The US sheet steel market might be in for another stretch of relative stability, as new upcoming outages balance import pressure and drab demand, market sources said Thursday. One industry consultant said manufacturing -- and thus steel ...
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US propane and propylene stocks increased 2.17 million barrels in the reporting week that ended May 23, Energy Information Administration data showed Thursday. A week earlier, the build was almost identical at 2.18 million barrels. The ...
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US residual fuel oil implied demand was slightly higher in March than in February, but just half what it was in March 2013, according to US Energy Information Administration data published Thursday. March fuel oil demand in the US was ...
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US net natural gas imports fell 14% last year to 1,311 Bcf, the lowest level since 1989, as US production likely set a new record, the Energy Information Administration said Wednesday. The agency said total imports in 2013 fell 8% to ...
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Few spot deals for Indonesian thermal coal were reported Wednesday, as Indian buyers opted to purchase from port stocks while Chinese demand remained inactive, sources said. A Dubai-based trader said he had seen many inquiries from Indian ...
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The European premium of ETBE over MTBE -- two gasoline components -- hit a two-and-a-half-year high of $166/mt Tuesday, as imports from Brazil fell, according to market sources. Platts assessed ETBE barges for spot delivery at $1,277/mt ...
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Steel demand in Latin America is expected to grow 3.5 percent this year, driven by infrastructure programs and new sectors such as energy and automotive. Rafael Rubio, general director of the Latin American Steel Association (Alacero) ...
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In April this year, Spanish crude steel output amounted to 1.2 million mt, down 9.3 percent year on year and decreasing by 7.3 percent compared to March, according to the Spanish steelmakers association Unesid. On the other hand, in the ...
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The Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade has announced that it has found preliminary evidence of dumping in seamless pipe imports from Ukraine. The antidumping duty investigation was launched in February this ...
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Brazil's government is expected to announce Wednesday an increase to the volume of biodiesel mixed with diesel sold at the pump, boosting demand for the biofuel and likely lifting the flagging fortunes of local producers, officials for two ...
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Iranian petrochemical traders currently sell all their products on a CFR basis in Asia instead of FOB to avoid payment issues, trade sources in Iran and Dubai said Tuesday. "We sell products on a CFR basis in countries like China so as to ...
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European ultra low sulfur diesel premiums to the front-month ICE gasoil futures contract hit their weakest level in over four months Friday as large volumes flooded the region from the Americas and the Baltic. Northwest European cargo ...
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UBM Live, the organisers of Fi Europe, have partnered with RESTEC to announce the launch of Food ingredients Russia , to be held 27-29 April 2015 , in Moscow. Russia currently imports 98.3% of its food ingredients for food production, ...
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World cotton trade in 2014/15 is forecast to reach only 36.3 million bales, 10 percent below the previous season and the lowest since 2010/11. While imports by China have supported cotton trade over the last several seasons, expectations ...
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Argentine oil production fell 0.4% in March compared with the year-ago period, while natural gas output rose 0.5% over the same period, an industry report showed Friday. Crude production declined to an average of 533,651 b/d in March from ...
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