Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange on Wednesday went down to settle at their lowest in nearly two weeks, as the US faced opposition from Russia on a military strike against Syria, eroding demand for gold ...
Tags: Gold futures, Mineral
The global LNG market is expected to see a peak in supply tightness in 2014, rising Asian demand will likely match the average 0.9 Bcf/day additional liquefaction capacity expected to come onto the market in the year, Barclays Research said ...
The US added 976 megawatts of new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity during second-quarter 2013, up 24% on quarter from 788 megawatts in first-quarter 2013, according to Solarbuzz. "In the second quarter, new PV installed in California ...
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In what's being described as a win-win-win venture, a three-way agreement has been signed between Austin-based Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc (APNT), a world leader in inks and pastes for printed electronics, China's Sichuan Yinhe Chemical ...
Tags: Solar Deal, Energy
The spot price of uranium has dropped by about $1 in the past week to come in at about $34/lb, as a trading company's deal last week to sell material that level continued to depress prices, market analysts said in interviews Tuesday. The ...
Barge-delivered Central Appalachian coal for Cal 2014 fell 60 cents/st Tuesday as the contract was seen trading down through the session. Platts assessed the Cal 2014 price at $55.75/st, the lowest level for a front-year contract since ...
The price of Atlantic met coal remained steady Monday, following recent modest fluctuations, with mills and traders moving into the negotiation period for both contract and spot deals. One European-based trader said he would be buying in ...
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China announced policies on Friday to ramp up support for renewable energy projects, in a bid to curb air pollution. The National Development and Reform Commission issued new subsidy standards for distributed solar power generation ...
Tags: PV power units, PV stations
ShawCor Ltd. has appointed Steve Orr as president of ShawCor Ltd. William P. Buckley, formerly president and CEO, will continue as CEO. The company says these changes are part of ShawCor's ongoing management succession plan. Reporting to ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, oil, gas
It's reported that Russia's TMK said that it has shipped around 3,500 tons of strength grade X60QS oil-and-gas pipes with outside diameters of 273.1mm and 323.9mm which are produced at Volzhsky Pipe Plant to India's Oil and Natural Gas ...
Tags: Construction, steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Freight rates to ship coal from northern China's Qinhuangdao port to the other Chinese ports of Zhangjiagang, Shanghai and Guangzhou continued to move up in the week ended August 28, the sixth week in a row, a weekly report released by ...
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US iron ore production in the second quarter of this year amounted to 11.7 million mt, decreasing by 900,000 mt as compared to the same period last year and down 800,000 mt from the first quarter of this year, according to figures from the ...
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On August 29, Chongqing-based Chinese steelmaker Chongqing Iron and Steel Co. (Chongqing Steel) announced that in the first half of this year, its operating revenue totaled RMB 9.29 billion ($1.52 billion), down 9.6 percent year on year. ...
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Cleveland, Ohio-based Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. announced Thursday that the United Steelworkers Union local membership have ratified a three-year labor contract agreement for its Bloom Lake Mine in Fermont, Quebec. The new labor ...
On August 30, Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, announced that in July this year the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the European Union member states (EU-28) was 11 percent, stable compared to June ...
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