Outbound shipments of Eagle Ford Shale crude and condensate through the Port of Corpus Christi jumped to 430,829 barrels/day in March from 340,158 b/d in February, according to data released by the port. Shipments have been on the rise ...
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South Korea's third-largest refiner, S-Oil, sold a combined 639,000 b/d of oil products, petrochemicals and lube in the first quarter of this year, up 1.4% from 630,000 b/d a year ago, the company said in a statement Thursday. Sales in Q1 ...
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Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the first two months of this year apparent finished steel use in Latin America and the Caribbean totaled 10.8 million mt, up one percent year on year. The highest increases ...
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According to the report released by Argentina's steel chamber, in March this year the country's crude steel production was up 24 percent month on month and increased by 0.9 percent year on year, amounting to 471,800 metric tons. Production ...
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On April 23, Liaoning Province-based Chinese steelmaker Benxi Iron and Steel (Group) Co. (Benxi Steel or Bengang) announced that in 2013 it registered an operating revenue of RMB 40.329 billion ($6.58 billion), down 0.62 percent year on ...
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In March this year, Italian crude steel output increased by eight percent year on year to 2.359 million metric tons, while in the first quarter of the year the output figure amounted to 6.648 million mt, up 9.7 percent year on year, ...
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Ukraine's natural gas output in March fell 5.6% year-on-year to 1.68 billion cubic meters, from 1.78 Bcm in March 2013, an energy and coal industry ministry official said Wednesday, citing preliminary figures. Production fell after the ...
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Refining margins for sweet crudes are out-performing margins for sour crudes like Urals in Northwest Europe, Platts data shows, as lighter refined products have surged while heavier products have dropped. While cracking margins -- which ...
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Japanese steelmaker Kobe Steel has announced that the company provided an exclusive license to FLSmidth Private Limited, enabling the Indian partner to market, design and construct iron ore pellet plants using Kobe Steel's pelletizing ...
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On April 22, Guangxi Province-based Chinese steelmaker Liuzhou Iron and Steel Co. (Liuzhou Steel) announced that in 2013, its operating revenue amounted to RMB 36.849 billion ($6.011 billion), down 1.15 percent, while it recorded a net ...
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Nigeria is set to load 4.95 million barrels of Bonny Light in June, compared to 4.9 million barrels in May, according to a copy of the grade's loading schedule seen by Platts on Tuesday. There are currently five cargoes scheduled to load ...
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China's state-owned refiners are raising planned crude runs in April to average 82% capacity, up from 81% in March, Platts monthly survey showed Tuesday. The 23 refineries surveyed plan to process a combined 17.495 million mt (4.275 ...
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Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) has announced its production and sales data for the first quarter of the current year. According to the company statement, NLMK's crude steel output in the first quarter decreased to 3.91 million ...
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Global crude steel production in March this year increased by 2.7 percent year on year to 141.34 million metric tons, while a 13.1 percent rise was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel). In ...
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Speaking at SteelHome's 10th Steel Development Strategy Conference held in Shanghai over the weekend, Wu Wenzheng from SteelHome indicated that the overcapacity problem in China cannot be resolved in the short term, adding that many steel ...