European ethylene spot prices jumped Thursday following a fire earlier in the week at Shell's Moerdijk site in the Netherlands, sources said Friday, adding that they expect olefin supply from the steam cracker at the site to be affected. ...
Tags: Ethylene, Prompt ethylene
US June propylene contract prices settled down 3 cents/lb ($66/mt) from May, sources said Friday. The decrease puts prices for polymer-grade propylene at 67.5 cents/lb ($1,488/mt) and chemical-grade propylene at 66 cents/lb ($1,455/mt) ...
Spot prices of iron ore for export from Iran continued to fall because of low demand from China, industry sources said Sunday. Prices for 61-62% Fe magnetite fines slipped by $2/dry mt in the last week to $57/dmt FOB Bandar Abbas, south ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Chinese Demand
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe will receive a $200K EPA Brownfields grant to clean up and redevelop the Old Swiftbird Day School site located north of Highway 212 and west ...
Tags: EPA, Certification, Service
With a new government in power in India following last month's elections, Chinese iron ore importers are waiting to see if any policy changes will be forthcoming that could lead to a hike in their imports. India was China's third-largest ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Iron Ore
Private equity firm KKR, along with three other investors, has agreed to invest $270m for 70% stake in integrated pork company COFCO Meat, a unit of China's state-run COFCO Group. While KKR is the lead investor, paying $150m, other ...
Tags: Meat, pork, meat industry, Agriculture, Food
People might think that the e- cigarette is a safe alternative to cigarettes , but that insurance companies do not agree . Age , geographic location , and three ares of other family size : in determining the premium of someone , use of ...
Tags: e-cigarette, cigarette, e cigarette
Spot treatment charges for imported zinc concentrates paid to Chinese smelters are in the range of $140-155/mt in June, up around 5% from $135-145/mt in May, Chinese zinc industry sources said Tuesday. The increase for the second month ...
Tags: Zinc Smelter, Zinc Industry
The competitiveness of the Chinese clothing industry is set to weaken over the next few years as costs rise. As a result, export growth could falter. Rising costs in China are already forcing an increasing number of Western apparel brands ...
Activewear Inc. announced it has released an updated version of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) website, GenuineGildan.com, presenting the Company's CSR programs and achievements for the 2013 fiscal year. "At Gildan, we care ...
Tags: Apparel, Activewear
The Asian price spread between styrene monomer and its main feedstock benzene widened by $7.50/mt to $250/mt early Thursday afternoon following an SM plant outage in Europe, but high stocks in China were expected to limit the widening of ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
While the European Union (EU) has settled disputes over dumping and subsidization of China-made PV products with the China government voluntarily setting a floor export price and annual export quota, the EU is likely to launch further ...
Tags: PV, taiwan, Lights, Lighting, PV Products
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
European spot steam cracker margins hit a near month high of Eur72/mt ($98/mt) Wednesday on the back of an increase in ethylene. Ethylene spot prices Wednesday reached their highest point since the end of February at Eur942.50/mt FD NWE, ...
At least 38.4 GW of solar electricity was connected to the grid globally in 2013, but new policies in Europe have seen the technology slip back behind wind energy in terms of new deployments. Those are two of the key findings in an ...
Tags: solar electricity