Global consumption of monoethylene glycol (MEG), an essential raw material for polyester fibres and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) polymer, is estimated to reach 31337 thousand tons by 2020, according to a new report. In 2013, worldwide ...
Tags: Textile
The global market for powder coating is expected to reach $12.48 billion by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Growing support for the use of powder coatings in comparison to conventional liquid paints by regulatory ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Chemicals, powder coatings, coatings
Queensland's government expects the Australian state's exports of seaborne-traded coking and thermal coal to surpass 200 million mt for the first time in the current fiscal year ending June 30, budget papers released by state treasurer Tim ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Coal
In April this year, Turkey's stainless flat steel imports rose by 17.97 percent year on year and increased by 44.27 percent compared to the previous month to 51,916 metric tons, following the 2.07 percent month-on-month increase recorded in ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Stainless Flat Steel, Steel
In the first four months of this year, Japan's cold rolled sheet and strip shipments increased by 2.66 percent on year-on-year basis to 2.18 million metric tons, according to the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF) data. 55 percent of ...
Tags: CR Sheet, Strip Shipments
In April this year, Brazilian miner Vale's iron ore export volume totaled 21.95 million mt, increasing by 14.44 percent year on year, according to Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals (Sinferbase). ...
Tags: Iron Ore Exports, Iron Ore
In May this year, manganese ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland totaled 157,500 metric tons, increasing by 34.24 percent from 117,325 metric tons in April, but down 28.28 percent compared to the same month of 2013, according to the ...
Tags: Manganese Ore, Australia's Port
Outbound shipments of Eagle Ford Shale crude and condensate through the Port of Corpus Christi rose to 445,615 b/d in April from 289,987 b/d in April 2013, the most recent data released by the port showed. April shipments also rose 3% ...
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Brazil steel maker Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) plans to expand its presence in the domestic rebar market, local media reported on Tuesday. The company has just entered in the long products segment and is eyeing a 9 percent market ...
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In May this year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland increased by 3.54 percent compared to April and were up 29.23 percent year on year, totaling 36.05 million metric tons. According to the information released by Port ...
Tags: Iron Ore Exports, BHP Billiton
US steel sheet prices stayed flat on Tuesday as mills remained reluctant to offer lower prices, but sources noted that downward pricing pressure is continuing to develop. Platts maintained its hot-rolled coil assessment at $675-685/st, ...
Tags: Steel Sheet, hot-rolled coil
Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT) is set to build a new packaging facility for plastics solutions provider Borouge as part of a contract. The contract was signed by Abu Dhabi Polymers Company (Borouge) CEO Abdulaziz Alhajri and ADT CEO Martijn ...
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The volume of cotton traded internationally is expected to decline by 8% to 8.1 million tons in 2014/15, driven by reduced shipments to China from a record of 5.3 million tons in 2011/12 to an anticipated 2.1 million tons 2014/15. While the ...
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According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending May 31, 2014, US domestic raw steel production was 1,895,000 net tons, while the capability utilization rate was 78.8 percent, with output up 3.4 percent from 1,833,000 ...
In the first five months of the current year, Turkey's steel exports totaled 7.9 million mt, down 6.9 percent year on year, while the value of these exports decreased by 5.4 percent year on year to $5.9 billion, according to the data ...
Tags: Steel Export, steel