Central Appalachian thermal coal prices closed mixed in the session, with only two trades seen Monday. A CAPP barge time spread was seen trading in the late morning, while a CAPP rail (CSX) quarterly swap went through after the 4 pm EST ...
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Oil futures settled higher Monday on support from firm US equities, geopolitical tensions and an easing of Libyan oil output, but the upside was limited by weak Chinese and eurozone data. NYMEX April crude settled 62 cents higher at ...
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USDA left the U.S. ending stocks number for soybeans unchanged in its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, deflating hopes of what some market-watchers said could be a bullish jolt for that pit. At the ...
US crude stocks rose 1 million barrels last week, just over half of what analysts were expecting, as a drop in refinery run rates was partly offset by a decrease in US imports, according to data released Thursday by the US Energy ...
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Railcar manufacturer FreightCar America estimates there were 16,500 coal cars in storage at the end of 2013, the lowest level since early 2012, the company said Wednesday. Reporting its quarterly earnings, the Chicago-based company said ...
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Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. The near term supply remains tight and demand continues to look strong, keeping the fundamentals pretty much bullish. Past that – there's acreage position squaring against corn and ...
Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying. Weekly export sales were lower than expected, but still more than what's needed to meet USDA projections and it was a good week for shipments. Around ten to fifteen percent of ...
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Soybeans were higher on commercial and fund buying. Weekly export numbers were strong, USDA will probably increase their estimate next week, and there are concerns about weather in key growing areas of South America. There’s been more ...
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The Renault-Nissan Alliance sold a record 8,266,098 vehicles in 2013, propelled by record sales in the car group’s two largest markets, China and the United States. Renault-Nissan's 2013 calendar-year sales, which include sales of ...
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Business conditions for trucking worsened in November from the previous month but were still positive overall,industry analysis firm FTR said. FTR's Trucking Conditions Index fell to 7.01 in November,a 20%drop,the group said. "While we ...
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The results of Northcoast Research Partners LLC's monthly"Tire Demand Index"are in.And demand was up in December. "Our research indicates that consumer demand for replacement tires at retail remained very robust in December,"says Nick ...
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Trucking conditions in the US dipped in November, but remain in positive territory, according to the Trucking Conditions Index compiled by FTR. The November reading of 7.01 was 20% lower than the month before, but ...
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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) ...
Conway propane continued to slide on Tuesday morning as the market corrects from all-time high levels, sources said. Conway propane was heard trading at $2.25/gal, which was 65 cents lower from Monday's assessment. "I think we had a tad ...
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The latest Arctic blast has culminated in rare winter snows across portions of the Southeast and Gulf Coast. National snow cover is now up to 42.1% (vs. 31.2% last month), with some areas as far south as northwestern Florida now with a ...
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