Not all cigarettes are the same. Some brands have higher cigarette tar than others. The Consumer Council in China recently cited laboratory tests that found some brands of tobacco have tar levels that are 15 times higher than others. ...
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South African Richards Bay Coal Terminal's exports of coal in May rose 28% year on year to 5.58 million mt, which was 2.3% higher month on month, according to port operating data published Thursday. RBCT said the exports were shipped in ...
Tags: Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
After the successful implementation of the latest fabric dyeing machines iMaster H2O and soft-TRD SIII, Thies Textilmaschinen will introduce its newest yarn dyeing machine in Shanghai: iCone. The new development consolidates highest ...
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Indonesia, the world's largest exporter of thermal coal, plans to build 14 dedicated coal terminals in the islands of Kalimantan and Sumatra in a bid to curb illegal coal exports, a government official said Monday. Around 50 million-60 ...
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China's Shanghai Shipping Freight Exchange plans to launch dry bulk freight futures contracts on June 18, the first of its kind in the global freight market, SSEFC President Yu Jun said late last week. "Being the first to launch such a ...
Iran is loading eight LPG cargoes totaling 317,000 mt in May for export to Asia, the biggest monthly volume since resuming shipments in May 2013 following an eight-month halt on concerns over an EU ban on shipping insurance, shipping and ...
Australia's Newcastle port exported 2.8 million mt of thermal and coking coal in the week to Monday, falling 19% on the week, as the port's vessel queue continued to shrink, according to the Newcastle Port Corporation's latest weekly ...
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Sentiment in India following the general elections appears bullish, boding well for the Indonesian thermal coal market, but there is no near-term catalyst being seen to drive Chinese demand up, sources said Friday. "It would still require ...
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The three coal terminals at Australia's Newcastle port increased their combined shipments of thermal and coking coal 39% week on week to 3.45 million mt on Monday, hitting a 13-week high, according to Newcastle Port Corp. data released ...
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The Asian butadiene/naphtha spread narrowed to an eight-month low of $329.38/mt Monday, following the closure of the arbitrage window to move Asian butadiene to the US Gulf Coast. The spread value was last lower on September 12, 2013, ...
Northwest European styrene monomer prices fell $91.50/mt or 5.5% from the start of May to close Thursday at a one-year low of $1,553.50/mt FOB ARA, Platts data showed. The last time it was lower was April 23, 2013 at $1,544.50/mt FOB ARA. ...
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Prices for large cargoes of butane in Northwest Europe fell Tuesday to the lowest level in a year on low demand and ample supplies. Platts assessed the price of a 4,000 mt CIF refrigerated cargo of mixed butane loading 10-25 days forward ...
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Freight rates to ship coal from northern China's Qinhuangdao port to the other Chinese ports of Zhangjiagang, Shanghai and Guangzhou fell for a third straight week, Qinhuangdao port said Tuesday. Rates from Qinhuangdao to Zhangjiagang for ...
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Researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas and the University of Tokyo have created electronic devices that become soft when implanted inside the body and can deploy to grip 3-D objects, such as large tissues, nerves and blood ...
Finland-based stainless steel producer Outokumpu has announced that it is delivering about 4,000 mt of duplex stainless steel for the Husab uranium mine project in Namibia, Africa. Outokumpu's stainless steel will be used in tanks, pressure ...
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