South Africa-based Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT), one of the world's largest coal handling ports, has announced that it exported 5.3 million mt of coal in June, up 22.2 percent from 4.34 million mt in May and decreasing by 2.75 percent ...
Tags: Coal Exports, Mineral
Asian butadiene prices are at a 3-1/2 half year low amid weak demand and a glut of synthetic rubber stocks, Platts data showed. The FOB Korea benchmark for butadiene stood at $1,350/mt on June 17. The last time butadiene prices were ...
Tags: Butadiene, Weak Demand
The price spread in Asia between styrene monomer and its main feedstock benzene soared to an all-time high of $501.50/mt Monday, Platts data showed, as the SM market surged on news that South Korea's Lotte Chemical had delayed the restart ...
Tags: SM-benzene, Chemicals
Panamax coal freight rates on established routes from South Africa's Richards Bay and Indonesia to India ended the week higher Friday, helped by robust activity in the Atlantic basin. "The Atlantic basin is firm for both Supramaxes and ...
The Cotlook A Index rose to 96.65 cents per pound around mid-June 2013 before receding to the low 90s cents level towards the end of the month. On June 12th, the USDA increased 2012/13 U.S. export estimate to 3 million tons due to ...
Tags: Chinese Policy, World Cotton PricesWorld Cotton Prices
According to statistics, the stocks of stainless steel products totaled 193,137 tons in the Chinese Wuxi market in the second half of June, up by 0.08% from the previous 15 days. Among them, 96,176 tons were cold rolled (CR) stainless steel ...
According to the Mineral Industry Survey released by the US Geological Survey (USGS), stocks of imported and domestic scrap in the US at the end of March this year amounted to 3.56 million mt, increasing slightly by 1.7 percent from the end ...
Tags: Iron and Steel, Mineral
The HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the Chinese manufacturing sector retreated to 48.2, the lowest level since September 2012 and down from May's final reading of 49.2, as announced by the HSBC.The output sub-index contracted in ...
The purchase of raw material as well as finished product inventory with Chinese textile enterprises decreased in May, owing to traditional off season for the textile industry, according to the monthly review of the Chinese textile industry ...
Tags: Raw Material, textile industry
Gasoline cracks have plunged in the wake of recent data from the US Energy Information Administration showing unseasonably high gasoline inventories across the country, particularly in the East Coast. The NYMEX August RBOB crack spread ...
Tags: Chemicals
The NYMEX August natural gas futures contract continued to plunge midday Thursday on an above-average storage injection that also was higher than analyst expectations. As of 12:15 p.m. EDT (1615 GMT), it traded at $3.576/MMBtu, 16.1 cents ...
If you're a certified shopaholic who is always on the lookout for the best bargains and discount deals online, it may be a good idea to consider parcel forwarding services. When you shop till you drop and accumulate stuff, you can get ...
Tags: Processing Machinery
THE Dow Jones average slid Friday, capping a quarter marked by heightened volatility as investors positioned themselves for an era of less Federal Reserve support for financial markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 114.89 points, ...
Tags: economy
What does it take to shake the Chinese market? If stock turmoil in Shanghai and talk of bank default don't strike fear in the heart of the nation, images of a metropolis falling into a chasm will perhaps do the trick. An image from the ...
Tags: Cash Squeeze, Banks
It is reported that Brazilian distributors reduced its outlook of growth of flat steel sales in 2013 from 6% to 2.5%. According the distributors association INDA, the domestic sale of flat steel in this May dropped 9.4% compared to the ...
Tags: Steel Distributors, Steel Sales