LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has seen its overall capacity utilization drop from about 50% in October to below 50% in November and the utilization is expected to further slip in December, according to the company. However, ...
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The hog market has been a good place to be in the last year. Live hog prices in the last few months have trended almost $20 a head higher than the same period in 2013. So, what's the outlook heading into winter? Feed supplies remain low, ...
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Falling retail prices for LED light bulbs have put the LED driver IC market under pressure, according to industry sources. Some LED driver IC suppliers incapable of lowering their manufacturing costs will be forced to leave the market in ...
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In October 2014, Brazil exported 148,500 tons of cotton, which is the highest monthly volume in the last two years. “This might result in a higher volume of exports in the year, than the one forecasted up until now by Conab, at ...
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New York cotton futures dropped precipitously this week, as December lost 346 points to close at 59.73 cents/lb, while March fell 353 points to close at 58.75 cents/lb. “The narrow five-week sideways trend ended abruptly on Monday ...
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Although US cotton exports started slowly compared to recent years, they are on track to reach the forecast of 10 million bales for 2014/15 cotton season, the Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States Department of Agriculture ...
The Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) said recently it would accelerate the development of renewable energy projects, emphasizing the importance of producing energy locally to ensure energy security. Thus far, the Philippine DOE has ...
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Global meat consumption is still ascending. Its expected growth is pegged at about 1.9% per year from 2014-2023. Meat shipments from major exporters are projected to rise 2.2% per year. “With the tight domestic supply and ...
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Remember the "Cattle Cycle?" It essentially dictates where cattle prices are and where they should be going, as it's done for around 150 years. So, will the arrival of this latest impending reversal in the natural market cycle be any ...
Weakening demand from cotton spinning mills in early October, led to cotton prices, resuming moving down in the Brazilian market. Spinners are offering lower prices than those quoted by sellers, for even high-quality cotton, while also ...
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The China spot price of 553-grade 98.5% silicon metal was assessed slightly higher this week at $2,130-2,170/mt FOB China, compared with $2,120-2,170/mt FOB a week ago, as Chinese sellers -- despite slow demand -- kept export offers high in ...
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Food prices in New Zealand were down by 0.8% in September, following the 0.3% gain in August, according to the latest report released by Statistics New Zealand. During the period, fruit and vegetable prices fell 6.5%. Lower vegetable ...
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Platts’ analysis shows apparent oil demand in August was 41.19 million metric tons (mt), or an average 9.74 million barrels per day (b/d) — an increase of 3.7% year over year. This growth came despite a slew of bearish economic ...
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Blue Nile is being challenged by rising diamond prices, forcing the online jeweler to seek out growth in other areas. As diamond prices rise, eroding Blue Nile’s competitive advantage that its lower online prices offer, consumers will ...
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The U.S. consumer price index (CPI) for jewelry declined 4.5 percent year on year to 171.97 points in July. However, the reading has been slowly inching higher since the index reached the lowest point of the year so far at 169.36 points in ...
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