The US extended the delivery window on its sale Friday of 5 million barrels of Strategic Petroleum Reserve sour crude to May 10 from the original April 1-30, according to an amendment to the sale posted on the SPR website. A second ...
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Prices of spot delivered thermal coal cargoes into Turkey slipped Friday, following a lower-priced deal for US material and buyers willing to wait for cheaper prices, sources said. Platts assessed the weekly CIF Turkey 6,000 kcal/kg ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, US Deals
The focus in the Chinese spot market was back on domestic thermal coal prices, which buckled in Asia trade and caused buying interest on cargoes of imported fuel to sink below $75/mt CFR South China in many cases, said market sources. ...
Tags: Buckles, Thermal Coal
US March propylene contract prices were fully settled 1.5 cents/lb ($33/mt) lower from February, market sources said Friday. The decrease is the second consecutive decline in contract pricing this year, and puts chemical-grade propylene ...
The spread between the spot prices for acetic acid and vinyl acetate monomer in Europe surged to an all-time high of Eur1,040/mt ($1,444/mt) Thursday, as VAM prices soared and feedstock AA prices remained stable. In December last year, the ...
China's National Energy Administration (NEA) officially announced its PV installation target of 14GW in this year’s energy scheme. It points out that the country plans to install 8GW of distributed generation (DG) system this year. ...
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Sylvanian Family Easter TV drive will run from April 7th to May 4th. Epoch making toys is planning 650 TVRs in the UK across the key Easter period for its Sylvanian Families and Aquabeads brands. The firm has hired Noah - which is the ...
The Chinese Cultural Renaissance or the Chinese Cultural Renaissance Movement was a movement promoted in Taiwan to undo the cultural destructions caused by the Communist Party of China. Some notable acts of destruction include Cultural ...
Starting Monday the value of the renminbi will be allowed to fluctuate 2% above or below a daily reference rate set by the People’s Bank of China. Widening the band, which had a 1% range in both directions since April 2012, was a ...
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EKA Software Solutions, the leading global provider of Smart Commodity Management software solutions, today announced that Pinnacle Foods Inc. has selected Eka to provide commodity planning, decision support and analytics across all ...
Dairy products maker Daisy Brand has revamped packaging of its Daisy Cottage Cheese product. The new packaging features colored lids, which the company claims canhelp increase on-shelf visibility and differentiate the product. The ...
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A sweetener created from the plant used to make tequila could lower blood glucose levels for the 26 million Americans and others worldwide who have type 2 diabetes and help them and the obese lose weight, researchers said here today. The ...
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Fears of China moving to ban the import of lower grade coal have again resurfaced amid concern over the country's high pollution levels, with several market participants indicating that the government is seriously contemplating such a move ...
The coal industry in North China's Shanxi province faces mounting pressure to get financing amid slumping coal prices and increasing debts, as experts call for greater freedom for non-governmental financial institutions. "The performance ...
Tags: Coal Industry, coal prices, non-governmental financial institutions
Feedstock issues and supply tightness have driven up North American prices for suspension PVC and solid polystyrene resin since Feb. 1. But a different feedstock and lower demand served to send regional prices for PET bottle resin down in ...
Tags: PVC, Polystyrene, vinyl chloride