China's imports of thermal coal could contract in 2013 as demand growth in the seaborne market is expected to moderate to 2% over the next four years, Goldman Sachs warned in a research note on Friday. "We believe 2013 will represent a ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Chemicals
Protective Life Insurance has signed an agreement with subsidiaries of AXA SA to acquire MONY Life Insurance and reinsure certain policies of MONY Life Insurance Company of America. Total consideration for the deal is estimated to be ...
Tags: Life Insurance, Insurance
The Aussie rallied against the greenback to its highest level in 2 1/2 months on the back of data that showed solid growth in exports to China, the country's largest trading partner, over the past year. China posted a trade deficit of ...
Tags: Dollar, Exports to China
Aspen Insurance has formed a specialty marine, energy and construction unit within its US business, which will underwrite various onshore energy and construction sector businesses. Based in the US, the new operation will focus on property ...
Reflecting the coverage of our monthly consulting services, our conference will feature papers on a number of fibres including those in acrylics, carbon, nylon, polyester, polypropylene, spandex and viscose as well as the raw materials for ...
The US Census Bureau and US Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce announced Friday that total February exports of $186 billion and imports of $228.9 billion resulted in a trade deficit of $43 billion, down from ...
Tags: economy
According to the data released by the Export and Import Division of South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy, the country's trade balance indicated a $3.36 billion surplus in March this year, remaining in black for the 14th consecutive ...
Tags: Steel Export, economy, Mineral
A wholly-owned subsidiary of Bermuda-based Enstar Group (ESGR) has acquired HSBC Insurance Company of Delaware and Household Life Insurance Company of Delaware as well as its three subsidiary insurers from Household Insurance Group Holding ...
US commercial crude stocks likely rose 2.5 million barrels in the reporting week that ended Friday, analysts polled by Platts said Tuesday. The American Petroleum Institute will release its weekly report at 4:30 p.m. EDT (2030 GMT), while ...
Tags: Crude Stocks, Petroleum, Chemicals
The owner of a glass and mirror company wants to break ground by early summer on a new $1.2 million facility near the Liberty Pike/Eddy Lane intersection. Genesis Glass and Mirror owner Ken Adler hopes to move forward on construction ...
Tags: glass, mirror, glass industry
Because of the slack demand and surplus supply, the European heavy plate market remains weak now and judging from the transaction record, it is estimated that the market would not recover until the third quarter. At present, the heavy plate ...
Tags: Heavy Plate, steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Boao Forum for Asia 2013 Annual Conference will be held from April 6 to 8 in Boao, Hainan Province. Recently, Boao Forum for Asia's magazine "Boao Observation" teams up new institutional economics originator Ronald Coase, Nobel Laureate ...
Tags: Mineral, Baosteel, Internationalization Road
Today The Aspen Institute and the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) released a new econometric forecast model showing that there is ample potential for U.S. manufacturing to undergo a resurgence that by 2025 ...
Tags: forecast model, robust, Machinery
Demand for coaster butane in Northwest Europe has emerged as spot prices have fallen, according to industry sources Wednesday. In the winter period most surplus refinery butane is blended into gasoline to increase the vapor pressure. ...
Saudi Arabian customs officials have foiled an attempt to smuggle 3.255 million kg (equivalent to 27,300 barrels) of refined oil products out of the eastern port of Dammam, capital of the kingdom's oil-rich Eastern Province, the official ...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Foils, Oil Products