This year's spike of U.S. liquified propane (LP) prices has been blamed on increased grain drying, harsh winter weather, low supplies and exports. But, the increased amounts of product being exported, while many U.S. LP users struggle to ...
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Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. The near term supply remains tight and demand continues to look strong, keeping the fundamentals pretty much bullish. Past that – there's acreage position squaring against corn and ...
In January this year,Ukrainian metallurgical company Dneprospetsstal(DSS)posted a 7.4 percent year-on-year increase in its crude steel production to 24,000 mt.The company's output of finished steel in the same month declined by 23.7 percent ...
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DES MOINES, Iowa --After starting the session lower, the CME Group corn, soybean and wheat markets found just enough support to close higher Wednesday. The March corn futures contract settled 1 1/2 cents higher at $4.43. The March soybean ...
According to a report released by Statistics Canada Monday, Canada's Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI) rose 2.1 percent during the 12-month period ending in December, after falling 2.6 percent in November. While the increase was primarily ...
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In the third quarter of 2013, world stainless crude steel output stood at 9.32 million mt, up 8.6 percent year on year and up one percent quarter on quarter, according to the preliminary report released by the International Stainless Steel ...
Iron ore demand intensity in China will fall further amid continuous drops in steel market prices and lower steel outputs, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) said in its monthly report published on its official website. Chinese ...
Indian refiner Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd is close to completing the long-drawn-out third phase of its expansion project, which will see a new petroleum fluid catalytic cracker and delayed coker unit come onstream at its 15 ...
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Nigerian Petroleum Development Co., the upstream arm of state oil company NNPC, Monday announced a $5.2 billion, four-year investment plan aimed at raising oil production to 300,000 b/d mainly from assets acquired from foreign oil companies ...
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Shandong Province-based Chinese steelmaker Shandong Iron and Steel Co.(Shandong Steel)has announced that it achieved an operating revenue of RMB 120.6 billion($19.8 billion)and recorded a net loss of RMB 600 million($98.4 million)in 2013.In ...
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According to the State Statistics Committee of Russia(Russtat),in 2013 Russia registered a 1.7 percent decline in its rolled steel product output to 57.9 million mt,a 2.3 percent decrease in its crude steel output to 68.8 million mt and a ...
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Russia's state-owned Rosneft and China National Petroleum Corporation are in talks over upstream co-operation in Russia, including the Arctic and Far Eastern territories, and could reach concrete agreements by May, Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin ...
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London-listed Altona Energy has signed a new memorandum of understanding securing investment to help develop its Arckaringa coal-to-liquids project in South Australia, after terminating a previous joint venture with China National Offshore ...
In 2013,Latin America's finished steel production totaled 56.4 million metric tons,one percent more than in 2012,according to Alacero,the Latin American steel association.The main finished steel producer was Brazil,with 26.3 million metric ...
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DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--With little movement, the CME Group corn and soybeans ended higher Monday. At the close, the March corn futures contract closed 2 1/4 cents higher at $4.31. The March soybean futures contract finished ...
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