With oil product stocks at moderate levels, Shandong's teapot refineries have kept refinery run rates relatively high, which is supporting demand for feedstock crudes, sources said this week. Regular importer Beifang Asphalt Fuel in ...
Tags: oil product, bitumen
China's crude stocks continued to grow for the fifth straight month in October, despite a month-on-month drop in net imports, output and slight rise in throughput, Platts calculations based on recently released official data showed. Crude ...
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Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis inched up as the import-related loss has turned into a profit, while the import interest has generally stayed thin after the New Year ...
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Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis generally remained steady but displayed signs of slipping amid persistent weakness in the physical buying interest, market sources said ...
Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis remained steady for the fourth consecutive week amid thin trade, market sources said Wednesday. Sources said physical buying interest ...
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Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis slipped for a second consecutive week, dampened by persistently weak physical buying interest during the current summer lull, market ...
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Platts Australian alumina assessment closed the week at $310.50/mt FOB, decreasing $1.50/mt from Thursday, weighed by sluggish demand, the higher cost of credit in China, and concerns relating to counter-party risk. The assessment was down ...
Tags: Alumina, Qingdao port
Prices of most of the 12 copper futures on the Shanghai Futures Exchange Friday fell week on week in thinner volumes as market participants adopted a cautious approach following news that Qingdao port had halted shipments of aluminum and ...
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Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis have fallen amid thin trade after news Qingdao port had halted shipments of aluminum and copper amid a probe into loan irregularities ...
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Chinese traders and analysts reacted cautiously Tuesday to news that Qingdao port had halted shipments of aluminum and copper due to a probe into loan irregularities involving stocks in port warehouses. Local media reported Monday that ...
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Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), is advising that oil tankers are remaining at anchorage having been evacuated from Qingdao Port, China. Currently only the oil terminals are affected, with the exception of Dagang terminal, located at east ...
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Capesize iron ore freight rates on established Pacific routes from Brazil, Western Australia and South Africa came under pressure Thursday. Charterers' rates and some offer prices fell from the previous day, which market participants ...
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Hong Kong-listed Brightoil Petroleum has started supplying bunker fuel from Qingdao port in East China from Tuesday, a company source said. The company completed a delivery of 380 CST grade bunker fuel to one vessel in Qingdao on Tuesday, ...
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China's coastal ports enable the transportation of coal, containers, imported iron ore, and grain; roll-on-roll-off operations between mainland and islands; and deep-water access to the sea. In port construction, China has especially ...
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The average run rate at "teapot" refineries in China's Shandong province dropped to 36.5% in April from 42% in March, due to slow sales of oil products, according to data from Beijing-based energy information provider JYD Commodities Hub. ...
Tags: Apr, oil products