European benzene's premium over naphtha slipped to a seven-week low, despite continuing lack of clarity on the market direction going into June. The spread between spot benzene and its feedstock naphtha was assessed at $500.25/mt at ...
According to data released by Chilean steel institute (Icha), Chile’s steel consumption totaled 663,000 tons in the first quarter of this year, decreasing by 9% year on year. Juan Pablo Silva, Icha's economist said that the decreased ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
Technipaq is all set to expand its flexible packaging services with the opening of a new warehouse facility in Cary, Illinois, US. The sterilizable packaging materials manufacturer will use the 45,000ft2 facility located at 685 Industrial ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Packaging Services
Crude futures fell to fresh lows immediately ahead of the 2:30 p.m. EDT (1830 GMT) market settle Wednesday, as the oil complex extended an overnight selloff in US trading after equity markets slid throughout the the session. NYMEX July ...
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Sterilizable medical devices and diagnostics packaging supplier Technipaq has opened a new warehouse facility in Illinois, US. The new 45,000ft2 plant will be used for warehousing, distribution and raw material storage. This additional ...
Tags: Technipaq, Packaging Facility
Chinese steel rebar futures for October delivery at Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) dropped to its lowest by 2.1% to RMB 3,496/ton, a 9 month low on Monday since September 7th last year as China, the world's biggest steel consumer's ...
Tags: SHFE, steel, Construction&Decoration
According to data released by the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA), China’s inventories of main steel products including hot rolled coils (HRC), plates, cold rolled coils (CRC), wire rod and rebar in China decreased as of May ...
Tags: Steel Stocks, China, Construction&Decorat
Chico's FAS, Inc. announced its fiscal 2013 first quarter financial results. For the first quarter, when excluding non-recurring acquisition and integration costs related to the Boston Proper acquisition, the Company reported net income ...
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According to data released by the Brazilian flat steel distributor institute (INDA), Brazil's imports of steel flat products totaled 133,900 tons in April, soaring by 28.9% year on year and rising by 48.6% month on month. In April, the ...
Tags: Steel Flat, Construction
For first-quarter 2013, 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, a producer of specialty metal and chemical products, has reported revenue of $118.4m, down 8% on $128.6m last quarter and 27% on $162.2m a year ago following a trend of ...
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As of May 24, inventories of the main finished steel products (plate, hot rolled coil (HRC), cold rolled coil (CRC), rebar and wire rod) in the major steel markets in China indicated decreases, according to the China Iron and Steel ...
Tags: Finished Steel, China
Gasoline prices in Western Canada and the US Midwest have jumped due to supply issues surrounding the turnaround of Suncor's 135,000 b/d Edmonton, Alberta, refinery, industry sources said Thursday. "Suncor's move to secure gasoline and ...
Tags: Retail Gasoline, Chemicals
Continuing speculation about the future of the US Federal Reserve's asset-purchasing program in the wake of congressional testimony by Chairman Ben Bernanke sent the dollar sharply higher Wednesday, and augmented downward pressure on the ...
Tags: NYMEX Crude, Chemicals
The Asian purified terephthalic acid margin on a spot basis hit a 10-month high Tuesday amid the bearish market for feedstock paraxylene due to active selling by Chinese PTA producers, Platts data showed. Based on Platts PTA and PX ...
Reporteldy, Nikarom announced its Campia Turzii mill in Romania will resume producing. Also, this is the third mill that Nikarom announced to restart. Campia Turzii mill is processes wire rod from its sister mill Ductil Steel Buzau. ...
Tags: Zinc Coating, Mineral