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 ...
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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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China's state-owned refiners are raising planned crude runs in April to average 82% capacity, up from 81% in March, Platts monthly survey showed Tuesday. The 23 refineries surveyed plan to process a combined 17.495 million mt (4.275 ...
Tags: Refiners, PetroChina
China's crude oil imports in March edged up 0.9% year on year to 23.25 million mt or an average 5.5 million b/d, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the General Administration of Customs. The imports were down 8.8% from ...
China's apparent oil demand in November contracted 2.1% year on year to 40.88 million mt, or an average of 9.99 million b/d, according to Platts calculations Thursday based on final government data released Tuesday. This is the second ...
Tags: Oil Demand, Oil Product
According to the statistics from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan’s output of hot rolled (HR) stainless steel products totaled 252,319 tons in this October, down by 1% from a month ago but rising by 4.1% year ...
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According to data released by the Metals Service Center Institute Tuesday, the US service center's steel shipments rose by 9.8% year on year in September. Meanwhile, the stocks of steel products in the US steel service center fell by 8.4% ...
Tags: Steel, Construction, Decoration
According to local sources, the stocks of stainless steel products in the Chinese Wuxi market totaled 179,646 tons in the first half of September, rising by 3.3% from the previous 10 days. Among them, 86,523 tons were cold rolled stainless ...
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According to report of the Metals Service Center Institute, the US steel service center's shipments decreased by 0.6% year on year. Meanwhile, the steel product inventories in the US steel service center dropped by 11.3% year on year in ...
Tags: steel, Construction
According to local sources, the stocks of stainless steel products totaled 118,365 tons in the Chinese Foshan market in the first half of July, decreasing by 8.39% from the previous 15 days. Among them, 55,844 tons were cold rolled ...
The ability of OPEC to influence the balance of crude markets is diminishing in the face of growing US oil production, with 2013 expected to be a rare instance of a year-on-year decline in the call on the producer group to maintain balanced ...
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The stocks of stainless steel products totaled 143,260 tons in the Chinese Foshan market in the last 10 days of April, down by 0.99% from the previous 10 days, according to local sources. Among them, 72,432 tons were cold rolled stainless ...
Tags: Stainless Steel, Steel Product
According to local sources, the stocks of stainless steel products totaled 144,689 tons in the Chinese Foshan market in the second 10 days of April, falling by 4.27% from the previous 10 days. Among them, 72,269 tons were cold rolled ...
According to data, the stainless steel product stocks totaled 192,653 tons in the first 15 days of March, up by 1.5% from the previous 15 days. Among them, 104,158 tons were cold rolled stainless steel products, falling by 0.62%; 88,495 ...
Tags: Stainless Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
According to data released by the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA), the stocks of finished steel products including plates, hot rolled coils, cold rolled coils, rebar and wire rods hold by the major steel markets in China totaled ...
Tags: Iron, Steel, finished steel products