Australia's nickel mine production is set to fall 11% year on year to 215,000 mt in the current 2013-14 fiscal year and refined nickel production to rise 2.2% to 138,000 mt, the country's Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics forecast in ...
Tags: Nickel Output, nickel mine, nickel exports
Softer coastal freight rates for shipping domestic thermal coal from northern to southern ports in China has put seaborne-traded cargoes at a slight price disadvantage, and renewed downward pressure on CFR South China prices, said traders ...
Beginning this year, textiles will gradually become the largest export segment in Indonesia, overtaking the commodity-based segment, predicts a report published recently by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC). ...
Tags: textiles, export segment, textile sector
Fonterra has started construction of IDR357bn ($31.3m) dairy blending and packing plant in West Java, Indonesia, which will be its first manufacturing facility in the country. The investment is said to be the largest for the company in ...
Fears of China moving to ban the import of lower grade coal have again resurfaced amid concern over the country's high pollution levels, with several market participants indicating that the government is seriously contemplating such a move ...
Presently, several petrochemical projects are either under construction or expansion and Indonesia is on its way to become self-sufficient in the production of olefins like ethylene and propylene, aromatic and other petrochemical products ...
Tags: Petrochemicals Self-Sufficiency, petrochemical projects
U.S. beef, pork and lamb exports all opened the new year on a positive note, although market conditions suggest 2014 could be a challenging year for U.S. red meat exports, according to statistics released by the USDA and compiled by the ...
Tags: beef, Agriculture, Food, Red Meat
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
Food and beverage company Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has announced a net profit after tax of $502.8 million, before significant items. Net profit after tax (including significant items) decreased by 82.5 per cent to $79.9 million for the twelve ...
Tags: operating cost structure, Results Decline, Capital Expenditure
At its foundations, The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) is an educational body with a broad mission to impart packaging expertise to the wider industry. So, early in 2013, the AIP worked with the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) ...
Once the mobile world's pioneers, Nokia, Motorola and BlackBerry are now the industry's sorry laggards, searching for lost glory. Analysts hold out little hope for them as they struggle to get back in a game now lorded over by Samsung and ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Nokia, Blackberry, Motorola, Samsung, smatrphone
Spot deals for Indonesian thermal coal were hard to come by as bids from both Indian and Chinese buyers are not firm due to rising freight rates, sources said Tuesday. "You can still sell coal to China, but prices are an issue," a ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Mineral
Taiwan technology giant Foxconn group has signed a letter of intent to invest up to $1 billion in Indonesia as it seeks to diversify production away from China, officials said Sunday. Foxconn, also known by its Taipei-headquartered mother ...
Australia's Kupang Resources said Friday it was waiting for approval from the Indonesian government to begin exporting manganese ore from its West Timor project following a ban imposed last month on exports of ore containing less than 49% ...
Tags: Manganese Ore, Indonesian Project, Mineral
Indonesian thermal coal exporters are now required to produce a certificate clearing the miner to produce coal before they ship material overseas, a government official said. The latest move is the second regulatory obstacle encountered ...
Tags: Coal Exporters, Regulatory Hurdle