The amount of natural gas used by UK power stations to generate electricity neared an 11-month high Monday as unfavorable weather conditions for renewable generation technologies led to higher gas-fired generation, figures from the National ...
The NYMEX January natural gas futures contract continued its downward slide Tuesday, dropping 6.8 cents to settle at $1.826/MMBtu as warm weather forecasts continue to put significant pressure on the contract. The National Weather ...
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A weak crude complex which has seen futures values drop to multi-year lows is only adding to an already depressed Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp spot propane market, where demand has failed to benefit from any increase in end-user heating ...
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On December 1, 2015, the Ministry of Commerce released the No.60 announcement, publishing the final decision on the imported methyl methacrylate originating in Singapore, Thailand and Japan. MOFCOM affirmed that dumping exists in the ...
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The 8th Round of China-EU Bilateral Investment Treaty negotiations were held in Brussels on November 30-December 4, 2015. The Chinese delegation is consisted by ten ministries and departments including the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry ...
On December 3 2015, the High-level Dialogue between Chinese-African Leaders and Business Communities and the 5th Conference of the Chinese and African Entrepreneurs, jointly held by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, China Council for the ...
Century Aluminum is proposing to continue operating its 224,000 mt/year Mt Holly smelter in South Carolina at 50% capacity even as the company on Monday began shutting down the first potline in a dispute with its longtime electricity ...
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US methanol imports in October were nearly 50% lower than the year-ago month as expanded domestic capacity has impacted import demand, according to data released by a trade group on Thursday. October US methanol imports reached 249,000 ...
Twinings have introduced a new English Breakfast tea range to Australia. The tea producer says its new range will now include extra strong, decaffeinated and honey vanilla options alongside its pre-existing traditional English Breakfast ...
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AkzoNobel and leading Chinese auto maker JAC Motors have pioneered the first use of VOC-free powder technology for automotive body coatings. As sustainability continues to gain increasing importance in China, AkzoNobel's Interpon powder ...
Atlantic metallurgical coal buyers and miners Friday were positive on the reported $81/mt hard coking coal benchmark, with new spot US offers looking to match or exceed this reference. Some buyers were bracing for a settlement closer to ...
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Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has set its December thermal coal reference price, also known as the Harga Batubara Acuan, at $53.51/mt FOB, setting a fresh record low for the eighth consecutive month and the lowest ...
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The grid operators of Spain and France, Red Electrica de Espana (REE) and Reseau de Transport d'Electricite (RTE), have assigned cross-border capacity for full-year 2016, REE said in a note Friday. Following an expansion of cross-border ...
The NYMEX January natural gas futures contract settled at $1.990/MMBtu Friday, down 2.5 cents. A prompt-month contract has not settled lower since reaching $1.975/MMBtu on April 24, 2012. The fall in the January contract comes as the ...
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Unseasonably strong gasoline demand is proving for US refiners to be the gift that keeps on giving this holiday season, as support from seasonal diesel demand is tamped down by record high temperatures across much of the US. Gasoline ...