Indonesia's state-owned gas transmission and distribution company Perusahaan Gas Negara said late Wednesday that its first-quarter gas sales volume in the domestic market increased by 5.8% year on year to 833,000 Mcf/d. "The increasing of ...
The average price of Asian butadiene sank 18% month on month in April to $1,431.25/mt FOB Korea due to weak demand from China and an oversupply of synthetic rubber, Platts data showed Thursday. The monthly average was down a sharp 58% ...
Tags: Asian Butadiene, Weak Demand
According to the customs statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japan's stainless flat steel exports totaled 72,570 metric tons in March this year, rising by 27.3 percent month on month and down 16.1 percent compared to the ...
Tags: Stainless Flat Steel, Mineral
Based on the US Department of Commerce's most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that steel import permit applications for the month of April total ...
Tags: Finished Steel, Mineral
The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) has announced that it has terminated the antidumping investigation regarding aluminum zinc coated steel imports from Taiwan. The ACBPS has found that there has been no dumping ...
Thousands of garment workers took part in a march to mark the International Labour Day in the capital Phnom Penh on May 1, 2013. The workers were demanding better working conditions and more wages in Cambodia’s garment factories. ...
Tags: Apparel, Cambodian Garment
According to the customs statistics released by the Japanese Ministry of Finance, Japan's iron and steel product exports in March this year amounted to 4.1 million metric tons, increasing by 4.7 percent compared to the same month of 2012 ...
Tags: Steel Exports, Mineral
According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in March this year Turkey's stainless flat steel imports rose by 18.9 percent compared to the previous month and were up 6.8 percent compared to March 2012, ...
Tags: Stainless Flat Steel, Mineral
Ships bound for China loaded 2.09 million mt of coal from two terminals operated by Port Waratah Coal Services at Newcastle port in eastern Australia in April, up 10% from March, PWCS said Wednesday in an operations report. The April ...
Tags: Coal Exports, Newcastle PWCS
The textile and apparel manufacturers of Korea are expecting a boost in exports to Turkey, as the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries is scheduled to take effect from May 1, 2013. Korea and Turkey had started ...
Tags: Korean Textile, Textile
LG Electronics has begun accepting pre-orders for its 55-inch curved OLED TV in South Korea, with deliveries to begin next month. The TV vendors are under pressure to come up with new reasons for consumers to buy new sets, as global LCD ...
Tags: LG Electronics, OLED TV
South Korea-based solar material provider OCI has terminated two supply contracts with China-based Wuxi Suntech Power and one supply contract with Suntech International. OCI noted that the contract termination was based on Wuxi Suntech's ...
Tags: OCI, Polysilicon Supply, Lighting
Samsung Electronics said its Galaxy S3 and Note 2 helped it to defy a shrinking smartphone market in the first quarter, boosting its overall profits by 42% from a year ago. The company said Friday its net profit was a record $6.4 billion ...
Tags: Samsung, Computer Products
The cyber attack Friday on the Internet deal site LivingSocial that forced it to reset the passwords of some 50 million users has elements of what's becoming an all too familiar storyline. Along with the names, birth dates, and email ...
Tags: Computer Products, cyber attack
China-based Texhong Textile Group Limited will set up a viscose yarn manufacturing plant in San José Department in southern Uruguay. Mr. Hong Tianzhu, who founded the Texhong Group in 1997, met Mayor José Luis Falero and ...
Tags: Texhong Group, Textile