Dated Brent has fallen to a nine-week low, with uncommitted November Brent and Forties cargoes weighing on values amid weak local refinery uptake of the grade, sources said. Dated Brent fell to Forward Dated Brent minus 51 cents/b Monday, ...
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A new official report has highlighted China's mounting economic challenges, including how to boost exports, amid the slow recovery of the global economy and some countries resorting to currency depreciation. "The world economy is growing ...
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Chinese mainland jumped 17 percent year on year in the first two months of 2015, settling at 22.48 billion U.S. dollars, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced Tuesday. The pace slowed from a 29.4 ...
Tags: China's FDI, service sector
Dutch brewing company Heineken is planning to build a new brewery in northern Mexico, which will see an investment of around $470m. The proposed plant will be capable of producing nearly 5 million hectoliters of beer annually. The ...
An official of China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Saturday that the ministry will consider taking possible actions in response to a ruling by the World Trade Organization (WTO) panel about a steel pipe trade dispute. "China will ...
Tags: Steel Pipe, Trade Dispute
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland rose 1.3 percent in October from a year earlier, standing at 8.53 billion U.S. dollars, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Tuesday. The rate of growth was lower than the 1.9 ...
Tags: FDI, financial sector
Taiwan-based electric bus (e-bus) and lithium ferrous phosphate cathode material maker Aleees has reported revenues of NT$89 million (US$2.92 million) for October 2014, down 5% sequentially but up 245.6% from a year earlier. With its ...
Tags: cathode material, Battery
On October 21, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced that during last week (October 13-21) the overall average finished steel price in China rose by 0.5 percent week on week. In the given week, average prices of high-speed wire rod ...
Tags: MOC, Steel Price, Energy
On September 17, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in August this year China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) issued iron ore import licenses for a total of 104.4227 million mt, up 2.13 percent month on month, valued at ...
On September 10, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced that during last week (September 1-7) the overall average finished steel price in China was down 0.3 percent week on week. In the given week, the average prices of high-speed ...
Tags: finished steel, nickel, non-ferrous metals
Heineken has sold its Mexican packaging business Empaque to Crown Holdings for $1.225bn, in a bid to reduce its net debt by the end of this year. The company said the proceeds from the sale will be used to reach the target of bringing ...
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Taiwan and China’s LED markets have been affected by market rumors this morning of rising LED tariffs in China, with Chinese manufacturers in general reaping in profits, while neighboriing Taiwan manufacturers saw stock prices drop. ...
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On August 19, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced that during last week (August 11-17) the overall average finished steel price in China declined by 0.2 percent week on week. In the given week, the average prices of I-section ...
Tags: Finished Steel, I-section steel
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in China in July of the current year totaled $7.81 billion, down 16.95 percent year on year, as announced by China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on August 18. In the January-July period of the current year, ...
Tags: FDI, investment
On August 14, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in July this year China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) issued iron ore import licenses for a total of 102.2441 million mt, down 2.60 percent month on month, valued at ...
Tags: China, Metallurgy, Mineral