DfR Solutions, leader in quality, reliability, and durability (QRD) solutions for the electronics industry, today announced the newest release of Sherlock Automated Design Analysis™ software, version 3.2. This newest version of ...
Tags: Instruments, Meters
Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis remained steady for the fourth consecutive week amid thin trade, market sources said Wednesday. Sources said physical buying interest ...
Tags: Copper Cathode, Copper, Metallurgy
Swiss fashion retailer, Charles Vögele Group succeeded in bringing the negative sales trend to a halt in its existing floor space in the first half of 2014, while EBITDA skyrocketed in the same period. Gross sales, after adjusting ...
China has issued an emergency decree ordering officials to halt the development of new cement and plate glass capacity, as it struggles to overcome entrenched local government resistance to halting wasteful investment in glutted industries. ...
Tags: Cement, Glass, plate glass
Just when it looked like the market was finally getting ready for a bounce after trading sideways for the last eight sessions, a new wave of selling forced values another 200 points lower today. We still feel that trade’s lack of ...
After speculators had sold nearly 8 million bales net since early May, they finally seemed to move to the sidelines, allowing the market to recover some of its losses this week. The latest CFTC report as of July 29 showed speculators ...
Tags: Speculators, Decline, Textile
Russian food safety agency Rosselkhoznadzor is planning to ban certain fruit and vegetable imports from Poland, as well as chicken imports from the US over food safety concerns. The agency will also test cheese from McDonald's for certain ...
Prices of most of the 12 copper futures on the Shanghai Futures Exchange Friday fell week on week in thinner volumes as market participants adopted a cautious approach following news that Qingdao port had halted shipments of aluminum and ...
Tags: Copper Futures, Qingdao Port
Chinese traders and analysts reacted cautiously Tuesday to news that Qingdao port had halted shipments of aluminum and copper due to a probe into loan irregularities involving stocks in port warehouses. Local media reported Monday that ...
Tags: Copper Shipments, aluminum, copper
The Indian government is considering urging Indian state-owned miner National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) to halt exports in response to demand from local steel mills facing a shortage of raw materials, a senior government ...
Tags: Iron Ore, iron ore miner
United States Steel Corporation announced Monday that it will indefinitely idle two tubular manufacturing facilities in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, and Bellville, Texas, in early August, impacting approximately 260 employees as a result of ...
Tags: US Steel, Tubing Plants
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 ...
Tags: Crude production, oil flowing
Iran is loading eight LPG cargoes totaling 317,000 mt in May for export to Asia, the biggest monthly volume since resuming shipments in May 2013 following an eight-month halt on concerns over an EU ban on shipping insurance, shipping and ...
Shortages of natural resources and raw materials can make prices fluctuate substantially and even bring electronics manufacturing to a screeching halt. Proper planning is critical to staying ahead of the potential shortages. Bindiya ...
Tags: Raw Materials, natural resources
Nearly 3 million barrels of Abu Dhabi's Murban crude is expected to move into the Mediterranean in June, according to traders, as weaker demand in Asia and expectations of a bullish summer in the Mediterranean Urals market have attracted ...
Tags: Asian Demand, Murban crude