China imported 410,000 mt of natural and synthetic rubber, including latex, in March, up 33.7% from February, data released this week by the General Administration of Customs showed. For the first three months of 2014, China's natural and ...
Tags: Synthetic Rubber, Natural Rubber
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee chairman and ranking member have asked the Energy Information Administration to analyze the impact of lifting restrictions on US crude oil exports. "This is a complex puzzle that is best ...
Tags: Crude Export, EIA Study
The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 1.2 percent in February from January, rising after two consecutive monthly declines, according to the US Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Transportation, Freight Transportation
Brazil's national statistics agency (IBGE) has reported that in February this year industrial production in the largest Latin American country increased by 0.4 percent compared to January and was up five percent from February 2013. In ...
Tags: Basic Metal
The European Commission has announced the final result of the expiry review of the antidumping (AD) duty on ferrosilicon imports from China and Russia, indicating that the revocation of the duties is likely to result in continuation or ...
Tags: Ferrosilicon, Metallurgy, Mineral
In February this year, Turkey's slab imports amounted to 114,427 mt, up 10.37 percent month on month and decreasing by 30.34 percent year on year, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The total value ...
Tags: Slab, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
According to a report released by the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS), in February of the current year the producer price index (PPI) for the UK manufacturing industry remained unchanged compared to January, following the 0.3 ...
Tags: Basic Metal, Metal, Metallurgy, Mineral
In February this year, India's industrial production decreased by 1.9 percent year on year, according to government data. Industrial production in the April 2013-February 2014 period of the current financial year decreased by 0.1 year on ...
Tags: Basic Metal, Metallurgy, Mineral
According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa, in February this year the seasonally adjusted index of iron ore mining production in South Africa decreased by 7.3 percent, while the country's manganese ore production ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
In the first two months this year, Japan's galvanized sheet output amounted to 1.95 million mt, up 2.38 percent compared to the same period of 2013, according to data from the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF). In February alone, the ...
Tags: Galvanized Sheet, Sheet, Metallurgy, Mineral
Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding Company, a subsidiary of Qatar Petroleum partially floated on the Qatar Exchange, and one of the region’s premier diversified petrochemical conglomerates with interests in the production, distribution ...
The market has felt deflated ever since the wild ride on March 26, during which the spot contract shot up to a high of 97.35 cents/lb before dropping more than 500 points below that level by the end of the session. From a technical ...
Tags: Cotton Futures, Xinjiang cotton
CCA has announced it expects its earnings will decline Food and beverage company Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has announced it expects its group earnings before interest and tax for the first half of 2014 to decline by around 15 per cent ...
Tags: beverages, Agriculture, Food
The European Commission has opted to maintain antidumping duties on imports of ferrosilicon into the European Union from China and Russia following a market review, the EC said Thursday. In February last year, the EC initiated an expiry ...
Tags: Dumping Duties, Ferrosilicon
12-inch collectable dolls joined by keychains, Celebz figurines and a game, plus more signing sessions take place. Vivid is extending its range of Union J merchandise following a strong show of support at retail. In addition to the ...