US ethanol imports in September jumped to 168.31 million liters (44.4 million gallons), up 41% from August and double the volumes in the year-ago month, US Census Bureau data showed. The data includes all ethanol types except for beverage ...
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Six consecutive days of nonstop rain in Brazil's Santos port has hampered vessels' loading operations and is likely to reduce the pace of discharge in the terminals, according to Kingsman, an agricultural analysis unit of Platts. Since ...
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Colombia's ethanol production in September totaled 41.86 million liters (11.05 million gallons), up 2.5% from August and the highest monthly total on record, Colombian National Federation of Biofuels data shows. August's ethanol ...
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Sugarcane crush volumes in the key Center-South region of Brazil in the second half of October are expected to total 37.91 million mt, according to a Platts survey of analysts. The consensus estimate accounts for an average of three days ...
Brazil exported 46.9 million liters of ethanol to Europe in October, the most it had exported to the region on a monthly basis since October 2010, data from the Secretariat of Foreign Trade (SECEX) showed Monday. Of that total, 33.6 ...
China's crude oil imports rose 9.4% on year to 26.35 million mt in October, or 6.23 million b/d, preliminary data released by the General Administration of Customs Sunday showed. The October imports were 8.8% lower from September's 6.829 ...
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Platts assessed spot premiums for aluminum imports into Japan at $85-$90/mt plus London Metal Exchange cash CIF Japan Monday, flat since October 27, amid talks of offers available at $80/mt heard in the market. Two Asian traders said they ...
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Chile's CAP Mineria's net profits in the first nine months of the year fell 83% to $17.3 million as lower iron ore prices cut income despite higher shipments and record production, according to results late Friday. The company, the mining ...
Brazilian iron ore miner Samarco may be out of iron ore pellets within three weeks following a fatal tailings dam collapse last week, a source familiar with the company said Monday. An indefinite stoppage could affect global pellet ...
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US extruder Bonnell Aluminum posted a 5.8% increase in its third quarter net sales year on year on higher sales volumes, particularly in the automotive and nonresidential building and construction markets, parent company Tredegar said ...
Demand for imported crude, petroleum bitumen blend and straight-run fuel oil by independent teapot refineries in China's eastern Shandong province was relatively weak over this week, given narrowing refining margins on lower oil prices in ...
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Tubemaker Tenaris is not very optimistic about a recovery in demand for its steel tubular products from the oil and gas industries in the near future, its CEO Paolo Rocca said during a conference call on Thursday. The executive stressed ...
US benzene and toluene markets rose to two-month highs Tuesday to $2.35/gal ($703/mt) FOB US Gulf Coast and $2.25/gal ($684/mt) FOB USG, respectively. Sources attributed gains in both markets to stronger energy as NYMEX December crude ...
Asian propylene term contract discussions for 2016 are likely to conclude at larger discounts than this year due to an increase in supply in the region, market sources said this week. A source at a producer in South Korea estimated the ...
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The water levels on the Rhine hit critically low levels this week, which threatened to send the cost of transporting and handling a range of oil and chemicals even higher after several months of rising costs. Freight and logistics costs ...
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