US stocks pushed to the highest levels in nearly three weeks as investors await news on whether the Federal Reserve will pull back on its stimulus measures. Small-company stocks were among the best performers in Tuesday's rally, with the ...
In May 2013, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was up by 9.2 percent year-on-year (the following growth rates of value added are real growth rates, after deducting price factors), 0.1 percentage point ...
Tags: Industrial Production
Lewa GmbH worked with experts from Nikkiso in Japan to develop the Ecosmart Multiplex with more flexibility in meeting the requirements of the various fields in which the Ecosmart pumps are used, and to convey larger total volume flows. ...
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Total E&P Indonesie expects the giant Mahakam gas block's proven reserves to fall to 2.7-3 Tcf by 2017 and plunge further to 1.3-1.6 Tcf in 2018 due to natural depletion, a company official said Thursday. "At the end of 2012, the ...
Chinese oil giant Sinopec is expected to see drilling right of an oil field operated by its subsidiary Addax Petroleum in Gabon be withdrawn by local government. Etienne Ngoubou, a senior official with the Gabonese government, disclosed ...
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Last week, Latin American neighbours Panama and Colombia concluded negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA), after seven rounds of negotiations, which began in 2010. The negotiations concluded after the Colombian Government made ...
Tags: Apparel Exports, FTA
NYMEX parent CME Group will likely implement additional quality specifications on its light sweet crude futures starting with the January 2014 contract, a member of the Crude Oil Quality Association's board said Thursday. CME plans to ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Petroleum
China and Mexico decided to upgrade their "strategic partnership" to "comprehensive strategic partnership" after China President Xi Jinping's visit to Mexico on June 5. Mexico will export crude oil to China, which is the most ...
Tags: Oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
U.S. economic growth will be somewhat restrained, but not deterred, and improving fundamentals provide reason for optimism by the end of 2013 and through 2014, according to a new forecast. The Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and ...
The market research institute Ceresana forecasts dynamic growth of global demand for Carbon Black: market volume is to increase by more than 3.1 million tonnes until 2019. Rubber products mainly utilize Carbon Black as filler material while ...
Tags: Carbon Black, Construction, pigment
The development of a grassroots LNG industry in western Canada's British Columbia will be a key factor in companies finalizing plans to invest in new petrochemical ventures in neighboring Alberta, industry officials and producers said late ...
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Crude futures diverged late in the US trading day Wednesday, as the front-month ICE Brent contract slid from a session high of $104.07/b to a low of $102.85/b in a little over 40 minutes. ICE July Brent settled 20 cents lower at ...
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NYMEX July crude settled $1.48 higher at $93.45/barrel Monday, largely holding to overnight gains following better-than-expected eurozone manufacturing data. Weak US manufacturing data put downward pressure on the US dollar, which ...
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The oil complex pushed sharply lower late in US trade Friday, extending an overnight selloff prompted by a stronger dollar, lower equities markets and OPEC's decision to roll over its 30 million b/d output target following Friday's meeting ...
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The US on Friday identified eight petrochemical companies it says are owned or controlled by the government of Iran and are therefore subject to sanctions. The US State Department also sanctioned two companies "for knowingly engaging in a ...
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