Shortages of natural resources and raw materials can make prices fluctuate substantially and even bring electronics manufacturing to a screeching halt. Proper planning is critical to staying ahead of the potential shortages. Bindiya ...
Tags: Raw Materials, natural resources
A study conducted by The Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council, (Texprocil) has revealed that India's cotton yarns exports are meeting their targets barring the seasonal fluctuations generally witnessed every April and inspite of high ...
Tags: Cotton Yarn, Cotton Yarn Exports
Denim fabric capacity in India is increasing with passage of years. And although domestic consumption is rising alongside, exports of denim fabric have not risen in the same fashion. At the same time, many companies are setting up new denim ...
Tags: Denim, Over-Capacity
The Cato Corporation reported net income of $30.0 million or $1.04 per diluted share for the first quarter ended May 3, 2014, compared to net income of $30.8 million or $1.05 per diluted share for the first quarter ended May 4, 2013. Net ...
Tags: specialty retailer, Cato
Turkish rebar producer Izmir Demir elik Sanayi A.. (IDC) has announced its financial results for the first quarter of the current year, remarking that global apparent steel consumption in 2014 is expected to grow 3.1 percent, while apparent ...
Tags: Steel Exports, IDC
According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in April this year Turkish producers' foreign sales price index (PPI)* in general decreased by 3.21 percent over March and was up 19.20 percent year on year, ...
Tags: Foreign Sales, Metal
In its financial results according to US GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) for the first quarter of 2014, Russian steelmaker NLMK Group's net profit increased by 359 percent compared to the first quarter of the previous year ...
Tags: steel sales, NLMK
The US steel sheet market remains relatively steady, though a lack of buyer urgency may be eroding the bottom range of hot-rolled pricing, market sources said Monday. A top-tier mill source said import buying has picked up but domestic ...
Tags: Steel Sheet, top-tier mill
Domestic iron ore concentrate prices in north China's Hebei province have declined further by an average 5.7% or Yuan 55/dmt ($11) over the week, in response to both lower domestic steel prices as well as weakening imported iron ore prices, ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Concentrate Prices
Some sellers of molybdenum oxide powder in Asia have lowered offers Friday, following falls during European trading hours Thursday, while others kept their offers at $14.70-14.80/lb CIF, market sources said. Platts assessed moly oxide at ...
Tags: Molybdenum Oxide, Oxide Powder
MEGlobal has rolled over its June North American benchmark for monoethylene glycol at 51 cents/lb, multiple market sources said Friday. The company said earlier this week that its June Asia contract price would decline $20 to $1,080/mt ...
Tags: PET makers, DEG prices
Northwest European styrene monomer prices fell $91.50/mt or 5.5% from the start of May to close Thursday at a one-year low of $1,553.50/mt FOB ARA, Platts data showed. The last time it was lower was April 23, 2013 at $1,544.50/mt FOB ARA. ...
Tags: Styrene, polystyrene
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 ...
Tags: PVC Prices, VCM Shortages
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 ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Flat Demand
Nearly 3 million barrels of Abu Dhabi's Murban crude is expected to move into the Mediterranean in June, according to traders, as weaker demand in Asia and expectations of a bullish summer in the Mediterranean Urals market have attracted ...
Tags: Asian Demand, Murban crude