Freight rates for shipping coal from northern China's Qinhuangdao port to the other Chinese ports of Zhangjiagang, Shanghai and Guangzhou dropped significantly in the week to March 25, ending a five-week upward trend, Qinhuangdao Port said ...
Tags: coal, coal stocks, Freight rates
The semiconductor business in China is abuzz over the huge chunk of money China’s central and local governments are about to plunk down on the domestic chip industry. The combined investments over the next 10 years range from $20 ...
Tags: semiconductor business, Chips, chip industry
Tate & Lyle, a leading global provider of specialty food ingredients and solutions, announces the expansion of its direct sales capabilities in Japan and the opening of a new office in Tokyo. This initiative, which is in line with Tate & ...
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At this year’s ITMA ASIA + CITME KARL MAYER will be exhibiting lace raschel machines committed to beauty and efficiency as well as denim technology from a single source. An improved Jacquardtronic lace machine with main focus on ...
Tags: Karl Mayer, Lace Raschel Machines, ITMA Asia
Seaborne prices at China's southern ports searched for direction in thin Asia trade Monday as currency and freight issues for the most part precluded deals in the CFR South China market, said traders. The Platts/Fenwei CFR South China ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, China market, weaker currency
It's 3am on the first day of 2014. Shanghai's Hengshan Road, an area popular for restaurants and nightclubs, is lit up with what seems like hundreds of bright green taxi lights, inviting the rowdy New Year's crowd to hop in. But the drivers ...
Tags: Taxi Apps, Government Regulations, taxi
First introduced in China in 2005, R+T Asia has grown to be the industry’s leading trade fair throughout all of Asia.Powered by expertise from R+T Stuttgart, the mother show in Germany, R+T Asia has reached a new level ...
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Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) launched trading of hot rolled coil (HRC) futures contracts today, March 21, offering another hedging tool for steelmakers amid growing price volatility. The most traded HRC contract for October delivery ...
Freight rates for shipping coal from northern China's Qinhuangdao port to the southern Chinese ports of Zhangjiagang, Shanghai and Guangzhou continued to rise for the fifth consecutive week, a weekly report released by Qinhuangdao port ...
Tags: Qinhuangdao Port, Coastal Coal
Specialty foundry TowerJazz (which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc in Newport Beach, CA, USA and TowerJazz Japan Ltd) says that, at SEMICON China ...
Tags: LED drivers, high voltage, high power
Not content with selling gas domestically, some of China's private gas distribution companies are becoming increasingly ambitious and are planning to enter the LNG import business, competing directly with state-owned LNG buyers such as ...
Tags: Gas, LNG Imports, Natural Gas
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
Trader procurement continued to boost spot demand in the Asian iron ore market, as trades got concluded at increasingly higher levels on the day, supporting a firming market. The Platts 62% Fe Iron Ore Index rose $2.75/dmt to $111.50/dmt ...
Tags: Iron Ore Market, spot demand, steelmaker
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
The Shanghai Futures Exchange is ready to roll out the country's first yuan-denominated crude oil futures, which it hopes will become a benchmark in Asia before gaining global influence. Yang Maijun, the bourse's chairman, said foreign ...