China's iron ore importers need to keep a close eye on the country's steel mills as they mull output cuts and shutdowns amid a year-end credit crunch, the China Iron and Steel Association said Thursday. Prices of iron ore derivatives ...
The price of Australian alumina continued to drift sideways Thursday, leaving Platts daily assessment unchanged at $200/mt FOB, despite a slight slippage of Yuan 15/mt ($2.30) in Chinese domestic prices in Shanxi province. The Australian ...
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Brazil's Braskem has been buying bigger volumes of naphtha from Europe in recent days due to low stocks in Brazil as the petrochemicals producer continues to negotiate with Brazilian state-led oil company Petrobras over the terms of a ...
Coal shipment volumes originated on US railroads were relatively flat week on week, Association of American Railroads data showed Wednesday. For the week that ended Saturday, the AAR said a total of 92,934 coal carloads traveled US ...
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According to ABI Research, the consumer robotics market is set to close out 2015 at 33 million shipments with total revenues of US$3.5 billion. By 2025, both shipments and revenues are expected to dramatically increase, with ABI Research ...
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The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) commends the U.S. Department of Energy on its Dec. 2, 2015 decision that mandatory energy conservation standards for high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps are not technically feasible ...
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LED A-line lamps posted another strong showing in 2015Q3, surging 237.2% during the quarter on a year-over-year basis. Halogen A-line lamps posted a year-over-year increase of 33.0%. In contrast, incandescent A-line lamps decreased by 31.5% ...
Platts assessed spot aluminum premiums on a CIF Japan basis at $90-$100/mt plus London Metal Exchange cash on Tuesday, up from $90-$95/mt plus LME cash on Monday as sellers held on to higher premiums. Two overseas sellers said they would ...
Ultra HD (4K) TVs are expected to make up 23.7% of LCD TV shipments in 2016, up 9.3pp on year. Because of the increase, demand for LEDs used in TV backlighting applications will rise and approximately 20-30% more LEDs will be used in 4K TVs ...
Coal exports from Australia's Gladstone port exceeded 7 million mt in November, as buyers from China, Japan and South Korea increased their offtake, a report from Gladstone port authority Friday said. Throughput at the port -- which ships ...
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The market for vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) was $611.3m in 2014 and is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.99% from 2015 to $2105.3m in 2020, according to the report ‘VCSEL Market: ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, says that for full-year 2016 it expects net sales ...
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Polyethylene shipments from Singapore to India are expected to pick up in the long term following a free trade agreement taking effect December 1, sources said Friday. But sources in both markets do not expect this to have much impact ...
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Repairs to reinforce the sills of the Panama Canal's new locks, which were found to be deficient earlier this year, will be completed by January 2016, the Canal Authority of Panama (ACP) said Tuesday. During routine operational testing of ...
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Ukraine is seeking extra imports of anthracite coal from South Africa and other sources on looming shortages after supplies from Russia and territories controlled by pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk regions were suspended, ...
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