US ethanol production fell 13,000 b/d to a three-week low of 844,000 b/d the reporting week ended August 16, but ethanol stocks rose 57,000 barrels to 16.482 million barrels, Energy Information Administration data showed Wednesday. The ...
Oil prices went up Thursday as unrest in Egypt bolstered concerns that oil supplies from Middle East may be disrupted. The Middle East accounted for 35 percent of global oil output, according to the International Energy Agency. Egypt ...
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Foster Wheeler AG announced that the UK subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded, for the sixth successive year, the prestigious Order of Distinction Award for Occupational Health and Safety by the ...
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Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose three points to 59 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for August, released recently. This fourth consecutive monthly ...
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The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates for 2013/14 project world cotton stocks to reach a new record at 93.8 million bales, 7.4 million bales above the previous season. Stocks this season are expected to rise for the ...
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According to USDA’s first survey-based forecast of the 2013 crop, U.S. cotton production is projected at 13.1 million bales, 447,000 bales below July’s estimate and nearly 4.3 million bales below last season’s crop. The ...
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China's economy is stabilizing, and if exports continue to see modest growth in the second half, then the pace of economic growth for the year is likely to be close to 7.5 percent, said a well known economist. Fan Gang, head of the ...
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The PPG Industries Foundation donated $5,000 to the [Women in Engineering (WiE) Program at The Ohio State University to support the WiE CHEER (CHEmical Engineering Rocks!) summer day camp for girls about to enter ninth grade. For a third ...
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France's gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 0.5 percent in the second quarter of the current year on quarter-on-quarter basis, following two consecutive quarters of 0.2 percent quarter-on-quarter decrease, according to the detailed ...
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Nationwide housing affordability slipped several notches as recovering markets witnessed significant firming of home prices in the second quarter, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index ...
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Feng Hsin, one of the major steel long product manufacturers in Taiwan announced to remain its prices for rebar, section steel and scrap unchanged for this week. Also, the company has kept its list prices flat for consecutive four weeks. ...
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According to the data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in June this year Turkey's season and calendar adjusted monthly industrial production index with the base year 2010=100 increased by 1.4 percent compared to the ...
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According to the data released by the Export and Import Division of South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MOTIE), the country's trade balance indicated a $2.7 billion surplus in July of this year, remaining in the black for the 18th ...
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Tronox Limited reported second quarter 2013 revenue of $525 million and adjusted EBITDA of $101 million for an adjusted EBITDA margin of 19 percent. Adjusted net loss in the second quarter was $15 million, or $0.13 per diluted share. ...
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Solar cell maker Motech Industries has reported net profits for the second quarter of 2013, ending a string of eight consecutive quarter losses. Consolidated revenues at Motech increased 39% sequentially to NT$5.1 billion (US$170.4 ...
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