steady drawdowns in crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub have lent upside support to WTI, while Brent remains subdued. NYMEX ...
Tags: crude, Brent futures