The profit of Royal FrieslandCampina decreased by 16.7 percent over the first half-year 2016 to 160 million euros compared to the same period in the previous financial year. Due to the significant increase in the member dairy ...
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After dropping for five consecutive weeks, ferrous scrap prices in eastern China remained stable for the second week following the recent increase in domestic rebar and seaborne iron ore prices. Platts assessed heavy melting scrap 6 mm ...
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The Asian gasoil market saw a sharp reversal in fortunes this month as higher exports from India and North Asia and weakness in Europe, despite the cold season, clamped shut arbitrage outflows from Asia, resulting in a buildup in supply ...
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The Panamax dry bulk short period freight market is currently trading below operating costs and some owners may be tempted to lay up their vessels as the outlook for 2016 is very weak, sources said. The Panamax short period market is ...
Indonesia is expected to have as many as 55-60 of uncommitted LNG cargoes next year from the Tangguh and Bontang LNG plants, the head of upstream regulator SKK Migas' communications department, Elan Biantoro, said Monday. The available ...
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East Timor's Kitan condensate will no longer be available in the spot market as the ultra-light oil field reached the end of its normal life, market sources said Monday. "After January, there will be no more [Kitan cargoes]," a trade ...
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Congestion at most Chinese ports has eased further over the past week due to a general improvement of the weather, a port agent source said Wednesday. Dense fog, strong winds, heavy rain and snow made several China ports close from time ...
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The Northwest European styrene monomer premium over feedstock costs has increased by Eur14/mt in December on the month, a rise of 6%, Platts calculations show. The premium hit a 2015 low in November. The December styrene contract price ...
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UK day-ahead power prices were mixed on Tuesday, moving in opposite directions for the second consecutive day this week, as healthy wind supply and weak NBP spot market offset bullish influence of rising demand. At the Platts 1100 GMT, ...
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The amount of sugarcane crushed in Brazil's Parana state in the first 15 days of November was down 31% year on year to 1.61 million mt, the Bioenergy Producers Association of Parana (Alcopar) said. Parana is one of the sugarcane producing ...
RED RME production margins in Northwest Europe remain in negative territory as the premium fell to a one-month low Monday, while feedstock prices in Europe remain strong on low availability. The differential between outright RME and ...
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Brazilian hydrous fuel ethanol demand in October rose 45% year on year to 1.75 billion liters, the fourth monthly consumption record in a row, according to data released by the National Petroleum Agency, or ANP. October's total was also 7% ...
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US Central Appalachian coal producers and brokers are still hoping some kind of thermal spot market will develop with winter approaching, but many in the industry said this week they aren't holding out much hope. Market players continued ...
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Some independent teapot refiners in China's eastern Shandong province will be ramping up crude oil imports over the next month in a bid to utilize their import quotas before the end of the year, trade sources said this week. This is ...
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Jiangsu Shagang Group, China's biggest scrap buyer, cut buying prices Saturday for the raw material by Yuan 30/mt ($5/mt), in response to a slide in rebar prices, a company source said. After the adjustment, Shagang will pay Yuan ...
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