Global yarn production dropped in Q4/2013 in comparison to the previous quarter as a result of lower output in Asia, South and North America while production in Europe was up. Year-on-year global yarn production was up with all regions ...
Coal stocks at ports in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region have firmed to their highest levels this year at around 6 million mt, according to data collected from port sources Monday. Sources said coal stocks at EMO Dry Bulk Terminal ...
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The estimated production margin for a typical US Midwest dry-mill ethanol plant for the week ended Friday fell 20.06 cents, or 15.6%, to a six-week low of $1.0854/gal, a review of US Department of Agriculture and Platts data showed. As ...
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US natural gas prices will remain in the $4/MMBtu range this year while production growth in Appalachian shales will continue to be feverish, a consultant's new study and Barclays said Thursday. The energy consultants at Arlington, ...
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Whereas the short decrease of the quotations on the futures market had stimulated the closure of several contracts during the previous week, prices for medium staple cotton returned to a firm tendency within the course of this week and ...
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Refining margins for sweet crudes are out-performing margins for sour crudes like Urals in Northwest Europe, Platts data shows, as lighter refined products have surged while heavier products have dropped. While cracking margins -- which ...
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US ethanol stocks for the week ended April 18 moved up 566,000 barrels to a seven-week high of 16.518 million barrels, despite a production dip of 29,000 b/d to 910,000 b/d, Energy Information Administration data showed Wednesday. While ...
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Cotton prices continue to move down in the Brazilian market, returning to levels observed in November 2013. The low quality of the product available and refrained purchasers have been pressing down values in the domestic market. ...
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Brazil’s Mato Grosso state is likely to end cotton year 2013-14 with a 58.2 percent rise in inventory compared to the last season, according to a press release issued by the Mato Grosso Institute of Agricultural Economics (IMEA). ...
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Chinese iron ore importers on Monday denied they were under pressure to sell their port stocks so that they repay their debts to the country's banks, refuting recent local media reports. The importers added that the price of the more than ...
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Thermal and coking coal exports from Australia's Newcastle port fell 12.5% on the week to 2.64 million mt in the week to Sunday, after four weeks of gains, according to the Newcastle Port Corporation's latest update. NPC said there were ...
The fuel oil inventory spread between the US Gulf Coast and Japan narrowed to 6.668 million barrels, the tightest spread since January, comparison of recent data shows. BNP Paribas said in its weekly oil inventories report, published ...
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China's state-owned refiners are raising planned crude runs in April to average 82% capacity, up from 81% in March, Platts monthly survey showed Tuesday. The 23 refineries surveyed plan to process a combined 17.495 million mt (4.275 ...
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A long-running battle in the global photovoltaic (PV) market between the US and China over anti-dumping and subsidy charges could expand into higher solar costs, with wide-ranging ramifications for the US if punitive tariffs are levied on ...
Intuitive Surgical stock fell 11.5% in value on Wednesday after a disappointing quarterly earnings report and the FDA raising cancer concerns over how robotic hysterectomies are performed. The Sunnyvale, CA–based maker of da Vinci ...