Average silver prices in 2014 are expected to slip to around $20.440/oz from the 2013 average of $23.750/oz because of rising supply and weaker investment demand, analysts with the New York-based CPM Group said Tuesday. "Silver prices are ...
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Cold-rolled coil pricing increased in the US on Tuesday as buyers and sellers reported higher offers and transactions. "I have not heard of anyone quoting below $800/st for CRC and more have been between $810-820/st. Everything that I am ...
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Ukraine has closed its anti-dumping investigation into imports of suspension PVC from the US without imposing any duties, the interagency commission for international trade said in a report published by the government's official Uriadoviy ...
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Counter bids for May Asian Contract Price for paraxylene were in a range of $1,040-1,100/mt CFR, sources close to the negotiations said Tuesday. There are four PX ACP sellers in Asia -- ExxonMobil, Japan's Idemitsu Kosan and JX Nippon Oil ...
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Nigeria has emerged as the second-largest importer of US jet fuel and has also started bringing in atypical US kerosene barrels, according to data released Tuesday by the US Energy Information Administration. Nigeria imported 864,000 ...
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Safilo Group SpA reported sales of Sports Products, which includes its Smith Optics brand, reached €16.1 million in the first quarter, up 0.9 percent, or 4.3 percent in currency-neutral (c-n) terms. alian parent company of the ...
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Combined with paperboard, the use of bio-based LDPE made from sugar cane increases the content of materials from renewable sources to as much as 82% in a Tetra Brik Aseptic 1000ml Base package. In February Coca-Cola Brazil became the ...
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Coal stocks at ports in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region have firmed to their highest levels this year at around 6 million mt, according to data collected from port sources Monday. Sources said coal stocks at EMO Dry Bulk Terminal ...
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The physical North Sea market is strengthening against the paper market, reaching a six-week high on Friday and bid higher Monday, as the return of some refineries from maintenance adds to crude demand, while less output than expected is ...
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The April US contract price for acetone settled 1.25 cents ($27.56/mt) lower at 67.25 cents/lb ($1,482.59/mt), sources said Monday. Market participants expected the contract to decrease, but anticipated a 2-3 cents decline because of slow ...
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SodaStream could go into partnership with Starbucks Global coffee shop giant Starbucks Corporation is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire 10 per cent of home carbonated beverage machine company SodaStream International Ltd at a ...
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Spot trade of 226, the main aluminum alloy grade, was slow this week, with consumers wary of higher prices, and partly because of the shorter working week. A number of producers have pushed offers of 226 ingot up to around Eur1,700/mt ...
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Initial nominations for US polymer-grade and chemical-grade May propylene contract prices are calling for a rollover at 71 cents/lb and 69.50 cents/lb, respectively, sources said Friday. ExxonMobil Chemical is the only producer with ...
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US spot ethylene settled at a 12-week high Thursday to be assessed at 56.5-57 cents/lb FD USG, up 3 cents/lb week on week, as a delay in the startup of a major transmission line between Texas and Louisiana, tightening supply amid a busy ...
The thermal coal Panamax freight market on Thursday lost some of the last week's bullishness as firm cargoes eluded the market, sources said Thursday. The coal freight market from Indonesia to India was quiet, market sources said, with ...
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