H&M publishes its twelfth Conscious Actions Sustainability Report. Some of the highlights during 2013 are the launch of H&M´s roadmap for fair living wages, the first closed loop collection made with recycled material from collected ...
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The winning bid in the monthly auction held Wednesday for Japanese H2 ferrous scrap for export from Tokyo Bay was Yen 32,610/mt ($319.70/mt) FAS or free alongside ship, the organizer of the tender said. The bid was Yen 1,700/mt higher ...
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An expected surplus of gasoil in Asia from greenfield and upgraded refineries might flow into the marine fuel market in late 2014 or early 2015, trade sources said Wednesday. Asia's maritime industry is looking to the possible supply as ...
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The North Sea spot butane market has been inactive due to a combination of thin demand and limited availability, according to industry sources. North Sea butane is used in Northwest Europe either by the gasoline related sector in the ...
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The European Commission announced the adoption of new rules on public support for projects in the field of environmental protection and energy. The guidelines will support EU member states in reaching their 2020 climate targets, while ...
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The NYMEX May natural gas futures contract settled 5.8 cents higher at $4.534/MMBtu Tuesday on a supportive weather outlook across much of the US over the middle of April. "Some models are predicting temperatures 20 degrees below normal ...
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US March ethylene contract negotiations are still ongoing as US PVC producers are holding out for larger decreases, market sources said Tuesday. "A number of buyers have settled at a 4-cent/lb decrease, however there are at least two PVC ...
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Ferromolybdenum prices struggled to keep pace with rising molybdenum oxide prices as the market remained cautiously optimistic, sources said Tuesday. Platts assessed its daily dealer molybdenum oxide price at $11.50-11.70/lb, up from ...
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Russian AK5M2 secondary aluminum feedstock prices remained under downward pressure for a second week from weak export demand, Japanese buyers said Tuesday. Several Russian producers Tuesday offered $1,940/mt CIF Japan for AK5M2 feedstock ...
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A spokesperson for ArcelorMittal has confirmed the company's US plate mills in Coatesville, Burns Harbor and Conshohocken are providing 160,000 tons of steel plate to two steel fabricators who are involved in construction of the 3.1 mile, ...
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In February this year, Turkey's billet and bloom import volume decreased by 48.14 percent year on year to 185,927 metric tons, down 30.32 percent compared to the previous month, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical ...
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All US ethanol regions on Monday were assessed within 10 cents of their previous assessment for the first time since March 11, as volatility that has plagued the market for two months softened. The front-month New York Harbor ethanol ...
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The Australian Brewery's Mexican Lager Australian beer company The Australian Brewery has announced the return of its popular Mexican Lager in Australia. The Australian Brewery said the Mexican Lager has 20 per cent maize and a small ...
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The China government has lowered its rare earths export quotas for 2014 by 30% compared to 2013 after the actual export volume last year was lower than its original estimates. Prices of cerium, yttrium and terbium oxide (rare earths used in ...
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Henniker Scientific Ltd, Warrington, UK, which supplies instruments, systems & technologies for vacuum science, thin-film deposition, UHV surface analysis, plasma surface treatment, plasma characterization and gas analysis, says that its ...