China makers now hold a 20% share of global tablet panel production, according to market observers. The increase comes as the makers have continued to improve their product mix, production capacity as well as development of new ...
Tags: Ultra HD TV, TV Panels
Import iron ore prices in China have undergone two rounds of declines so far in the current year, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in a statement issued on May 28. By March 10, import iron ore prices in China ...
Few spot deals for Indonesian thermal coal were reported Wednesday, as Indian buyers opted to purchase from port stocks while Chinese demand remained inactive, sources said. A Dubai-based trader said he had seen many inquiries from Indian ...
Tags: thermal coal, Chinese demand
Open cell TV panels sized 32-inch are in short supply due to recent demand in Africa, North America and Europe, and are likely to be in tight supply until the end of 2014, according panel makers. The sources said demand is picking up ...
Tags: TV Panels, Open Cell TV
Iran is loading eight LPG cargoes totaling 317,000 mt in May for export to Asia, the biggest monthly volume since resuming shipments in May 2013 following an eight-month halt on concerns over an EU ban on shipping insurance, shipping and ...
Driven by the fanfare over (and overestimation of) the LCD display market, the LED front-end equipment market experienced an unprecedented investment cycle in 2010-2011. The market surge was driven mostly by MOCVD reactor shipments to new ...
Tags: General Lighting, LED TV
World cotton trade in 2014/15 is forecast to reach only 36.3 million bales, 10 percent below the previous season and the lowest since 2010/11. While imports by China have supported cotton trade over the last several seasons, expectations ...
Tags: Cotton Trade, Cotton
World 2014/15 cotton mill use is forecast at 111.8 million bales, up 2 percent from 2013/14, reflecting an expanding global economy. The two largest consuming countries are China and India, with a combined cotton mill use of over 60 million ...
Tags: Cotton Consumption, global economy
China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has announced that in April of the current year coal shipments by Chinese railways amounted to 178 million mt, down 0.3 percent year on year, while in the January-April period this ...
Tags: Coal Shipments
The market for ultra-high-definition (UHD) TV panels reached a significant new benchmark in March when global shipments exceeded 1 million units for the first time, driven by vastly increased deliveries from the industry’s three ...
Over the next ten years, online retail will gain even more importance than expected so far – not just in developed countries, but also in emerging markets. Logistics will play a key role: it provides companies important competitive ...
Tags: DHL, Online Retailing
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has obtained orders for high-voltage (HV) LED chips from Philips Lumileds Lighting, Osram and General Electric, with shipments to begin in second-quarter 2014, according to the Chinese-language ...
Tags: HV LED Chips, chip
The US ferrous scrap import market was quiet in East Asia during the week, regional traders said Thursday. Importing mills were staying away because they believed US scrap prices were likely to soften after iron ore broke the $100/dry mt ...
Tags: Steel Mills, Bulk Scrap
Russia's Rusal -- the world's largest aluminum producer -- has offered to Japanese buyers, a premium of $405/mt to London Metal Exchange cash, CIF Japan, for third quarter shipments to Japan, market sources said Thursday. The company had ...
Tags: Aluminum, aluminum producer
The Chinese thermal coal market is seeing some positive fundamental trends in the near term, helped by coal investment cuts, production declines and a slowdown in imports, even as seasonal weakness is expected to weigh on the market, an ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Coal