The December/January US Gulf Coast 3% sulfur fuel oil swap spread moved to a wider contango on Friday, while market sources searched for a fundamental reason to explain the movement. Platts assessed the December/January 3%S spread at a ...
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With colder temperatures finally hitting much of the northern US last week, many in the oil market will have their eyes on US distillate stocks when the US Energy Information Administration releases its weekly inventory data Wednesday. ...
Global Tech LED continues to raise the bar with revolutionary LED products and is proud to announce that 735 of its revolutionary LED Retrofit Kits were recently installed by the City of Vail Colorado. “Power consumption was reduced ...
Some independent teapot refiners in China's eastern Shandong province will be ramping up crude oil imports over the next month in a bid to utilize their import quotas before the end of the year, trade sources said this week. This is ...
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US-based alcoholic beverage maker Constellation Brands has agreed to acquire San Diego-based Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits for $1bn. Ballast Point is a US-based craft beer company with an expansive portfolio that includes almost 40 ...
China's crude stocks continued to grow for the fifth straight month in October, despite a month-on-month drop in net imports, output and slight rise in throughput, Platts calculations based on recently released official data showed. Crude ...
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Australian parents are taking to social media in uproar as they stress over not being able to purchase their favourite infant formula brands. Expressing concerns through Facebook and other sites, consumers are saying that the popular A2 ...
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Moderate economic growth in 2015 has become the “new norm” for the stabilizing Chinese economy. With the Chinese government introducing industry restructures, explosive economic growth has become history. Gone are the good days ...
The DesignLights Consortium™ program and trademarks are assets to the DLC, its members and stakeholders. The July 2015 issue of the DLC Industry Update states the following: "It has come to our attention that 49 manufacturers have ...
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Over the years, the role of Asia in the global economy has been continuously increasing in its importance, corresponding to the as in the saying that “Asia is the breadbasket of the world.” The value of exports and imports by ...
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Global Tech LED continues to raise the bar by creating and manufacturing revolutionary LED products, and is proud to announce that its LED Solstice System has been awarded U.S. Patent numbers 9,091,424 and 8,979,304. Global Tech LED ...
The dietary supplements industry has been predicted to be worth a USD$131 by 2016 in a new report by Future Market Insight (FMI), an American research house. Demand for dietary supplements has been attributed to a strong Baby Boomer ...
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US ethanol imports in September jumped to 168.31 million liters (44.4 million gallons), up 41% from August and double the volumes in the year-ago month, US Census Bureau data showed. The data includes all ethanol types except for beverage ...
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China's crude oil imports rose 9.4% on year to 26.35 million mt in October, or 6.23 million b/d, preliminary data released by the General Administration of Customs Sunday showed. The October imports were 8.8% lower from September's 6.829 ...
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Platts assessed spot premiums for aluminum imports into Japan at $85-$90/mt plus London Metal Exchange cash CIF Japan Monday, flat since October 27, amid talks of offers available at $80/mt heard in the market. Two Asian traders said they ...
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