Malaysia's natural rubber production in April amounted to 36,261 mt, falling 13.1% from a month earlier and down 15.4% year on year, the Department of Statistics said in a statement late Thursday. Its natural rubber exports fell 7.5% from ...
Despite weak fundamentals and largely negative sentiment, the futures and swaps markets recovered some ground through the day, leading to some support for ore prices. Platts assessed the 62% Fe Iron Ore Index up 50 cents from Monday at ...
Tags: steel rebar, ore prices
US service centers shipped 136,300 mt of aluminum products in May, up 3% compared with the same month in 2013, the Metals Service Center Institute said Tuesday. Shipments in the first five months of 2014 stood at 669,900 mt, up 8.6% from ...
China's coastal coal freight rates are showing signs of stabilizing this week, after falling for three months amid lackluster shipping demand from utilities. As of June 18, the shipping rate for vessels of 50,000-60,000 dwt from ...
Tags: Fenwei Energy, Freight Rates
The global aluminium market has seen a remarkable improvement in its fundamental outlook, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said in a research note Thursday. "The improvement in market balances has perhaps been most outstanding for aluminium, ...
Tags: Aluminium, aluminium market
On June 13, the Indian industry body ASSOCHAM called on the Indian Minister for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman and submitted a memorandum, strongly suggesting the imposition of a 30 percent export duty on iron ore pellets in the ...
Tags: Iron Ore Pellets, steel capacity
The 2014/15 U.S. cotton projections show higher production and ending stocks compared to last month. Projected abandonment in the Southwest has been reduced due to recent favorable rainfall, resulting in a production increase of 500,000 ...
Daily purchases from China's state reserve have fallen in recent weeks amidst market perceptions that reserve sale prices may be lowered, competition from foreign cotton, and the prospect of new-crop cotton offered below the current reserve ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories, Textile
Russian aluminum producer Rusal said Monday that it is bullish on the near term prospects for the aluminium market and believes that the price is undervalued. "A number of influential factors that have emerged in recent weeks cause the ...
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Prices of most of the 12 copper futures on the Shanghai Futures Exchange Friday fell week on week in thinner volumes as market participants adopted a cautious approach following news that Qingdao port had halted shipments of aluminum and ...
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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
US commercial crude stocks rose 1.45 million barrels to 383.91 million barrels in the reporting week that ended June 6, American Petroleum Institute data showed Tuesday. Analysts surveyed Monday had been expecting a 1.2 million-barrel ...
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U.S. corn ending stocks came in slightly higher in Wednesday's USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, while soybean ending stocks are seen slightly lower from last month's estimate amid reports that crop ...
Tags: Corn, Soybean, Agriculture, Food
Attendee registration now live for Labelexpo Americas which returns to the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Chicago between 9-11 September. Marking its 25 anniversary with an enlarged focus on package printing and the brand ...