The European physical naphtha market and forward spreads have come under heavy pressure in recent days as weak LPG values have led some petrochemical end-users to turn their attentions to cracking propane, traders said Friday. Platts ...
Tags: naphtha, LPG, propane, petrochemical
The Platts February LNG Japan Korea Marker ended the Asian trading week at $17.40/MMBtu, up from Monday's $17.15/MMBtu, on the back of sustained demand stemming from cold weather in the Far East. Low temperatures across North Asia boosted ...
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At least a few Japanese refiners have started to consider importing more kerosene for February deliveries amid a particularly bullish winter demand period in the country, industry sources said Friday. Japan has been experiencing a colder ...
Tags: bumper kerosene, refiners, kerosene, kerosene sales
Food and drink deals, particularly the acquisition of Weetabix by China's Bright Food Group, dominated large-scale merger and acquisition activity in the UK in 2012, a new report by Experian shows. Food and drink was the most active ...
Tags: food, drink, acquisition, Bright Food Group
PureCircle, a producer of stevia ingredients, expects first-half sales to surge as food and beverage companies sign up for the natural sweetener. Net sales are expected to show an increase of 80% to US$27m in the six months to 31 ...
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Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the UK food and drink manufacturing sector last year helped to set a three-year record for the UK economy, according to information services company Experian. A key contributor to last year’s ...
Tags: UK, food, drink manufacturing, UK economy
At the SteelOrbis Fall'11 Conference&65th IREPAS Meeting held in St.Petersburg on September 25-27,the ChermetServis Snabzenie General Manager Sergey Labintsev made statements about the company and the scrap market in Russia. Can you ...
Tags: Sergey Labintsev, Russian government's export restrictions", SteelOrbis
Mario Sala,Area Manager of Italia's leading steel supplier Tuxor expressed the company's operations and the general situation of the steel markets at the SteelOrbis Spring'12 Conference and 66th IREPAS Meeting held in London. Could you ...
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Kumba final results for the year ended 31 December 2011.Record safety,exports,earnings and dividends. Commenting on the results,Kumba Iron Ore("Kumba")CEO Chris Griffith said:"Driven by export volume growth and a 26%increase in iron ...
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JFE Shoji Trade Corporation announced that the integration of JFE Shoji Usuitakenzai Corporation,whose main market is in East Japan and JFE Seibu Usuitakenzai Corporation,whose main market is in West Japan,has been decided to establish more ...
Turkish integrated long steel producer Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS(Kardemir)has announced its planned sales volumes of rebar,billet and bloom,beams and pig iron for the January to March period of 2013. According to ...
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In the week ended January 4, diverse price movements were observed in the London Metal Exchange (LME) billet market after varied movements were recorded in the previous week as well. The following prices were recorded in LME billet contract ...
Tags: Varied Price, Lme Billet Market, Energy
China Steel Corp.(CSC),the largest carbon steel producer in Taiwan is going to release its price policy for March on January 18th.Market participants forecasted that CSC might raise its list prices for March,driven by the firm's improved ...
Ruggero Brunori,53,is the son of Giovanni Battista Brunori,who founded rebar producer Laminatoio Valsabbia in 1954,in Odolo,Brescia,Italy.In the early 1980s Ruggero graduated in law,and since 1987 has committed himself to working for the ...
Recently,the transaction prices of electric furnace(EF)killed wire rods have increased to NT$19,500/ton in the Taiwanese market,driven by rising scrap prices. In fact,the transaction prices of EF killed wire rods had ever surged to ...
Tags: electric furnace, wire rods, Taiwanese market, China Steel Corp