GCL-Poly determined to hold current polysilicon price, says chairman Nuying Huang, Taipei; Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES [Monday 1 October 2012] Market observers believe China's anti-dumping investigation against US- and South Korea-based ...
The Chinese government's latest move to combat tax evasion by imposing a consumption tax on MTBE and aromatics is likely to raise gasoline blending costs and make imports of finished gasoline relatively more cost-effective, industry sources ...
Tags: Tax on MTBE, Gasoline, aromatics
Taiwan-based solar cell makers expect China-based competitors to stop dumping their products in December when the off season begins, helping stabilize prices, according to industry sources. Solar cell prices have continued declining from ...
Tags: solar cell makers, price drops, December
The spot price of polysilicon in China has fallen to US$15/kg, close to the variable cost of many polysilicon providers. The contract price remains around US$20/kg. Downstream firms have been reluctant to issue orders according to ...
Tags: polysilicon spot, price, China
The average spot price of methanol in the US for November was $1.2701/gal FOB US Gulf, the highest spot average since September 2008 when it was $1.40/gal FOB US Gulf. This is an increase of 4.15 cents, or 3.37%, from October's average ...
The US Gulf Coast non-LST purity ethane assessment has fallen to its lowest level since August 2002, according to Platts data, a move attributed to increasing supplies form shale gas plays across the US. Ethane has fallen 68% on the ...
Tags: ethane, purity ethane, shale gas
The price of Chinese primary nickel closed November 15th 2012 by halting its two day flat run with a 1% shift on MetalMiner's stainless price index. On the LME, the 3 month price of nickel rose 0.7% to USD 16,100 per tonne. The LME spot ...
Tags: Chinese Primary Nickel, primary nickel, stainless price index
US steam cracker margins showed minor increase against lower feedstock costs in a shortened holiday week,as US markets were closed for celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday. Platts'close of assessment for the week was at 12:30 p.m.CST ...
Tags: steam cracker margins, Ethane-based ethylene margins, data, price
Amazon Web Services(AWS)has announced an online marketplace where users of its cloud computing services can sell their reserved server instances to other companies,the company said on Wednesday. Reserved instances allow avid cloud users ...
China-based polysilicon makers urge government to investigate dumping by US-,South Korea-based makers Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Friday 22 June 2012]China-based polysilicon makers have urged the China government to launch ...
Tags: China, US market, polysilicon makers, China-based solar firms, South Korea
Additional production at 2012 year end may push polysilicon spot price below US$20/kg Nuying Huang,Hsinchu;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Wednesday 20 June 2012]The spot price of polysilicon has been falling since the market downturn in 2011.The ...
Tags: Solar Power, polysilicon, price
Commentary:China government needs to create projects with sufficient IRRs to save solar industry Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Tuesday 19 June 2012]Some China-based solar firms have been falling into bankruptcies since the ...
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The large turbulences in the solar market have caused abnormal conditions in the industry.The contract price of polysilicon has reached an all-time low,nearly as low as the spot prices.Solar equipment firms have been forced to engage in ...
Tags: Solar Material, polysilicon, solar equipment
Evidence of polysilicon dumping by US-and South Korea-based firms easily obtainable,say industry sources Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Friday 25 May 2012]If the China government begins an anti-dumping investigations against ...
Tags: China, South Korea, US market, Dumping
Four China-based polysilicon firms, LDK, Jiangsu Zhongneng, Shannxi Tianhong Silicon Material, and China Silicon Corporation, have applied to the Ministry of Commerce in China, asking the government to start an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy ...
Tags: anti-subsidy, anti-dumping, polysilicon, solar