The price of copper remains within its expected range despite a recent dip below $3/lb while continued demand from China bodes well for prices over the long term, the CEO of Codelco, the world's largest producer of the red metal, said ...
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Southeast Asian ethanol producers face a short window for exporting biofuel to the Philippines as the previously high US prices that created an arbitrage for them in February and March are expected to fall, ethanol traders said Monday. ...
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Sasol Chemicals North America will increase off-list prices for methyl ethyl ketone effective May 4, the company said Monday. The company will increase prices for MEK 5 cents/lb, the company said in a notice to customers. Sasol will ...
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The spread between US Gulf and Atlantic Coast heating oil narrowed Monday to its lowest level in well over a year as USAC demand for traditional heating oil -- with less that 2,000 ppm sulfur -- continues to decline. On July 1, four ...
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According to the BRC/Springboard's recent footfall monitor, retail footfall in March was 1.8% higher than a year ago, significantly up on the 2.9% fall in February and above the three-month average of 0.4%. In addition, footfall on the high ...
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South Korea is working on a mid-term plan to explore oil and gas reserves off the country's coast as part of efforts to help reduce its heavy reliance on foreign crude imports, an energy ministry official said. "The government plans to ...
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The proposed blending targets in the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard will likely be revised higher, advocates for multiple industries said Monday. Proponents of the ethanol, biodiesel, advanced biofuels, petrochemicals and biotechnology ...
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Spanish LNG throughput in the week that ended Sunday fell 27.7% from the corresponding week of last year, according to data released Monday by gas grid operator Enagas. LNG throughput from Spain's six import terminals totaled 1.39 TWh ...
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Furniture News can exclusively reveal that Matt O'Flynn, sales & marketing director of upmarket upholstery manufacturer Meadowmead Ltd, has announced that he is leaving the company on 2nd May. Having worked in the family business for 22 ...
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On April 20, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle attended 2014 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition with its 6 models and some powertrain. The exhibition of its energy efficient and environmentally friendly models and powertrain demonstrated ...
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The U.S. Department of Energy's CALiPER program has released an Application Summary Report that focuses on the bare-lamp performance of 31 linear LED lamps intended as an alternative to T8 fluorescent lamps. Entitled Application Summary ...
20 XCMG dump trucks arrived in the port of shipment destined for the African market. This batch of vehicles XCMG car with XCMG import and export company, uses tailor-made for the climate characteristics of the African high temperatures and ...
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Yingli Green Energy Holding, a leading China-based PV module maker and PV system EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) contractor, expects operations to swing from continual losses since the second quarter of 2011 to profitability in ...
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Mellanox Technologies Ltd of Sunnyvale, CA, USA and Yokneam, Israel, a supplier of end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet interconnect solutions for data-center services and storage systems, says that, on 17 April, the US International Trade ...
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Competition for higher price/performance ratios in China's smartphone space has continued to intensify and is likely to escalate into the mid-range to high-end segment, according to industry sources. Huawei, ZTE, Coolpad and Lenovo have ...
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