The European Commission has cleared commodities trading group Trafigura's minority holding in Belgium-based zinc and lead producer Nyrstar. In November, Trafigura told the EC its minority 20.02% stake in Nyrstar -- held through its ...
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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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European exchange-traded gas volume rose to a record in November on the back of a steep increase in NBP and TTF activity, with total gas traded volume rising above 4,000 TWh for the first time in eight months, data compiled by Platts ...
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The Asian gasoil market saw a sharp reversal in fortunes this month as higher exports from India and North Asia and weakness in Europe, despite the cold season, clamped shut arbitrage outflows from Asia, resulting in a buildup in supply ...
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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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Hu Kaihong: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the news briefing held by the State Council Information Office. The Johannesburg Summit and the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation ("FOCAC") will ...
A weak crude complex which has seen futures values drop to multi-year lows is only adding to an already depressed Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp spot propane market, where demand has failed to benefit from any increase in end-user heating ...
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Hundreds of thousands of US stripper wells with production totaling 1 million b/d of crude could be at risk if oil prices fall below $35/b, where prices teetered in recent days, for long, observers say. Stripper wells are wells nearing ...
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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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Russia is against an increase in global crude production, rather than favouring a reduction, and remains pessimistic about the possibility of Moscow and Riyadh reaching a production coordination deal, Russia's energy minister Alexander ...
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Switzerland-based commodity trading house Trafigura said Monday that falling oil prices, significant volatility, structural oversupply and the emergence of contango price structures have created significant opportunities in the crude and ...
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Global Closure Systems (GCS) has developed a new bi-injected plastic jar packaging, which can be used as an alternative to glass packs. The double-walled jar, with an inner opaque layer and a translucent outer layer, has been created ...
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Sensor Electronic Technology Inc (SETi) of Columbia, SC, USA, which manufactures deep-ultraviolet (DUV) LED devices and modules emitting at wavelengths of 230-355nm, is launching a new addition to its SMD family to meet the needs of those ...