According to industry statistics, in 2013 China's common wire rod exports reached 27,274 mt, up 1.02 percent, its hot rolled stainless steel wire rod exports amounted to 84,927 mt, up 17.10 percent, hot rolled alloy wire rod exports totaled ...
Tags: Wire Rod Imports, Mineral
Around a quarter of Australian metallurgical coal is sold on a spot basis following a significant increase in production and the fact that the primary buyer, China, prefers short-term pricing, an analysis of Platts data and a survey of ...
Tags: Coal Market, Spot Pricing
US crude stocks rose 1 million barrels last week, just over half of what analysts were expecting, as a drop in refinery run rates was partly offset by a decrease in US imports, according to data released Thursday by the US Energy ...
Tags: Crude Stocks, Chemicals
China's recent move to digitally tag fuel cargoes to clamp down on the widespread practice of declaring crude purchases as fuel oil to evade taxes is already seen to be curbing demand for heavy Venezuelan Merey crude from teapot refiners in ...
Tags: Curbing Demand, Tax Change
The exports of fabric and garments from Vietnam rose by a sharp 21.7 percent year-on-year to US$ 1.904 billion in January 2014, according to the data released by the General Department of Customs, Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance. ...
Tags: Fabric, Garment Exports
The liquidation of the March contract proceeded in a speedy and orderly fashion, as open interest was down to just 6’393 contracts or 639’300 bales as of this morning. With another 3’300 contracts trading, most of ...
Tags: Cotton Futures, Textile
China reported robust exports for January, but assessing the nation’s true economic strength is no easy task. The Lunar New Year holidays that began at the end of January apparently created an export surgeA transient variation in the ...
Tags: Export Data, economic strength
The first thorough comparison of evidence for natural gas system leaks confirms that organizations including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have underestimated U.S. methane emissions generally, as well as those from the natural ...
Tags: Natural Gas
A US anti-dumping investigation is targeting PV modules imported from China. However, because Taiwan crystalline silicon solar cell makers generally are suppliers for China-based PV module makers, the Taiwan Photovoltaic Industry ...
Tags: Anti-Dumping Probe, PV
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Monday reiterated its calls for the United States to objectively and fairly handle ongoing solar trade disputes after the latter initiated another probe into Chinese products. The comments came ...
Tags: Handle Solar Disputes
ntly in January this year amid high stockpiles at power plants and strong hydropower generation, medium to long-term outlook remains positive given India's reliance on imported coal, Macquarie Research said in a note Monday. India's ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Mineral
A group of U.S. hardwood plywood producers is seeking a judicial review of the International Trade Commission's decision not to pursue an antidumping case against Chinese hardwood plywood producers, which the U.S. companies say are selling ...
Tags: Plywood, Furniture, Construction
Japan imported 849.785 billion yen of textile yarn and fabrics in 2013, registering an increase of 19 percent year-on-year, according to the trade statistics released by the Ministry of Finance. On the other hand, the imports of ...
According to a report released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD), in 2013 Turkey's steel import volume increased by 25.4 percent to 14.85 million mt, valued at $12.81 billion, up 14.1 percent, both compared to ...
Tags: Steel Imports, Mineral
In 2013, Turkey's finished steel output increased by 6.2 percent to 36.4 million metric tons, in line with the increase in the country's semi-finished product imports during the year in question, according to a report released by the ...
Tags: Finished Steel, Mineral