Further uncertainty surrounding the general election results is expected to fuel further decrease in spending and sales. Consumer spending in May has dropped for the first time in four years, with the uncertainty from last week’s ...
Tags: Consumer Spending
LPG prices in south and east China's wholesale markets slid this week, despite stronger crude oil futures at the end of the week, due to a rise in domestic inventories, trade sources said Friday. Many refineries and LPG import terminals ...
Tags: LPG prices, crude oil
The Japanese economy appears to have expanded during the October-December period, marking the first growth in three quarters thanks to a long-awaited recovery in consumer spending. Real gross domestic product grew an annualized 4% last ...
Tags: consumer spending, Electrical
On 12 November, Packaging News organised a conference in conjunction with British Glass, bringing together members of the UK glass industry to discuss ways of improving recycling in Britain. The central London conference included talks ...
Tags: Glass Industry, Recycling
South Korea will seek to import more shale gas-based LNG from North America to meet rising power demand amid tighter environmental regulations, the deputy energy minister told Platts Friday. "Natural gas as a source of power generation ...
Tags: Shale Gasc, LNG
India's natural gas demand is forecast to more than double to 516.97 million cubic meters/day in fiscal 2021-22, according to a report commissioned by an oil ministry regulatory body. Demand in fiscal 2016-17 is forecast at 378.06 million ...
Tags: Natural Gas, natural gas demand
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 ...
Tags: Spot Prices, Import Costs, Chemicals
State-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corp has submitted a formal request to the National Board of Revenue seeking a waiver from local taxes, value added taxes and other duties imposed on refined oil product imports, in order to borrow less from ...
Tags: Petroleum, Tax Waivers, Oil Product
A combination of weak demand and expectations of lower import prices had weighed down on LPG spot prices in southern and eastern China over the week, domestic traders said Wednesday. Spot prices of imported LPG truck cargoes, including ...
Tags: LPG Prices, Import Prices
Greater attention must be paid to generating renewable heat if the climate protection targets set in Germany and around the world are to be met. At 40%, the heating market accounts for the largest proportion of energy consumed in Germany ...
Tags: Renewable Heating Set, Fuel, Energy, Heating Market
Amidst a backdrop of a weak economic scenario, Japanese apparel company Daidoh Limited witnessed a slight dip in its sales performance in H1 FY 2013-14. The company, which is mainly engaged in the manufacture and sales of yarns, woolen ...
Tags: apparel, Daidoh Limited
Prices paid to U.S. producers rose for first time in three months, increasing 0.4% in December, the Labor Department reported Jan. 15. Last month's producer price index reading followed a dip of 0.1% in November. Economists' forecast ...
Tags: Transportation
The all-new Toyota Corolla sedan headed to Australian showrooms in mid February will be shipped here from Thailand for the first time in the car’s history. Toyota Australia says the shift from Japanese to Thai production for the ...
Tags: Toyota, Corolla Sedan
Offers for China's domestic spot aluminum alloy ADC12 slipped, affected mainly by weaker aluminum ingot prices, while the demand remained steady, seeing no significant change from the previous week, industry sources said. Domestic offers ...
Tags: China Aluminum, LME Prices
The state-owned Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation hasdecided this week to provide guarantees of up to 75% of bank loans to new LNGprojects that are deemed to help reduce Japan's import costs for the fuel, aJogmec official said ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy