Illinois Basin market sentiment was mixed this week, as some participants said they see prices rising on heightened domestic demand, partly to rebuild stockpiles, while others took a persistently bearish view that increased production in ...
Chinese copper prices firmed this week on domestic supply tightness and the State Council's announcement of capital market reforms, industry sources said Tuesday. The most active 1406 copper futures contracts on the Shanghai Futures ...
Tags: Copper Prices, Domestic Supply
The volume of US natural gas traded during bidweek is poised for its fourth straight year-on-year decline as banks and other large players pull back from the monthly baseload market, according to a Platts examination of ...
Tags: Natural Gas, physical deals
Q4 2014 Central Appalachian rail (CSX) and Powder River Basin 8,800-Btu/lb coal time spreads saw action Thursday in the US over-the-counter market, pushing prices higher. In the PRB 8,800 market, the Q4 2014 physical price closed 30 ...
Tags: Coal Prices, physical price
For the first quarter of 2014, Methanex reported Adjusted EBITDA of $255 million and Adjusted net income of $160 million ($1.65 per share on a diluted basis). These figures compare with Adjusted EBITDA of $245 million and Adjusted net ...
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An explosion Wednesday at Williams' 1.5-Bcf/d Opal Processing Plant in Wyoming was continuing to significantly cut into Rockies flows Thursday and helped lift Western spot gas and forwards prices. Prior to the incident, Opal plant ...
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Spot LPG prices retreated slightly in South China this week due to rising supply, local traders said Friday. Propane-rich imported LPG cargoes traded at around Yuan 6,700-6,750/mt ($1,090-1,098/mt) in the Pearl River Delta and around Yuan ...
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The winning bid in the monthly auction held Wednesday for Japanese H2 ferrous scrap for export from Tokyo Bay was Yen 32,610/mt ($319.70/mt) FAS or free alongside ship, the organizer of the tender said. The bid was Yen 1,700/mt higher ...
Tags: Ferrous Scrap, Itochu Metals
Trader procurement continued to boost spot demand in the Asian iron ore market, as trades got concluded at increasingly higher levels on the day, supporting a firming market. The Platts 62% Fe Iron Ore Index rose $2.75/dmt to $111.50/dmt ...
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Feedstock issues and supply tightness have driven up North American prices for suspension PVC and solid polystyrene resin since Feb. 1. But a different feedstock and lower demand served to send regional prices for PET bottle resin down in ...
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US polyethylene contracts rose 4 cents/lb in February after producers were successful in implementing the hike that had been anticipated since the end of 2013, market sources said. Producer sources had expressed confidence in obtaining ...
Tags: Polyethylene, Chemicals
Bulk prices for diesel exhaust fluid in the United States rose in February for the second consecutive month, Integer Research reported. The national average DEF price grew by 3 cents to $1.57 per gallon for full truckload deliveries of ...
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Higher prices for construction materials and nonresidential construction will squeeze margins for construction companies despite an overall improving construction outlook, Associated General Contractors said. AGC’s analysis of ...
Tags: private-sector demand, improve market, materials cost increases
Prices paid to U.S. producers rose 0.2% in January, the Labor Department reported Feb. 19. Last month's producer price index reading followed a rise of 0.1% in December. Economists' had forecast a 0.1% rise, Bloomberg News reported. The ...
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Polysilicon quotes in the China market have risen from US$24/kg in January to US$25/kg currently because the China government has imposed anti-dumping and anti-subsidization tariff rates on materials produced by some US- and South ...
Tags: Polysilicon, China market