European spot prices were rangebound Monday, with contracts generally finding support around Friday's closing levels as gas supply turns up to meet higher demand. Day-ahead gas contracts on the Dutch TTF hub have traded in a ...
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Indonesian thermal coal prices were stable to higher on Monday with very few deals reported as the market awaits direction from India after the end of its month-long elections later this week, sources said. "Prices have been more or less ...
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US May propylene contract price settlements fully settled at a 0.5 cent/lb ($11/mt) decrease compared with April's contract price, sources said Monday. The decrease puts prices for chemical-grade propylene at 69 cents/lb and polymer-grade ...
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. announced a quarterly dividend of 10.5 cents per share on common stock, payable June 27, 2014. The dividend will be payable to stockholders of record at the close of business June 2, 2014. Cooper says this marks ...
Tags: Tyre, Tire, Auto Parts
A leading Brazilian ethanol trader is forecasting an 8% rise in the average domestic price of the biofuel during the 2014-15 marketing year (April-March) as burgeoning domestic consumption is likely to more than offset tumbling export ...
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Prompt prices on the Dutch and German gas markets fell further Wednesday as healthy storage inventories and rising temperatures hit demand, while higher Norwegian flows also weighed on the market. At midday UK time, the day-ahead gas ...
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The Chicago Argo ethanol posted its steepest single-day gain in more than a month Wednesday in reaction to bullish data released by the US Energy Information Administration. For the first time in eight weeks, the weekly data showed ...
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Greenville-based AVX Corp. said net income for its fiscal year ended March 31 increased 24% to $127 million, up from $102.1 million the prior year. The prior-year figure excludes a $266 million chargeThe amount of electricity present upon ...
The May US mixed xylene contract price settled down 4 cents to $3.50/gal ($1,060.50/mt), industry sources said Tuesday. A lower settlement was anticipated by market participants due to quiet demand in downstream markets and from the Asian ...
The US methanol spot assessment reached its lowest level in more than 14 months Monday, assessed at $1.30/gal ($432.90/mt) FOB US Gulf as buying interest was thin due to well-stocked inventories, sources said. Monday's assessment was down ...
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Regal Beloit Corp. reported an 11.5% drop in first-quarter earnings Monday amid lower sales to the natural gas fracturing market.The Beloit-based maker of electric motors, mechanical and electrical motion controls, and power generation ...
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The estimated production margin for a typical US Midwest dry-mill ethanol plant for the week ended Friday lowered by 15.2 cents, or 14.01%, to an eight-week low of 93.34 cents/gal, a review of US Department of Agriculture and Platts data ...
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China's Jiuquan Iron & Steel has cut its high carbon ferrochrome purchase price by Yuan 100/mt ($16/mt) on the month to Yuan 6,500/mt (80 cents/lb), including 17% VAT, for May deliveries, industry sources said Monday. The drop was larger ...
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Rates and sentiment on the iron ore freight market got a boost Friday after Bocimar International NV was heard taking at least six ships in the Atlantic over the May Day holiday in Asia, putting an end to the downward spiral in Capesize ...
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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 ...
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