Brazil exported 46.9 million liters of ethanol to Europe in October, the most it had exported to the region on a monthly basis since October 2010, data from the Secretariat of Foreign Trade (SECEX) showed Monday. Of that total, 33.6 ...
Brazilian iron ore miner Samarco may be out of iron ore pellets within three weeks following a fatal tailings dam collapse last week, a source familiar with the company said Monday. An indefinite stoppage could affect global pellet ...
Tags: Samarco, iron ore miner, coals
Asian propylene term contract discussions for 2016 are likely to conclude at larger discounts than this year due to an increase in supply in the region, market sources said this week. A source at a producer in South Korea estimated the ...
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Hydrous fuel ethanol prices in Center-South Brazil surged on Tuesday to be assessed by Platts at Real 1,950/cu m on ex-mill Ribeirao Preto, up 7% from a week ago and a new all-time high. Hydrous fuel ethanol is used in Brazil as a ...
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Northwest European styrene monomer spot offtake remains lackluster this week on the back of supply length, with buyers predicting lower prices in the coming weeks and industry consumers keen to reduce stock levels for the end of the year, ...
Tags: styrene, Offtake Lackluster, styrenics products, Discounts
Shell is to operate a standalone integrated gas division from the start of 2016 -- given the business's increasing importance to the overall group -- in a move that will also help Shell to integrate BG Group which it agreed to buy in April ...
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China's become the largest gold producer in the worldwide since 2007. Gold is throughout the country, mainly concentrated in Shandong, Henan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Yunnan, etc. China also is the world's top consumer of gold - Chinese people love ...
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China's surprise devaluation of the yuan on Tuesday, when the country's central bank set the official value of the renminbi about 2% weaker against the dollar, has not hit the petrochemicals complex in a significant way, industry ...
Tags: polymer, carbide PVC
China's iron ore demand is falling, but its share of imports from mining giants Australia and Brazil is rising, which is squeezing smaller miners and curbing their supply. China imported 453.1 million mt of iron ore in January-June, with ...
AK Steel provided guidance for its fourth quarter 2014 financial results, indicating that, despite incurring approximately $31 million in costs associated with a planned Ashland Works blast furnace outage, the company expects to report ...
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AK Steel provided guidance for its fourth quarter 2014 financial results, indicating that, despite incurring approximately $31 million in costs associated with a planned Ashland Works blast furnace outage, the company expects to report ...
Tags: expenses pertaining, shipment, Metallurgy
Solar PV manufacturers are switching over to higher efficiency monocrystalline cells to increase power output, but for solar energy systems, overall module output is key. “In order to balance costs and the power efficiency of solar ...
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The Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) said recently it would accelerate the development of renewable energy projects, emphasizing the importance of producing energy locally to ensure energy security. Thus far, the Philippine DOE has ...
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The Brazilian cotton trade has turned cautious in the just concluded fortnight, mainly from price volatility in Brazil, rise in global prices in early September and the dollar valuation against Brazilian currency real, which has also led to ...
As of September 15, inventory of iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports amounted to 109.65 million mt, up 590,000 mt or 0.54 percent compared to the inventory level recorded on September 8, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency on ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Metallurgy