The three coal terminals at Australia's Newcastle port increased their combined shipments of thermal and coking coal 39% week on week to 3.45 million mt on Monday, hitting a 13-week high, according to Newcastle Port Corp. data released ...
Tags: Terminals'Coal, coal
Amcor Flexibles' Twin Pouch packaging is an inventive packaging idea that makes stir fry cooking easy for consumers, and was developed with Nestlé for its Maggi Stir Fry Creations product range, sold in Australia and New Zealand. The ...
The first U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cotton forecast for 2014/15 projects that global cotton production will decline for the third consecutive season. Although projected at its lowest in 5 years, production remains above ...
Tags: Cotton, cotton production
The Platts LNG Japan Korea Marker for July, the newly assessed front month, began trading at $13.625/MMBtu on Friday. The marker for June fell 32.5 cents from last Friday to close at $13.625/MMBtu on Thursday amid ample supply and weak ...
Tags: LNG, Weak Demand
Spot Asian coking coal prices moved sideways Monday as ominous signals from the Chinese steel industry, nagging concerns about lower costs and abundant supplies hurt trading sentiment. Lower domestic prices continued to be used as a key ...
Tags: coking coal, domestic prices
The Platts Australian alumina assessment fell 50 cents/mt from Friday to $315.50/mt FOB Monday, weighed down by supply overhang, tight cash flows and lack of buyers. Alumina bid/ask levels were around $310-312/mt against $316/mt FOB ...
Tags: alumina, Australian-origin cargoes
First Turkey store is expected to open in Mall of Istanbul in June 2014. Build-A-Bear Workshop has signed a deal with Horizon Toy Company of Turkey to open a store in Turkey. Turkey's first Build-A-Bear Workshop store is expected to ...
Tags: Toys
The seaborne iron ore market ended a brief two days of gains Thursday as buying activity failed to hold up. Platts assessed the 62% Fe Iron Ore Index at $103.25/dry mt CFR North China Thursday, down 75 cents/dmt on the day. Despite spot ...
Tags: Iron Ore Market, Iron Ore
One year ago today, 17 ready-made garment (RMG) industry global brands and retailers and 2 global unions and their national RMG affiliates signed an unprecedented agreement to make RMG factories safe in Bangladesh. One year later, 172 ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories
South Korea's state-owned Korea Gas Corp imported 12.61 million mt of LNG in the first quarter, up 0.5% from 12.55 million mt a year earlier, the company said in a statement Wednesday. All of the volumes were imported under long-term ...
Tags: LNG Imports, LNG
Australian coal exploration company Stanmore Coal estimates that 40% of global seaborne-traded thermal coal production of roughly 800 million mt and 45% of internationally traded coking coal production of around 300 million mt is ...
Tags: coal exploration, thermal coal
Norco has completed a successful trial sending fresh milk to China Australian dairy co-operative Norco has announced it has completed a successful trial shipment of fresh milk to China which will take milk from Australian dairy farms ...
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UNIQLO Australia has officially announced plans for Sydney. Set to open its doors in MidCity this Spring / Summer, the store will be located at the heart of the iconic Pitt Street Mall - arguably Sydney's most popular shopping and fashion ...
Tags: Apparel Retailer, UNIQLO
India imported around 15.86 million mt of coal at 24 major ports in April, up 6.45% from March, according to data released Wednesday by Indian ship broker Interocean. The April imports consisted of 12.3 million mt of thermal coal, up ...
Tags: thermal coal, April imports
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 ...
Tags: LNG Exports, LNG market