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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For fiscal third-quarter 2015 (to 29 March), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $409.5m, down about 1% on $413.2m last quarter but up 1% on $405.3m a year ago (and on the higher end of the targeted range of $395-415m), as ...
In 2014, specialty chemicals group Lanxess said it substantially improved its operating result and net income in a challenging market and competitive environment. Although sales declined slightly by 3.5 per cent to around €8 ...
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“For the just completed 2014, business in the polyester specialties segment continues on the whole to proceed in a very solid and pleasing fashion, German fibre manufacturer, Trevira said. It also anticipates the 2014 turnover at ...
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BASF's business developed positively in the second quarter of 2014. At €18.5 billion, sales rose by 1% compared with the same period of the previous year. "This was largely the result of higher sales volumes in our chemicals business, ...
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According to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2014-2015/Q3 2014 Report from the Economic Committee of the European Steel Association (EUROFER), in the first quarter of 2014 total EU steel exports decreased by 2.6 percent year on year. ...
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The prices of L8 and L10 steelmaking pig iron in northern China's Hebei province traded at Yuan 2,470-2,480 ($401-403)/mt on Tuesday, up from Yuan 2,420-2,470/mt on April 1, both inclusive of 17% VAT. The slight rise in prices was ...
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"We had a good start to the year in our chemicals business and in the Agricultural Solutions segment. We sold more. This more than compensated for the negative effects on sales from the comparatively weak U.S. dollar and currencies in ...
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Chicago Board of Trade May soybean oil futures Thursday were down 11 points to 42.39 cents/lb despite weekly data from the US Department of Agriculture showing a slight rise in net export sales. For the reporting week ended April 17, ...
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The IATA reports that growth in air freight markets moderated in February, rising 2.9% compared to a year ago, down on the 4.3% increase in January. But combining the first two months of the year shows there has been a solid 3.6% gain in ...
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Newer vaccines that protect against rotavirus have lower risks of bowel obstruction for infants than a previous vaccine did, two new studies suggest. "We would call it a small increased risk," said W. Katherine Yih, a lecturer at Harvard ...
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Seventy-seven percent of U.S. adults who don't have health insurance and haven't signed up for any say they are aware of the fine, a U.S. survey indicates. The survey findings are based on Gallup Daily tracking of uninsured Americans' ...
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Toronto, Ontario-based iron ore producer Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited (LIM) has announced its financial results for the second quarter ended on September 30 of the financial year 2013-14. LIM reported a net loss of C$24.9 million ...
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The Markit Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index fell from September’s 27-month high according to the October flash estimate, but remained above the 50.0 no-change level for a fourth successive month. At 51.5, down from 52.2 in ...
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China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has announced that during last week (July 15-21) the average steel price in China rose by 0.3 percent compared to the previous week. In particular, in the given week prices in China of 145 mm x 20 mm hot ...
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