Nigerian light sweet crude Akpo has seen its values fall sharply amid weaker demand because of a drop in refining margins, trading sources said Thursday. About a month ago at the start of the trading cycle of the Nigerian June loading ...
Ethanol production in Brazil's important center-south region fell 4.2% in the first half of May from the same period of 2013 as fewer mills are grinding sugar cane, according to data released Tuesday by cane-grower's trade group Unica. ...
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The US ferrous scrap import market was quiet in East Asia during the week, regional traders said Thursday. Importing mills were staying away because they believed US scrap prices were likely to soften after iron ore broke the $100/dry mt ...
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Northwest European styrene monomer prices fell $91.50/mt or 5.5% from the start of May to close Thursday at a one-year low of $1,553.50/mt FOB ARA, Platts data showed. The last time it was lower was April 23, 2013 at $1,544.50/mt FOB ARA. ...
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The Bridgestone stand at the Reifen International Trade Fair will herald the arrival of its first Agri tire. Our eyes and ears at the Reifen 2014 International Trade Fair this year will be the intrepid John Stone, who writes European ...
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The $156 million final judgment against Nucor Corp. Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., American Alloy Steel Inc. and JSW Steel (USA), for conspiring to drive competitor MM Steel LP out of business was delayed Monday by US District Judge Kenneth ...
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After a week of what in spots felt more like March, the first full week of May will likely see a lot of planting and other fieldwork throughout the nation's center, allowing farmers a lot of catch-up time in what's started out as a virtual ...
American automaker Ford Motor has temporarily suspended operations in Venezuela over lack of foreign currency to import automobile parts for assembly. Companies in Venezuela pay local bolivars to state currency board Cencoez, in order to ...
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Blood glucose test strips sold in these packages have been declared misbranded by FDA and should not be used. (Courtesy FDA) FDA has announced the recommendation that use of Shasta Technologies' GenStrip Glucose Test Strips be ...
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Aleddra HaloMax Highbay Luminaire has quickly become the favorite of lighting designers and architects for high-end commercial lighting applications. In addition, the Aleddra Classic LED Highbay introduced two weeks ago has drawn an ...
Robotic-assisted surgery device maker Intuitive Surgical has announced an acceleration of its $1 billion share buyback program from Goldman, Sachs & Co. in an effort to prop up its dwindling stock price. The embattled Sunnyvale, ...
Domestic prices of hydrous ethanol in Brazil's center-south -- the world's largest sugarcane growing region -- hit five-month lows Tuesday as offers continued to flood the market. Product sold at plants in Ribeirao Preto have fallen 13% ...
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July wheat futures rose 16 cents Tuesday, in part due to rumblings from day one of the Hard Winter Wheat Tour through northern Kansas. Tour participants estimated the yield from 271 field stops in north-central and northwest Kansas to be ...
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Spot trade of 226, the main aluminum alloy grade, was slow this week, with consumers wary of higher prices, and partly because of the shorter working week. A number of producers have pushed offers of 226 ingot up to around Eur1,700/mt ...
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A large number of textiles exporters are facing a huge financial crunch due to substantial delay in getting duty drawback since the last five months from all the major ports. According to Shri Manikam Ramaswami ,Chairman, “The ...
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