Ukraine's retail gas prices may have to rise 40% as part of economic reforms needed to unlock loans from the International Monetary Fund, Ukrainian energy minister Yuriy Prodan told reporters in Brussels Thursday. "This is an unpopular ...
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Textiles and apparel from Ukraine are likely to get tariff exemption in the EU market from as early as May this year, as the International Trade Committee of the European Parliament has backed a plan to remove tariffs on imports from ...
ICE Cotton traded slightly higher this week despite the nearby cash market grinding to a virtual standstill. Current crop export sales were just enough to support the market, while the attractiveness of SH 2014 offers at 1000 pts less than ...
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Global crude steel production in February this year increased by 0.6 percent year on year to 124.99 million metric tons, while a 3.69 percent decline was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel Association ...
Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest has stated that its metallurgical plants manufactured 33 new products in 2013. The economic benefit from these new products was $42.5 million. Several Metinvest enterprises - Yenakiieve ...
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European market prices of the key grade of aluminum alloy, 226, slipped back by a further Eur10/mt ($14/mt) this week as buyers could take their pick of offers in a well-supplied market. "It's very calm. Last week there was a lot of ...
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Gold prices are expected to build on its recent gains this week, as concerns over China's economy and the crisis in Ukraine will keep pushing the precious metal up, say 84% of the experts interviewed in the latest Kitco Gold Survey. From ...
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The European Steel Association (EUROFER) has stated that the growing uncertainties in Ukraine show once again the strong correlation between security of supply and increasing energy prices in Europe. Russian state gas monopoly Gazprom ...
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Hempel recently broke ground for a coatings production facility in Russia. The new plant will help meet the growing demand for Hempel coatings in Russia, Ukraine and Central Asia. Strategically located to best serve the market, it will ...
The pavilions of the Kiev’s International Exhibition Center was hosted from February 20 to 23, 2013, INTERIOR MEBEL, the International Furniture, Lighting and Decor Exhibition. The pavilions of the Kiev’s International ...
During Investor Day 2014 held in London on Monday, March 10, ArcelorMittal CEO Lakshmi Mittal said that the current political turmoil in the CIS is likely to impact steel demand in the region, with regional demand growth expected to at ...
Tags: Steel, Core, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Turkish steel pipe producer Borusan Mannesmann has told SteelOrbis that the company's US oil country tubular goods (OCTG) investment in Houston, Texas remains on track within the projected schedule, with the threading facility already being ...
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Taiwan Glass Industrial raised $100 million on Monday from a five-year convertible bond, even as European stocks fell 2% amid fears of a conflict between Russia and Ukraine in Crimea. Investors pushed a hard bargain given the uncertain ...
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The fuel oil physical hi-lo -- the premium of 1% FOB Northwest European cargoes over 3.5% FOB Rotterdam barges -- came off a 17-month high Tuesday morning, having surged $12.75/mt to $62.75/mt Monday on fears Russia may stop or reduce gas ...
The conflict between Ukraine and Russia could cause the global LNG market to tighten further if the crisis were to escalate and affect gas flows into Europe, but high gas storage inventories in the region should create a buffer in the ...
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