Taiwan's newly appointed premier Jiang Yi-huah is reshuffling members of the Executive Yuan (Cabinet) and has named China Airlines chairman Chang Chia-juch to head the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) succeeding departing economic ...
Major China expandable polystyrene producers, Xingda Group and Loyal Group -- with a combined production capacity of nearly 3 million mt/year -- are operating their plants at reduced rates of 40%-50% this week, before the Lunar New Year ...
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While orders have been increasing since the beginning of 2013, Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell maker Gintech Energy is inclined to stop production during the 2013 Lunar New Year in mid-February but fellow maker Neo Solar Power ...
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Styrene monomer stocks in shore tanks in East China rose week on week by about 10,000 mt to roughly 66,000 mt this week -- the highest level seen since early August 2012 -- but still relatively low, market sources said. Whether the ...
The arbitrage window to move polypropylene cargoes from China to Southeast Asia has opened on paper, but no cargoes have been booked so far for the voyage, traders said Wednesday. Demand for PP is weak in China ahead of the long Lunar New ...
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As Samsung Electronics has announced plans to halt production of traditional CCFL-backlit LCD TVs and focus on LED-backlit models, market observers believe the penetration rate of LED-backlit LCD TVs will increase to 90% in 2013. ...
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The Taiwan government plans to switch 180,000 street lamps in four special municipalities to LED, and so far Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics has obtained contracts for a total of 55,000 units from various municipal ...
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It’s reported that the Chinese steel giant Baosteel announced to raise its March list prices for main steel products. Baosteel decided to raise the prices for hot rolled coils (HRC) and cold rolled coils (CRC) by RMB200/ton ...
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China is expected to see an influx of polyethylene from Iran this month, after an absence of product from the Middle Eastern country since early October, market sources said. An estimated 100,000-150,000 mt of high density and low ...
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Due to oil and electricity price hikes, the second wave of energy-saving home appliance subsidies introduced by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) in 2012 showed positive effects. According to MOEA, total sales stimulated by the ...
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China's domestic toluene price has fallen 4.8% in seven trading days since hitting a peak of Yuan 10,375/mt on January 7, Platts data showed Wednesday. The price was heard at Yuan 9,900/mt, or $1,309.81/mt on an import parity basis ...
Chinese end-users have switched to concluding term contract deals and lessened their spot buying with the approach of China's Lunar New Year festivities in mid-February, as spot prices for south China stayed rangebound in Thursday's trading ...
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The China government is likely to announce anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs on polysilicon imported from Europe,the US and South Korea in the first quarter of 2013,which will significantly decrease imports.As a result,10-15%of ...
Styrene monomer traders Thursday said they remained bullish about the outlook for SM in the first quarter of 2013 and expect prices to stay firm even after hitting new record highs on almost a daily basis in December and to date in January. ...
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According to the new set-up Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance, Taiwan's LED industry is expected to benefit from high growth in the global LED lighting business in 2013. Taiwan's LED industry to benefit from global LED lighting brisk ...
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