The winning bid in the monthly auction held Tuesday for Japanese H2 grade ferrous scrap for export through Tokyo Bay was Yen 30,910/mt ($299.50/mt) FAS or free alongside ship, the organizer of the tender said. The bid was Yen 2,100/mt ...
Tags: Ferrous Scrap, electric steel, Nippon Steel
US steel exports rose 10.5% in January compared with December, but fell 10.6% year on year, according to US Department of Commerce data updated Monday. In January, the US exported 873,674 mt of steel mill products, up from 790,507 mt in ...
For years Beijing stressed that the country’s farmers must grow enough grain to feed the masses. Measures enacted in 1996 called on China to produce 95% of its own grain. That policy reflected concerns rooted deep in centuries of food ...
Tags: Self-Sufficiency Policy, farmers
US commercial crude stocks are expected to have risen 2.3 million barrels for the week ended March 7, according to a Platts analysis and survey of oil analysts Monday. The American Petroleum Institute will release its weekly report at ...
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Coal shipments to South Korea from Port Waratah Coal Services' terminals at the Australian port of Newcastle slumped 55% from January to 993,000 mt in February, the company said Thursday. The drop comes after Port Waratah's terminals ...
Tags: Coal Imports, Newcastle Port, Coal shipments
The average price for regular gasoline at U.S. pumps fell 1.69 cents to $3.294 a gallon in the past two weeks, according to Lundberg Survey Inc. The survey covers the period ended Feb. 7 and is based on information obtained at about 2,500 ...
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Japan plans to slash by half the amount of juvenile bluefin tuna taken from the Northern Pacific starting in 2015, compared to the 2002-2004 average, reports said Sunday. The Fisheries Agency has decided to increase protection for bluefin ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Over the past three years, solar photovoltaic (PV) installed system prices, module prices, and module production costs have all fallen by more than 50%, while a shakeout of uncompetitive PV cell makers has caused the number of suppliers to ...
Tags: PV Industry, Solar PV
For full-year 2013, deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany has reported a 20% drop in revenue from 2012’s €227.8m to €182.9m. However, although down 34% on €77.5m a year ago, fourth-quarter revenue was ...
European prices for polyethylene terephthalate have fallen to their lowest levels since August 2010 according to Platts data, and many sources expect further declines in March. The falls were driven primarily by import competition and ...
The front-month Brent-WTI spread settled at a fresh five-month low of $6.48/barrel Friday, as steady drawdowns in crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub have lent upside support to WTI, while Brent remains subdued. NYMEX ...
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Russian ultra low sulfur diesel exports may struggle to find a home in the UK in the winter after the country's oil importers agreed earlier this month to enact a new test to assess the fuel's filter-blocking tendency, traders said Friday. ...
PRC, Bearish news continues to dominate the newswires in China. Many pork producers continue to be constrained by negative margins as the industry grapples with oversupply. Meanwhile, the poultry industry remains rocked by the H79N virus ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Early Earth's accidental deluge via water-carrying comets has long been a stumbling block for those interested in life on other planets. Scientists agree that life needs water to evolve. But if water only arrives through chance impacts ...
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More tech companies are rolling out smartwatches, the latest in high-tech gear that, in terms of design, only gadget-lovers can appreciate. But now there is another option for consumers looking for both style and function. Unlike the ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, smartwatches