Stockpiles of imported iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports dropped slightly during the previous two weeks, which included the weeklong Spring Festival holiday, new data showed Tuesday. At the end of the Jan. 28 to Feb. 10 period, ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Stockpiles
Sales of smartphones in China grew 21.9% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2013, but the growth rate dropped to 15.9% on an annual basis which indicates the smartphone market in China is becoming more saturated, according to Digitimes ...
Tags: Smartphones, Huawei, Coolpad
Investors are second-guessing the underlying strength of the world’s two biggest economies as each faces homegrown challenges. China is still expected to maintain steady growth this year, albeit without the vim it once had. But its ...
Tags: Chinese Economies, U.S.Economies
Styrene monomer prices nosedived $40/mt or 2.4% Monday to $1,594.50/mt FOB Korea and $1,621.50/mt CFR China, compared to last Friday, as the Chinese market returned from the Lunar New Year holidays amid a build-up in inventory levels and ...
South Africa's Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) exported 4.6 million mt of coal in January, tumbling 33% on-month from the 6.8 million mt shipped in December, according to the latest operating data released by the port Friday. January ...
Tags: Coal Terminal, Mineral
Chinese import prices for ferrochrome and charge chrome were unchanged this week, as market activities slowed ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays starting end-January. The spot price for Indian-origin high carbon ferrochrome (58-60% Cr) ...
Spot treatment charges for imported zinc concentrate paid to Chinese smelters remained flat at around $125-140/mt in January, unchanged from December, in thin trade and with ample domestic supply, industry sources in China said Tuesday. ...
Tags: thin trade, TC, industry sources, zinc
Spot market prices for polysilicon have risen to US$20/kg currently and some China-based makers, in view of strong demand in the China market, plan to further hike quotes by 10% to US$22/kg after the Lunar New Year (January 31), according ...
Tags: China polysilicon, Strong demand
The Asian paraxylene market flipped into contango Monday -- the first time in six months -- as spot supply started building up amid thin demand for prompt February cargoes ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays. The CFR Taiwan/China PX ...
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The Chinese import price for Indian-origin ferrochrome (58-60% Cr) inched higher to 84-86 cents/lb CIF China Friday, from 84-85 cents/lb CIF a week ago, as Chinese buyers lifted their price ideas amid a strengthening Chinese yuan against ...
Tags: Origin Material, Chemicals
Electrolytic manganese metal prices remained stable for two consecutive weeks as a fall in spot supply balanced waning demand from international buyers. Platts assessed 99.7% manganese at $2,170-2,220/mt FOB China Thursday, unchanged from ...
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At the end of 2013, a new list of bankrupt Chinese LED lighting manufacturers was published. Industry sources estimate more than 10,000 people have been impacted by the bankruptcy wave. Frustrated workers and angry investors have hunt down ...
Tags: LED Manufacturers, LED Lighting
Taiwanese LED chip manufacturer Epileds released their December consolidated revenue. Affected by stocktaking towards the end of 2013, revenue for December reached NT $110 million (US $3.7 million), a decrease of 6.87 percent compared to ...
Tags: LED chip, LED Lighting
Taiwanese LED chip manufacturer Epistar benefited from an increase in backlight orders with a limited affect on their slack season. Order visibility for February orders after Lunar New Year is still not completely clear. However, the ...
Taiwanese LED package manufacturer Ledtech consolidated revenue forDecember reached NT $170 million (US $5.6 million), a monthly increase of 39.72 percent and YoY growth of 25.74 percent. Growth was from client orders for low temperature ...