Offers for Chinese domestic spot aluminum alloy ADC12 were steady after the fall last week on the sharp drop in primary aluminum prices, while trade remained thin as there was no significant change in physical buying interest, sources said ...
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The US deficit, down from the $1 trillion-plus levels of Obama's first four years and a $483 billion gap in fiscal 2014, will stay largely flat in 2016, then begin to march upward due to rising costs for debt and caring for fast-retiring ...
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The European Commission is seeking comments on whether the shareholding of Netherlands-based commodities trading group Trafigura in Belgium-based zinc and lead producer Nyrstar amounts to the company taking "de facto sole control" of ...
The Northwest European styrene monomer premium over feedstock costs has fallen to a 2015 low, Platts calculations show, as a balanced market left consumers eager to normalize November spreads over feedstocks to levels similar to the start ...
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Northwest European styrene monomer spot offtake remains lackluster this week on the back of supply length, with buyers predicting lower prices in the coming weeks and industry consumers keen to reduce stock levels for the end of the year, ...
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Handysize tanker freight rates on the Cross-Mediterranean voyage, basis 30,000 mt, have hit their lowest in five years on Monday on the lack of cargoes and ample tonnage, shipping sources said Tuesday. According to Platts data, freight ...
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Soaring demand from China, Japan and the U.S. ensures that the first-tier photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturers are booked in orders up to the first quarter of 2016. Currently, prices are rising for all multi-Si products from wafers to ...
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South Africa exported 5.93 million mt of thermal coal in September, slipping 15.1% year on year due to lower shipments to India, Europe, Turkey, Pakistan and the US, according to customs data released late Friday. The volume was, however, ...
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Coal exports from terminals in Virginia's Hampton Roads region totaled 1.93 million st in October, down 1.9% from September and down 29.1% on the year, according to figures released Tuesday by the Virginia Maritime Association. While the ...
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Duke Energy Indiana has deferred into 2016 some coal contracted for delivery this year as it seeks to cut down on a stockpile that at one point approached 5 million st or 80 days of supply, a company official said in a filing to the state's ...
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Worldwide tablet shipments reached only 50.64 million units in the third quarter, up 9% from the second quarter, but still down sharply by 18% on year, despite the fact that Europe and US retailers were aggressively preparing for the ...
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The November bidweek national average price tumbled 32 cents to average $2.06/MMBtu as points outside of the Northeast moved lower, Inside FERC's Gas Market Report said Monday. The November bidweek price at the benchmark Henry Hub dropped ...
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Chevron on Friday revised slightly lower an earlier future production target due to prolonged but uncertain lower oil prices, while at the same slashing its capital spending for 2016 by 25% compared to this year. The company now sees ...
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China's state-owned oil giants Sinopec and PetroChina reported a modest 1.73 million mt or 0.7% increase in their domestic oil products sales in the first nine months of 2015, but exports rose by 2.59 million mt or 12% in the same period, ...
Premium meat and dairy producer, Truly Irish Country Foods, has enlisted warehousing and distribution experts, Oakland International, to expand distribution for their premium Irish meat and dairy product range across Ireland and the UK. ...
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