The NYMEX July natural gas futures contract closed 25.4 cents higher to a $4.762/MMBtu settlement on Thursday after the US Energy Information Administration reported a lower injection to storage inventories than most expected, prompting ...
Tags: Natural Gas, EIA
US over-the-counter thermal coal prices closed mostly lower on Thursday, despite the sharp jump in the broader energy complex, led by a 5.6% increase in the front-month natural gas futures price to $4.762/MMBtu. "Coal is marching to its ...
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European butyl acetate producers are again struggling to pass on feedstock increase this month and are having to accept declining margins, sources said this week. Butac is produced from iso-butanol, a propylene derivative, and acetic ...
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The Dominican Association of Textile Industries (ADITEX) has asked the Directorate General of Customs to investigate the large volume of goods sold in the country with 'Made in America' labels, reports Diario Libre. ADITEX president David ...
Tags: Made in US, Apparel, Accessoriesc, Textile
Spot gas prices on the Dutch and German trading hubs extended Wednesday's gains Thursday morning, in line with the UK NBP where the day-ahead also moved higher from its previous close. At midday London time, the day-ahead contract on the ...
Tags: gas, gas export
Scrap market activity remained sluggish in eastern China over the week with prices mainly holding steady and unlikely to gain any upward momentum in the short term as the outlook for the finished steel market remains pessimistic, market ...
Tags: Ferrous Scrap, Heavy Scrap
May average retail pricing for 7W LED light bulbs (equivalent to 40W incandescent) in the China market rose 4.2% on month to CNY37.4 (US$5.90), while 9W models (equivalent to 60W incandescent) increased 2.7% to CNY45.80, according to ...
Tags: LED Bulb, LED, LED light bulb
Daily purchases from China's state reserve have fallen in recent weeks amidst market perceptions that reserve sale prices may be lowered, competition from foreign cotton, and the prospect of new-crop cotton offered below the current reserve ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories, Textile
Retail sales at sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores fell in May, according to advance estimates of U.S. retail sales released by the U.S. Census Bureau Thursday. The estimates, which will be revised twice in coming months, indicate ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Among the most crucial issues raised during Euratex General Assembly held on June 4th 2014, special attention was paid to the growth of dyestuffs prices. Alberto Paccanelli, President of EURATEX, stressed forcefully that, “the EU ...
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The all India kappas arrivals per day are approximately 70,000 bales per day for fortnight ending May 31. As per trade sources till now approximately 3 crore 60 lakh bales of kappas have arrived in the market out of the expected crop of 3 ...
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According to the short-range outlook report issued by IREPAS, the global association of producers and exporters of long steel products, demand has continued to improve in the global long steel products market, especially in the Americas and ...
Tags: Long Steel Markets, Healthy Demand
On June 10, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) announced that Turkey's gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of the current year grew by 14.8 percent to TRY 407.31 billion ($184.18 billion) in current prices and by 4.3 ...
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As of June 9, inventory of iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports amounted to 114.71 million mt, down 0.48 million mt or 0.42 percent compared to the inventory level recorded on June 2, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency. As of the ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Chinese Ports
According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa (SSA), in April this year South Africa's manufacturing output decreased by 1.5 percent compared to the same month of 2013. The main reasons for the decrease included the ...
Tags: Iron, Steel Output