Cardboard is becoming a more commonly used material for furniture. It can range from self made student furniture to fully processed products available to buy. In my opinion these are some of the best cardboard furniture items out there. ...
LPG prices in South China surged Yuan 300-600/mt ($49-98/mt) this week as supply fell and demand increased, domestic traders said Friday. Imported LPG, with a propane and butane ratio of 80:20, was heard traded in the range of Yuan ...
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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 Chinese export spot price of 75%-Si ferrosilicon was assessed at $1,410-1,440/mt FOB Thursday, compared with $1,410-1,450/mt a week ago, on slow domestic and export demand. This week, an Inner Mongolia-based producer sold around 300 ...
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Offer prices in the Argentinian ferrous scrap market are up 50% in February compared with January levels, a reflection of the steep devaluation of its currency, sources said Wednesday. On January 23, the central bank of Argentina scaled ...
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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 ...
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Samsung unveiled two new computerized wristwatches on Sunday, this time including health sensors and related fitness features to give people a reason to buy one. Samsung's first Galaxy Gear smartwatch came out last fall amid much fanfare, ...
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South Carolina again posted a record year for export activity, with more than $26.1 billion in goods sold last year to 202 countries around the globe. The 2013 figures, released today by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s ...
Tags: semiconductor, export industries
Spot prices for delivered cargoes of North Sea propane have increased on renewed buying from the petrochemicals sector, according to industry sources. In the early part of this month the spot price of CIF North Sea propane was just above ...
Tags: Propane, Petrochemicals
Eco-friendly vehicles distributor Green Automotive (GAC) is set to acquire American composite materials manufacturer Blackhawk Manufacturing in an agreement. Blackhawk manufactures composite materials at its two plants in Bloomington, ...
Wanxiang America, an affiliate of Chinese automotive parts maker Wanxiang Group, has received an approval from the US bankruptcy court to acquire the assets of American electric car maker Fisker Automotive for $149.2m. The company has won ...
Australian flat steel producer BlueScope has announced that it has agreed to acquire the downstream long product rolling and marketing operations of Fletcher Building's Pacific Steel Group (Pacific Steel), based in Auckland, New Zealand. ...
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From a technical point of view the market did resolve the flag formation that we had mentioned last week and broke out to the upside, which propelled March to a six-month high, while May traded at its best level since April 2012. On ...
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. unveiled a concept tractor-trailer Feb. 17 during a meeting to report on progress in meeting the company's sustainability goals. The Wal-Mart Advanced Vehicle Experience (WAVE) features a microturbine hybrid power ...
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Chris Larson, TCL's new North American sales and marketing VP Related TCL TCL Breaks $1,000 Threshold For Ultra HD TV TCL TCL Launching 'Iron Man 3' Promotions For Smartphone TCL Will TCL Theatre Mark A Branding Revolution? Corona, Calif. ...
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