Global demand growth for fluorochemicals is forecast to accelerate, rising 3.8 percent per year to 3.8 million metric tons in 2018. Above average growth in higher value products will help drive increases in value demand more than seven ...
Tags: Fluorochemicals, Chemicals
Offers for Chinese domestic spot aluminum alloy ADC12 tracked weaker primary aluminum ingot prices, industry sources said Tuesday. Platts assessed its weekly China domestic ADC12 price at Yuan 14,800-15,300/mt ($2,415-2,497/mt) ex-works ...
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The global apparent steel demand for 2014 will increase by two percent to 1.56 billion metric tons, following a growth of 3.8 percent in 2013, according to the short range outlook presented at the 48th annual meeting of the World Steel ...
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The latest EU customs statistics show that third country imports remained on a rising trend in July and August, according to the European Steel Association (EUROFER). During the July-August period, finished steel imports of the EU rose 32 ...
The decline in cotton price and slowing demand for apparel and other textile products in key North American and European markets have put tremendous pressure on synthetic pricing in the past several months. The global synthetic fiber price ...
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Demand for specialty biocides in the U.S. is forecast to rise 4.0 percent per year to $3.9 billion in 2018. In volume terms, demand is expected to increase 1.0 percent annually to 1.5 billion pounds over the same period. “A strong ...
Tags: specialty biocides, Biocide demand
Mexican steelmaker Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA) will provide steel for the new international airport planned for Mexico City, reported the Director General of the steel, Luis Zamudio Miechielsen. The construction of the new terminal on ...
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China's manufacturing sector expanded in August but at a significantly slower pace, as production rates and new orders softened. The Flash China Manufacturing PMI, published by HSBC in conjunction with Markit Economics, fell 1.4 points to ...
Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, China Manufacturing
New orders to U.S. production plants soared a record 10.5 percent in July on a 74 percent bookings spike in the volatile transportation sector. The somewhat misleading double-digit gain was propelled by an eye-popping 317.3 percent surge in ...
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Order visibility for Taiwan-based PC and notebook related IC vendors for the third quarter of 2014 is better than expected due to a rebound in demand for notebooks and other PC products, according to industry sources. However, suppliers ...
IATA reports that air freight volumes were up by a strong 5.8% in July compared to a year ago. This is an acceleration on June, when freight tonne kilometres rose 2.4%, and reflects improving demand conditions in some regions. There was ...
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Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers generally saw orders increase in August, according to industry sources in Taiwan. The sequential increases resulted from the makers reducing quotes to US$0.33/W for polycrystalline models ...
After a bleak start to the year, the U.S. economy grew at a brisk annual rate of 4.2 percent in the April-June quarter, the government said Thursday, slightly faster than it had first estimated. The upward revision supported expectations ...
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LED driver IC vendors including Silergy, Macroblock and On-Bright Electronics are expected to see their sales stay flat in the third quarter of 2014 before riding higher in the fourth quarter, according to industry sources. Order ...
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Offers for Chinese domestic spot aluminum alloy ADC12 rebounded Tuesday, mainly on higher primary aluminum ingot prices despite no significant change in physical buying interest during the current summer lull, industry sources said. ...
Tags: Aluminum Alloy, Mineral