The Australian Packaging Covenant (APC) has launched an online tool to help packaging suppliers decide whether their packaging can be classified as recyclable in Australia. The ultimate goal is to reduce consumer confusion about packaging ...
The Platts Japan Korea Marker for May delivery trended down 45 cents/MMBtu over the Asian trading week, closing at $14.95/MMBtu Friday, as supply for the month began to outweigh demand. Sellers were forced to reduce May offers from the ...
Tags: LNG, electricity producer, JKM
Suek's coal sales dipped in the first quarter as a result of a weaker domestic market, although the fall was partially offset by increased international business, Russia's largest miner of the fossil fuel said Thursday. Suek's overall ...
Tags: Domestic Market, coal sales, miner
ASTM International, formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), is a globally recognized leader in the development and delivery of international voluntary consensus standards. Today, some 12,000 ASTM standards ...
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In an historic action that will protect people's health and the environment, and benefit riverfront communities, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed a plan to remove 4.3 million cubic yards of highly contaminated ...
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Cargill today reported net earnings of $319 million in the fiscal 2014 third quarter ended Feb. 28, down 28 percent from $445 million in the year-ago period. Nine-month earnings were $1.45 billion, down 21 percent from $1.83 billion a year ...
Tags: Cargill, corn shipments
India's state-owned miner National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) has announced that in the financial year 2013-14 ending March 31 it produced 30.18 million mt of iron ore, 11 percent higher than last year, surpassing the 30 million ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The UAE's Jebel Ali port plans to boost its annual container ships handling capacity by 27% this year with the launch of a new terminal to cater for rising demand for petrochemicals and aluminium exports in the runup to the 2022 World Cup ...
Tags: polymer output, Petrochemicals
In March, continental buyers of recycled containerboard made some unexpected headway in offsetting €10/tonne of the €20/tonne increase that took effect last Autumn. That increase was so small that there was virtually no attempt to ...
Sweden-based special steel producer Ovako has announced that in 2013 it registered a net loss of €21 million, widening from a net loss of €4 million in 2012, while the company's sales revenues amounted to €850 million, ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel
Minera Autlán reported this week earnings guidance for the first quarter of 2014, which indicated that the company expects a 32 percent increase in operating cash flow, mainly driven by its energy division. The energy division has ...
Tags: Minera Autlán, EBITDA
According to a report released Thursday by Statistics Canada, Canada's merchandise exports grew 3.6 percent and imports were up 2.1 percent in February. As a result, Canada's trade balance with the world went from a deficit of $337 million ...
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. reported Thursday adjusted earnings per share of $0.13 and earnings per share of $0.07 for its fiscal 2014 second quarter ended February 28, 2014. The Metals Recycling Business delivered a substantial ...
Tags: steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
The arbitrage to ship styrene monomer from the US Gulf to Northeast Asia has opened this week after being closed since late last year, traders and end-users in Asia said. But demand remains uncertain as China still has a relatively high ...
Woolworths has announced new long-term milk supply contracts Australian supermarket giant Woolworths has announced two new 10-year milk contracts across Australia that it says "will give dairy farmers and processors more certainty to ...
Tags: Milk, Agriculture, Food