China Steel Corp. (CSC), the largest carbon steelmaker in Taiwan is going to release its leeway prices for September. The company decided to raise prices for hot rolled, cold rolled leeway by NT$600/ton and NT$500/ton respectively for ...
Tags: steel, Construction
Relative strength in premiums for the sour Middle Eastern crude market seen in recent days showed continued upward momentum Wednesday, as Asian refiners look to cover winter requirements and Chinese buyers look to re-stock, trading sources ...
Tags: Premiums, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
US propylene contract prices for September have reached a full settlement at a rollover, market sources said Thursday. As first reported by Platts, propylene contracts began to settle Wednesday flat to August, with polymer grade at 70 ...
The price spread between Asian paraxylene and isomer-grade mixed xylenes shrank $9/mt day on day to a one-year low of $175/mt on a CFR basis Wednesday as PX prices turned top heavy while MX remained bullish, Platts data showed. Asian ...
Tags: MX Firms
China's state-owned enterprise Chongqing Iron & Steel plans to maintain its crude steel output in 2013 at 6 million mt amid uncertainties in the market, a company source told Platts Wednesday. The steelmaker has three blast furnaces, each ...
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 ...
Tags: Spot prices, Mineral
The CFR Taiwan/China paraxylene price benchmark fell $8.50/mt from Friday to be pegged at $1,511.50/mt early Monday, after negotiators reached no settlement for September Asian Contract Prices, market sources said. Market sources said ...
South Korea's HC Petrochem plans to further cut runs at its No 2 aromatics plant at Daesan to 70% from early next week, due to weak production margins for paraxylene, a company official said Thursday. "Operating at 70% capacity is the ...
Tags: Chemicals, HC Petrochem
The Asian toluene market led a price surge in most Asian aromatic products early Wednesday, driven by crude oil futures rising on geopolitical tensions in Syria. Front-month ICE Brent crude futures hit a six-month high Wednesday, with ...
Spot indium prices in Asia have risen to their highest level since October 2011, as sellers hold back expecting prices to rise further in the near term, market sources said Tuesday. Platts assessed the spot indium price at $630-670/kg CIF ...
Tags: Spot Indium, Mineral
TransCore has reported that Canadian spot market freight volumes remained steady in July, sidestepping the traditionally July slowdown. The same was recently reported of North American spot market volumes. Load volumes in July were at ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts, truck
The High Point Market Authority is bringing back past competition participants for the latest edition of Style Spotters. In the fall 2013 program, Style Spotters - Rewind!, some Style Spotters from markets past will revisit their past ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
According to a recent announcement by China Beijing International Mining Exchange (CMBX), Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) and CBMX have signed a cooperation agreement to push forward the building and development of domestic platforms for ...
Tags: iron ore spot, Mineral
The August US paraxylene contract price settled at 73.5 cents/lb ($1,620.38/mt), an increase of 2.5 cents from July's contract price, sources said Tuesday. The settlement is in line with most market expectations for an increase, because ...
Tags: paraxylene, spot PX
The low availability of high-quality cotton and price rises in the international market halted the downward trend in Brazil in early August. Moreover, dollar quotes at high levels keep import and export parities stable, leading sellers to ...
Tags: High-Quality Cotton, Textile