Spot imports of primary aluminum ingot into Japan were thin this week as buyers were waiting to see the impact from the postponment of LME's new warehouse process rules, Japanese market sources said Wednesday. Trade was thin also due to ...
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Low-sulfur crude grades in the North Sea have dropped to more than four-month lows on differentials versus Dated Brent on pressure from competing grades in the Mediterranean. On Tuesday, Norwegian North Sea crude grade Ekofisk hit a ...
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Commercial Metals Company announced last week financial results for its second quarter ended February 28, 2014. Net earnings attributable to CMC for the second quarter were $11.1 million, or $0.09 per diluted share, on net sales of $1.6 ...
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Firm works with a number of entertainment and gaming companies to deliver a box of goodies and collectables. US monthly licensed treats and toys subscription box, Loot Crate, is reporting “awesome reaction” from the UK market. ...
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The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector was at 50.3 percent in March of the current year, up 0.1 percentage point compared to February, which is the first time the index has increased since November last year, ...
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Australia's governments should agree to cut the fuel tax and registration charges paid by trucking operators, the chairwoman of the Australian Trucking Association Noelene Watson said. The National Transport Commission (NTC) concluded in ...
In the presence of Germany’s Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel and the Chinese State President Xi Jinping, Daimler AG and its Chinese partner Beijing Automotive Industry Corporation (BAIC Group) today signed an agreement on the further ...
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US polypropylene contracts could see a stable-to-down settlement for April, then rebound as early as May, market sources said Monday. A nomination for polymer-grade propylene contracts calling for a rollover of March pricing was giving PP ...
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US crude production rose 68,000 b/d to 7.939 million b/d in January, its highest monthly tally since December 1988, when production was 7.942 million b/d, according to monthly US Energy Information Administration oil data released Friday. ...
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Australian coking coal producer Beacon Hill Resources has announced its interim results for 2013, reporting a net loss of $19.24 million, narrowing down from the net loss of $45.13 million in the previous year. The company's revenues ...
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BlackBerry continued to struggle during the company’s fiscal fourth quarter, experiencing a huge drop in revenue and a $423 million net loss. Revenue for the fourth quarter of BlackBerry’s fiscal 2014, which ended March 1, was ...
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Japanese carmaker Honda Motor in collaboration with Toyota Motor is planning to introduce fuel-cell vehicles in 2015. Both the carmakers expect to produce 1,000 vehicles per annum. Currently, Honda is developing a five-passenger sedan, ...
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Ormet, as it winds down its aluminum business in the US, is seeking federal bankruptcy court permission to sell another 24,000 mt, plus or minus 5%, of sandy calcined metallurgical-grade alumina to Swiss commodities trader Trafigura AG for ...
Tags: Ormet, Calcined Alumina, aluminum
US-based Biery Cheese will invest $19.7m to upgrade its facility in Wood County, Wisconsin, a move which is expected to create 31 full-time jobs. As part of the project, the company plans to buy new equipment and strengthen capabilities ...
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Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) has announced plans to convert the No. 3 newsprint machine (D3) situated at its DeRidder, Louisiana mill, US, to containerboard, producing lightweight linerboard and medium. The machine is expected ...