Argentina will retroactively cut the duty for biodiesel exported in March from 21.75% to 11.07%, according to Claudio Molina, executive director of the Argentina Association of Biofuels and Hydrogen. The official announcement has yet to ...
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Molybdenum oxide and European ferromolybdenum soared higher Thursday as sources said the market was being driven by extreme tightness for oxide powder. The Platts daily dealer molybdenum oxide assessment climbed to $13.70-14.20/lb on ...
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Exports of Russian acetone dropped to just 2,666 mt in March after the explosion at the Omsk acetone plant forced other Russian producers to shift their focus to the domestic market, the latest data published by the Federal Customs Service ...
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Spain's six LNG terminals reloaded 8.39 TWh of LNG onto nine tankers in April, a 277% year-on-year increase, data published Friday by gas grid operator Enagas showed. Spain's six LNG terminals also unloaded a total of 24 tankers with 17.4 ...
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China's latest five-year plan promises to shift the economy from its dependence on exports toward domestic consumption as an engine of growth. The key to achieving this will be for the nation to enhance the ability of its economy to ...
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The world's second biggest steelmaker Japan-based Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC) has announced its financial results for the full financial year 2013-14 ended March 31, posting a net profit of JPY 242.75 billion ($2.4 billion), ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
Rotherham-based Beatson Clark was commissioned to design a bespoke 500ml amber glass bottle with a standard crown neck finish. The bottle features the Thornbridge Brewery crest around the shoulder and the strapline 'Innovation Passion ...
Turkish polyethylene prices Wednesday hit highs not seen since October 2008, driven by limited Middle East offers amid high Asian prices, sources said. Low density polyethylene, linear low density polyethylene and high density ...
A leading Brazilian ethanol trader is forecasting an 8% rise in the average domestic price of the biofuel during the 2014-15 marketing year (April-March) as burgeoning domestic consumption is likely to more than offset tumbling export ...
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LNG volumes coming on stream from countries including the US and Australia in the next few years could lead to a progressive convergence of global gas prices and more LNG imports into Europe as well as the Far East, US Energy Secretary ...
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Corn use in the U.S. has slipped lower in recent months, and that's got USDA opening up a slightly lower price range looking further into the 2013-2014 marketing year. That's according to Friday's monthly USDA World Agricultural Supply and ...
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In the first quarter this year, Russia's ferrous metal export volume increased by 44.3 percent year on year, according to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat). In terms of value, the exports rose by 32.6 percent year on year. ...
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International credit rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) has announced that it has affirmed its 'BBB+' long-term rating for South Korean steelmaker POSCO, with the outlook remaining negative. S&P said that it expects POSCO's credit ...
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According to the statistics released by the US International Trade Commission (US ITC), in March this year exports of iron and steel scrap from the US amounted to 1.33 million mt, increasing by 11.12 percent from February and down 32.19 ...
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The Philippines' statistics office released data on March exports on Friday. Total exports Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct yr/yr change (pct) 11.2 11.6 9.2 15.8 18.9 14.0 in $ bln 5.23 4.66 4.38 4.6 4.29 5.03 mth/mth change (pct) 12.2 6.3 -4.8 ...
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