Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA, which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon (eGaN) power field-effect transistors (FETs) for power management applications, says that Dr John Glaser has joined its ...
Tags: EPC E-mode GaN FETs, Electrical, Electronics
The Urals crude market strengthened sharply Wednesday in both Northwest Europe and the Mediterranean as buying interest increased sharply to clear some remaining prompt June cargoes. Differentials for CIF Augusta Urals Aframax cargoes ...
Tags: Crude Oil, crude market
Citgo Petroleum Corp. will raise xylene and toluene truck and rail pricing by 4 cents effective June 18, according to a letter the company sent Wednesday to customers that Platts obtained Thursday. "This price adjustment is due to limited ...
European butyl acetate producers are again struggling to pass on feedstock increase this month and are having to accept declining margins, sources said this week. Butac is produced from iso-butanol, a propylene derivative, and acetic ...
Tags: Butyl Acetatem, propylene
Scrap market activity remained sluggish in eastern China over the week with prices mainly holding steady and unlikely to gain any upward momentum in the short term as the outlook for the finished steel market remains pessimistic, market ...
Tags: Ferrous Scrap, Heavy Scrap
China TV vendors' sales to markets outside of China are expected to grow 40% on year in the second quarter of 2014. In April 2014, LCD TV shipments from China's top-six vendors to markets outside of China reached nearly 2.09 million, up ...
Tags: LCD TV, Average Size TV
Among the most crucial issues raised during Euratex General Assembly held on June 4th 2014, special attention was paid to the growth of dyestuffs prices. Alberto Paccanelli, President of EURATEX, stressed forcefully that, “the EU ...
Tags: Textile Sector
The all India kappas arrivals per day are approximately 70,000 bales per day for fortnight ending May 31. As per trade sources till now approximately 3 crore 60 lakh bales of kappas have arrived in the market out of the expected crop of 3 ...
Tags: Cotton, India kappas
With the FIFA World Cup' just around the corner, U.K. premier Soccer brand – Umbro, after unleashing its Soccer boots for its fans has unveiled its range of FIFA inspired T-shirts. With a plethora of options to spoil one for his ...
Tags: T-Shirt, Apparel, Accessories
Australia-based miner Mineral Resources has announced that it has acquired a 12.78 percent stake in Australia's Aquila Resources Limited, buying more than 52 million shares in the company. Mineral Resources stated that it has the financial ...
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Japanese spot import prices of high-carbon ferrochrome rose this week as Indian producers cut output amid a decline in domestic chrome ore feedstock supplies, market sources said Friday. Platts assessed the spot price of high-carbon lumpy ...
The outlook for pig iron exports from the Commonwealth of Independent States has been hurt by continued weakness in iron ore pricing, bearish scrap sentiment and Ramadan-related slowdown in Turkish demand, local sources said Friday. ...
Tags: Pig Iron, Ramadan-related slowdown
US shredded steel scrap availability tightened and prices inched up as the June mill procurement period came to a close, market sources said Friday. Mills reentering the market late in the week to acquire additional shredded material ...
Tags: Steel Scrap, shredded material
The buying surge in rhodium that began two weeks ago during Platinum Week in London ended this week, with would-be buyers heading to the sidelines amid surging prices. The Platts New York Dealer rhodium price tumbled to $1,070-1,130/oz ...
Tags: rhodium, scrap recyclers
Monsoon rains limited Indian buying of Indonesian thermal coal, while lending restrictions muted demand from China, market sources said on Friday. An Indian end user said buyers had refrained from purchasing imported cargoes because of ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Limited Demand