Gas prices on the Dutch and German trading hubs drifted lower Tuesday morning, as bearish weather and supply fundamentals from just before the four-day Easter holiday continued to drive the markets. At midday London time, the day-ahead ...
Tags: gas exports, Gas Prices
A lack of investment interest in gold is starting to take its toll on the price, with an average of $1,225/oz forecast for 2014 and heading lower in 2015, GFMS said Thursday in its Gold Survey 2014. The price forecast is 13% lower than ...
Tags: Gold Price, Physical demand
The rail-delivered (CSX) Central Appalachian thermal coal spot price followed the European market lower Friday, while the Cal 2015 swap was seen trading in large volume after the 2:30 pm EDT Market-on-Close. CSX physical May closed lower ...
Tags: Coal, Spot Price, European market
Strong market fundamentals lead to 30 per cent rise in investment sales volumes. Investment activity has surged to produce a $1 billion result in the first half of 2014, up from $661 million recorded in second half of 2013, according to ...
Tags: Service, Manufacturing, Economy
The container shipping industry is stuck in a vicious cycle: although new ships may give carriers lower slot costs, the supply/demand dynamics are out of kilter and freight rates remain very volatile Drewry's 1Q14 Container Forecaster ...
Tags: Container Shipping, shipping, logistics, Service
ISO 9001:2008 Quality management systems — Requirements is a document of approximately 30 pages which is available from the national standards organization in each country. It is supplemented by two other standards: ISO 9000:2005 ...
Tags: ISO 9001, certification
European polyethylene converters have rejected contract prices increases for April announced by PE producers, they said this week. PE producers announced increases of Eur20-40/mt, while converters were eyeing at a rollover in prices. ...
Tags: Chemicals, Polyethylene, PE
Average LED lamp price drops 9% in one year 03 Apr 2014 Combination of Chinese production, improved performance and fierce competition drives down unit costs. Slipping: global average LED lamp retail price. Today, the global average ...
Tags: LED Lamp, LED Lighting, LED Sales
May Design Series (taking place from 18-20th May at London ExCeL) will feature a strong seminar programme, set over two stages and featuring industry thought leaders from the retail and contract sectors. One stage will be dedicated to ...
Tags: Seminar Programme, Furniture
Chinese buyers refrained from meeting the delivered-price expectations of seaborne cargo sellers in unsettled Asian trade Friday, as weak fundamentals in the domestic market prolonged a week-old standoff between buyers and sellers, said ...
Tags: China Cargo Market, coal producer, thermal coal market
Trader procurement continued to boost spot demand in the Asian iron ore market, as trades got concluded at increasingly higher levels on the day, supporting a firming market. The Platts 62% Fe Iron Ore Index rose $2.75/dmt to $111.50/dmt ...
Tags: Iron Ore Market, spot demand, steelmaker
NY futures resumed their uptrend this week, as May rallied 380 points to close at 91.61 cents, while December gained 171 points to close at 79.55 cents. After meandering sideways for the past six weeks, unable to generate much ...
Tags: Cotton Futures, Cotton market, Textile
The NYMEX April natural gas futures contract fell 4.4 cents to settle at $4.618/MMBtu Friday after a day of largely directionless trade and consolidation, sources said. "We continue to consolidate above $4.50[/MMBtu]," TFS Energy Futures ...
Tags: Natural Gas, futures contract, Mineral
This Editorial appears in the March 10 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Signs are increasing that the nation's economic health is steadily improving. It's not a barnburner, and there is still some ...
Tags: Transportation, Truck
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. released its third-quarter 2013 results on February 28. Despite a $168,000 loss attributable to the company, Cooper will report positive net income for the fourth quarter, according to Chairman, CEO and President ...
Tags: Tire, Cooper Tire&Rubber