Central Appalachian thermal coal prices for April delivery fell to fresh near-term lows on Friday, as both the CAPP rail (CSX) and CAPP barge spot contracts were seen trading in the session. CSX physical April fell 25 cents/st to ...
Tags: thermal coal, over-the-counter market, spot coal prices
The spread between the spot prices for acetic acid and vinyl acetate monomer in Europe surged to an all-time high of Eur1,040/mt ($1,444/mt) Thursday, as VAM prices soared and feedstock AA prices remained stable. In December last year, the ...
China's domestic spot prices for copper, aluminum and lead fell around 7% year on year in 2013 on weak demand, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said Thursday. Lead posted the largest drop, falling 7.4% year on year to ...
Tags: Copper, Aluminum, Domestic Prices
After seven years of close-but-no-cigar, Canada's Cameco (TSX:CCO, NYSE:CCJ), the world's number one listed uranium producer, finally announced Thursday that production at its Cigar Lake mine in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan has ...
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China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, has slashed its ex-works butadiene prices in East and South China by Yuan 1,000/mt ($163/mt) to Yuan 8,500/mt Friday, a Sinopec company source confirmed Tuesday. "I think the main reason [for ...
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With US refineries expanding their capacity to process more domestic light oil in the coming years, the US Energy Information Administration on Tuesday said it expects refinery crude inputs to reach 15.52 million b/d this year and 15.61 ...
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Recent declines in the price of iron ore have not disrupted contractual commitments with customers, a senior Rio Tinto official said Tuesday. "We haven't seen any impact in shipping commitments," said Andrew Harding, Rio Tinto's chief ...
US ethanol exports in January totaled 326 million liters (86 million gallons), the highest monthly volume since December 2011, according to US Census Bureau data released late Friday. Exports are up 36% month on month and up 33% from ...
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US ethylene contract prices for February were heard to have fully settled 0.75 cent below January's contract prices, with the net transaction price at 49.50 cents/lb, sources said Monday. The posted price also slipped 0.75 cent compared ...
Spot LPG prices in South and East China were under pressure this week, amid expectations of import costs for March-arrival cargoes falling with Saudi Aramco setting Contract Prices lower, local traders said Friday. Imported LPG with a ...
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High ethylene prices in Asia have been keeping margins of most ethylene derivatives in the red, forcing some MEG and polyethylene makers to consider trimming operation rates or closing entire production lines, sources said this week. In ...
The Northwest European orthoxylene contract price for March has been confirmed as fully settled at Eur940/mt ($1,291/mt) FD NWE, sources said Wednesday. The settlement represents a Eur25/mt decrease from February, following a Eur40/mt ...
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Bearish sentiment blanketed the Indonesian thermal coal market Wednesday amid reports of price discounting by major Chinese coal producers to their domestic customers, said traders. A medium-sized Indonesian coal producer said he expected ...
Tags: Thermal Coal Market, Deal-Making
US ethylene contracts for February were heard settling 0.75 cent below January mark, lowering the net transaction to 49.5 cents/lb ($1,091/mt), sources said Tuesday. The posted price for February would also settle .75 cent lower at 54 ...
Tags: Ethylene, purity ethane
European prices for polyethylene terephthalate have fallen to their lowest levels since August 2010 according to Platts data, and many sources expect further declines in March. The falls were driven primarily by import competition and ...