The premium of front-month naphtha CFR Japan cargo to CIF Northwest Europe cargoes -- the east/west -- has fallen to $11/mt down $13/mt over the last six weeks, putting pressure on the arbitrage from Europe to Asia, market sources said ...
Tags: Naphtha Premium, Mineral
The demand for imported heavy plate in Turkey still remained weak and it is estimated that the situation would not turn better in a short time. Currently, Ukrainian mills like Alchevsk and LLyich offer US$550/ton CFR for heavy plate ...
Tags: Imported Heavy Plate, Mineral
Andreoli & Associates Inc. (A&A) has added two enhancements to its cloud-based HITS BPOS software for better Department of Transportation (DOT) number compliancy. DOT# Warning on Invoice Completion – Point-of-sale can now be set ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Accessories
The US-Asia isomer-grade mixed xylenes arbitrage has shut on paper after being open for about a month, hit by higher US prices overnight Tuesday, Platts data showed Wednesday. Asian isomer-MX CFR Taiwan was assessed at $1,297/mt Tuesday, ...
Tags: Chemicals
It’s reported that China Steel Corp. (CSC), the largest carbon steelmaker in Taiwan is going to release its list prices for steel wires and bars for October and November. Industry source said that CSC might remain its list prices ...
Tags: Steel Bar, Steel Wire
Strong buying interest in China over the extended weekend pushed Asian spot metallurgical coal prices substantially higher Monday, as hard coking coals traded $3-4/mt higher than Wednesday last week, market sources reported. On an FOB ...
Tags: Buying Spree, Metallurgical Coal
In the week from August 5 to August 11, the scrap indexes maintained their upward movement on the Orbis Steel Index. In the given week, the Turkish rebar index increased for the eighth consecutive week. Meanwhile, the Turkish flat rolled ...
Tags: Mineral, Rebar Index
In the week from July 29 to August 4, scrap indexes continued to move upward on the Orbis Steel Index. In the given week, the Turkish rebar index maintained its upward movement. Meanwhile, the Turkish flat rolled product indexes also ...
Tags: Scrap, Orbis Steel Index
Intrinsic Therapeutics, a developer of lumbar spine anulus closure devices, has enrolled the 400th patient in level 1, a randomized trial of its Barricaid device. The study is being conducted in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and The ...
It’s reported that Korean steelmaker Hyundai Steel announced to hike its export prices for H beams and other sections by US$20~US$30/ton for August orders. After the adjustment, the export prices for H beams are at US$700~US$720/ton ...
The Ken-Tool 5-bar Super Magnum cage features five mandrel-bent, high-strength 12-gauge, 2-1/4-inch diameter structural steel tubes, welded to a 3/16-inch thick steel plate base with a 2-inch wide, ?-inch thick reinforcing strap welded to ...
It’s reported that EZZ Steel and Beshay Steel, the two major rebar producers in Egypt will cut rebar prices by EGP150/ton to EGP4, 800/ton for August, due to weak demand in Ramadan. Meanwhile, the Turkish rebar producers offered ...
Tags: Steelmakers, Rebar Prices
Asian styrene monomer prices rose $8/mt from Wednesday's assessment, with Thursday morning pegs assessed at $1,808.50/mt FOB Korea and $1,837.50/mt CFR China amid market talk that Saudi Petrochemical Co, or Sadaf, has shut its 580,000 ...
Tags: Asian styrene monomer, Chemicals
Record-high styrene prices in Asia are likely to begin attracting regular US export deliveries away from Europe, where demand has been cooling, European sources said this week. Rising prices in Asia mean that the region has now overtaken ...
Tags: Record-high styrene, Chemicals
China imported 275,337 mt of methanol in June, 40% less than it did in May, data released by the General Administration of Customs on Tuesday showed. The fall can be explained by the high domestic methanol production in the country. Over ...