PVC market prices across Asia are expected to rise as of June offers on reduced market supply from Taiwan, Japan and India, market sources at the Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference in Pattaya said Thursday. Market participants said ...
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Indonesian thermal coal prices were steady Friday amid reduced production and weak demand from China and India, sources said. "Demand has been flat. There has been no real movement," an Indonesia-based trader said. A Singapore-based ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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The engineer from famous China led warehouse lights manufacturer and supplier said that the inexpensive LED lighting products from China has quickly became hot selling goods from South Korea's major shopping malls and supermarkets. This ...
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Textile and clothing enterprises have entered the Southeast Asia market gradually. Vietnam has more advantages in power supply and human cost. The tax and policies of Southeast Asia has more advantages and are attracting more and more ...
US-based First Solar delivered on expectations in 2013 to become the leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company in the global photovoltaic (PV) industry, even though it is likely to be surpassed in 2014 by China-based ...
Industry experts opine that the demand for “Made in USA” products is becoming an important factor in consumer behavior in the textile and apparel industry. Local manufacturers are in support of this trend. While speaking to ...
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Egypt's largest steelmaker Ezz Steel has announced its financial results for 2013, reporting a net profit of EGP 134 million ($18.8 million), significantly increasing compared to EGP 8 million in the previous year. The company's sales ...
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According to the flash estimates released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, during the first quarter this year gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.2 percent in the euro area and by 0.3 percent in the EU-28, ...
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As reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the German economy has been gaining momentum, with price, season and calendar adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter this year increasing by 0.8 percent ...
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The International Energy Agency said Thursday OPEC would need to boost its output in the third quarter by some 900,000 b/d from April's level to meet rising global demand, and warned that OECD oil stocks remained tight by historical ...
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US recycler Metalico expects domestic ferrous scrap pricing to remain under pressure until the American scrap export market improves, it said Thursday. First-quarter US scrap exports were at an eight-year low, leading domestic exporters ...
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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 ...
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India's largest coal producer Coal India Limited is expected to decide whether to award a contract for thermal coal imports at its next board meeting set for late May, a source said Thursday. CIL received a single bid from government ...
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