Global yarn production increased in Q2/2013 in comparison to the previous one as a result of higher output in Asia, North and South America while production remained practically unchanged in Europe. Year-on-year global yarn production was ...
Tags: Yarn, Fabric Production
Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company used around 450,000 kiloliters, or 91,000 b/d, of crude and fuel oil for power generation in October, up 50% from the 300,000 kl it had planned to consume earlier, a source close to the matter said ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, fuel oil
It is learned that sales revenue of flat products in the Brazilian distributors network totaled at 409,600 thousand tons, which means a strong increase of 15.8% compare to the same month in 2012. However, according to local steel ...
Tags: Construction, steel, flat
It is learned that sales revenue of flat products in the Brazilian distributors network totaled at 409,600 thousand tons, which means a strong increase of 15.8% compare to the same month in 2012. However, according to local steel ...
Tags: steel, Construction, flat products
Taiwan's Formosa Petrochemical Corp. is expected to continue using LPG as alternative feedstock at its steam crackers until after November when it will switch to fully using naphtha, an industry source said Friday. The plan comes as prices ...
Tags: Steam Cracker, Formosa
Mark Andy announces the unveiling of the latest advanced digital printing platform, Mark Andy Digital Series. The Digital Series is a game-changing, wholly configurable system that integrates full color, quality digital printing ...
Tags: Mark Andy, Packaging Markets
Tajikistan’s Minister of Agriculture Qosim Qosimov met with Andrey Gitchuns, representative of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), and exchanged views on Tajikistan’s membership of the ICAC, the Ministry of ...
Tags: Tajikistan, Textile
The outlook for the European steel market next year is for a cautious recovery from a low level, according to Jeroen Vermeij, director of market analysis and economic studies at European steel producers' association Eurofer. Speaking at ...
Tags: Apparent Steel, steel market
Japan's stocks of liquefied petroleum gas rose 4.69% month on month to 2.145 million mt as of September 30, marking the fourth straight month of increase as imports inched up to meet utility demand ahead of winter, data from the Japan LPGas ...
Tags: LPG Stocks, liquefied petroleum
With cotton crop estimates for the US and India increasing week after week due to the swift advance of harvest and surprisingly good yields, selling pressure eventually became heavy enough for December to break through important support ...
Gorilla Glass maker Corning has announced that it's going to buy out Samsung Display's stake in their LCD joint venture, in a deal that gives Samsung Electronics a 7.4 per cent stake in Corning. As well as having a foot in the firm, ...
Tags: Samsung, Gorilla Glass Maker
Industries Qatar, the parent company of Qatar Steel, has announced its financial results for the first nine months of the current year, reporting a consolidated net profit of QAR 6.3 billion ($1.73 billion), down 4.8 percent year on year. ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
Spot price assessments for US gasoline plunged to the lowest levels of the year across the country Wednesday, pressured by high inventories and weak demand tied to seasonal changes and more efficient vehicles. Gasoline prices in the US ...
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US propane and propylene stocks fell 533,000 barrels to 65.97 million barrels for the reporting week ended October 18, data from the Energy Information Administration showed Wednesday. The change in stocks was in line with market ...
Simplot has been awarded a three-year contract worth A$16.5m by Australian retailer Woolworths to supply private label Select frozen vegetables. The supermarket chain said that the deal will lead to production of an additional 5,100 tons ...