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 ...
Tags: Iron Ore, steel mills
Gas prices on the Dutch and German trading hubs drifted lower Tuesday morning, as bearish weather and supply fundamentals from just before the four-day Easter holiday continued to drive the markets. At midday London time, the day-ahead ...
Tags: gas exports, Gas Prices
Russia-based leading global iron ore and hot briquetted iron (HBI) producer Metalloinvest has announced that it has secured a one-year contract to supply iron ore concentrate to Russian pig iron and coking coal producer KOKS Group. Under ...
Tags: iron ore, pig iron, coking coal
The spread between US Gulf and Atlantic Coast heating oil narrowed Monday to its lowest level in well over a year as USAC demand for traditional heating oil -- with less that 2,000 ppm sulfur -- continues to decline. On July 1, four ...
Tags: Heating Oil, sulfur
As the industry prepares for upcoming consumer safety regulations around certain non-food, non-healthcare products, the Product Traceability Expert Group, set up by the European Commission in 2011, recognised the adoption of GS1 Standards ...
Tags: Service
The expression Effortless Style, used recently by Vogue, precisely defines the taste of the new Flexform 2014 Collection. Taste that is present in the new products like in the flavor of the new finishing touches, fabrics, colors. In the ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
Some rain fell in the parched Plains over the weekend, but it fell short of earlier expectations, while planters finally started rolling in earnest in the Midwest. However, more rain in that region this week -- though needed -- could keep ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, weather
Pakistan's federal cabinet has approved the construction of an LNG import terminal to be built in Karachi that would initially handle around 200,000 Mcf/d, an official of the ministry of petroleum said Friday. Elengy Terminal Pakistan ...
Tags: LNG Terminal, federal cabinet
Venezuela's CVG-Bauxilum alumina sales totaled 64,126 mt in March, up 57% from 40,822 mt in March 2013, Bauxilum said Friday. March sales were also up 13% month on month from sales of 56,524 mt in February. Of March sales, 46,018 mt ...
Russian gas giant Gazprom has sent the first cargo with crude produced at the Prirazlomnoye offshore field -- the country's only Arctic offshore hydrocarbon project -- to the international market, the company said Friday. "ARCO, or Arctic ...
Tags: Gazprom, crude, Arctic Oil
Turkey-based plantmaker CVS Technologies has announced that it has signed a contract with the South African steelmaker Cape Town Iron and Steel Company (CISCO) to upgrade its existing meltshop and rolling mill located in Cape Town. CVS ...
Tags: Steelmaking Mill, CVS Technologies
The seaborne iron ore market reversed losses Thursday, as an influx of buying activity suddenly emerged in the spot market. Platts assessed the 62% Fe Iron Ore Index at $116.25/dry mt CFR North China Thursday, up $1.50/dmt from Wednesday. ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Interest Resurfaces, spot market
The rail-delivered (CSX) Central Appalachian thermal coal spot price followed the European market lower Friday, while the Cal 2015 swap was seen trading in large volume after the 2:30 pm EDT Market-on-Close. CSX physical May closed lower ...
Tags: Coal, Spot Price, European market
Brazil's Petrobras has signed a short-term contract with Bolivian counterpart YPFB to increase natural gas imports from the Andean nation, Petrobras said. Under terms of the contract, Petrobras will import an additional 2.24 million cubic ...
Tags: Natural Gas, Brazil's Petrobras, gas-fired power plant
Lowe's Home Centers, one of the nation's largest home improvement retailers, has agreed to implement a comprehensive, corporate-wide compliance program at its over 1,700 stores nationwide to ensure that the contractors it hires to perform ...
Tags: EPA, certification, Construction