In February, China's manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) was 50.1 percent, down by 0.3 percentage point month-on-month. In view of the sizes of enterprises, the PMI of large-sized enterprises was 51.3 percent, kept at the ...
Oil futures settled lower Monday after extending an overnight slide that saw the front-month NYMEX crude contract trade below $90/barrel for the first time since December 26. NYMEX April crude settled 56 cents lower at $90.12/b, while ICE ...
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Marathon Petroleum has declared force majeure on benzene, toluene and mixed xylene, trading sources said Monday. No further details are known and confirmation from Marathon was unavailable as a spokesman at the company declined to comment, ...
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Coca Cola Amatil and its allies have defeated the proposed Northern Territory container deposit scheme (CDS) legislation, and in Sydney CCA called the police to prevent protesters dumping empty drink containers in its foyer. Eight ...
THE Dow Jones Industrial Average has edged closer to an all-time closing high, as investors brushed off steep losses in China's equity markets and pushed major benchmarks higher. The Dow rose 38.16 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 14127.82, to ...
The Brazilian government Friday announced a rise in the amount of ethanol mixed into gasoline sold at the pumps to 25% from 20% from May 1. The announcement was published in the official Union Diary and, the government said, was taken ...
In December 2012, the turnover in France's manufacturing industry increased by 2.2 percent month on month, following a month-on-month fall recorded in November, according to France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies ...
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The local sharemarket retreated from a 4 1/2-year high yesterday before last-minute budget talks at the White House aimed at avoiding $US85 billion ($83bn) of automatic US spending cuts, the so-called sequester, which were due to take ...
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The Australian sharemarket retreated from a four-and-a-half year high before last-minute budget talks at the White House aimed at avoiding $US85 billion of automatic spending cuts, the so-called sequester, due to start taking effect today ...
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in February for the third consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 45th consecutive month, say the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On ...
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Shanxi Province-based Chinese steelmaker Taigang Stainless Steel Co., a subsidiary of Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co., has announced that it has received three certificates, including API Spec Q1 for petroleum and chemical quality ...
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On March 1, Liaoning Province-based Chinese steelmaker Angang Steel Co. (Ansteel) announced that 5,000 mt of its X80M thick pipeline steel plate have been delivered from Bayuquan port in Liaoning to Tianjin port, marking the completion of ...
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Northwest Europe gasoline crack swaps fell sharply at Tuesday's European close following a drop in NYMEX RBOB futures. Platts assessed the March Eurobob crack swap at $13.50/barrel Tuesday, down from Monday's $14.70/b and the lowest since ...
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Solar energy production in the US increased by 138.9% last year compared to 2011, according to the latest issue of the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Electric Power Monthly. EIA’s report also says the top ...
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Substantial progress has been achieved recently by Bayi Steel X70 grade pipeline steel in passing entrance qualification of CNPC. Bayi Steel was formally recognized as CNPC's qualified supplier of X70 grade pipeline steel after over ...
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