Southeast Asian ethanol producers face a short window for exporting biofuel to the Philippines as the previously high US prices that created an arbitrage for them in February and March are expected to fall, ethanol traders said Monday. ...
Tags: Ethanol, ethanol prices
US-based Liqui-Box has introduced the new Liqui-Box 900 for the Asian beverage and juice markets. The new entry level semi-automatic filler features easy to use controls, and five gallon filling at up to four bags per minute and also ...
Tags: Liqui-Box, Semi-Automatic Filler
Panasonic has firmed up plans for assigning headquarters functions to Southeast Asia as early as this summer for consumer electronics operations there. Planning and development of products will be localized, shifting decision-making ...
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A lack of investment interest in gold is starting to take its toll on the price, with an average of $1,225/oz forecast for 2014 and heading lower in 2015, GFMS said Thursday in its Gold Survey 2014. The price forecast is 13% lower than ...
Tags: Gold Price, Physical demand
The seaborne iron ore market reversed losses Thursday, as an influx of buying activity suddenly emerged in the spot market. Platts assessed the 62% Fe Iron Ore Index at $116.25/dry mt CFR North China Thursday, up $1.50/dmt from Wednesday. ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Interest Resurfaces, spot market
Hamburg-based secondary research organization yStats.com reports in its new publication "Global Cross-Border B2C E-Commerce 2014" that the interconnectedness of the world through the Internet is providing opportunities for online merchants, ...
Tags: E-Commerce, Online Retailers
The Northwest European styrene monomer/benzene spread rallied to a month-high Tuesday of $203/mt on stronger styrene, rebounding from a one-year low of $148/mt established April 4 but still representing deeply negative production margins, ...
Tags: Styrene, spot product
Firm will now distribute a range of 3D puzzle vases in the UK. Paul Lamond Games has secured an exclusive deal with top puzzle and game brand, Pintoo, which will see it distribute a range of 3D puzzle vases in the UK. Pintoo - formerly ...
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The exports of woven apparel and clothing accessories (under HS code 62) from the Southeast Asian nation of Indonesia grew marginally by 1.76 percent to US$ 697.5 million in the first two months of the current year, compared to exports of ...
Tags: Apparel, woven apparel, clothing
The exports of woven apparel and clothing accessories (under HS code 62) from the Southeast Asian nation of Indonesia grew marginally by 1.76 percent to US$ 697.5 million in the first two months of the current year, compared to exports of ...
Tags: Apparel, woven apparel
The value of textile exports from Indonesia is likely to touch US$ 13.3 billion, which would be an increase of 5 percent year-on-year, due to economic recovery in the US, the country’s biggest market, Ade Sudrajat Usman, chairman of ...
Tags: Textile Exports, domestic market
Rieke Packaging Systems is introducing a new user-friendly child resistant closure specifically designed for aerosols with 1” openings targeted at the growing automotive additives market. The new closure will be shown for the first ...
Tags: Aerosols, Child Resistant Closures, Rieke
Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, says that it has secured an order for two MBE 412 R&D systems, for installation during 2014 in a ...
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The FOB US Gulf methanol spot assessment fell to a seven-month low of $1.42/gal ($472.86/mt) Monday as imports reached US shores and spot buyers were difficult to find in the US market, sources said. Monday's assessment was down 5.5 ...
Tags: Methanol Price, US prices
An initial Northwest European paraxylene contract price for April has settled at Eur925/mt FD NWE ($1,277.62/mt), market sources said Tuesday. The initial April settlement represents an increase of Eur25/mt from March, with the March ...
Tags: paraxylene, European market, PX market