Seaborne prices at China's southern ports searched for direction in thin Asia trade Monday as currency and freight issues for the most part precluded deals in the CFR South China market, said traders. The Platts/Fenwei CFR South China ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, China market, weaker currency
Freight rates for shipping coal from northern China's Qinhuangdao port to the southern Chinese ports of Zhangjiagang, Shanghai and Guangzhou continued to rise for the fifth consecutive week, a weekly report released by Qinhuangdao port ...
Tags: Qinhuangdao Port, Coastal Coal
The price spread between Asian paraxylene and isomer-grade mixed xylenes on an FOB Korea basis narrowed $2/mt from Tuesday to a more than three-year low of $154.50/mt Wednesday, with MX staying relatively supported while PX and downstream ...
Freight rates for shipping coal from northern China's Qinhuangdao port to the other Chinese ports of Zhangjiagang, Shanghai and Guangzhou continued to drop in the week to Tuesday, the fifth week in a row, Qinhuangdao Port said Wednesday. ...
Due to high levels of domestic heavy soda ash price, part of glass manufacturers, in order to save costs, resort to low-priced trona imports from the United States. Chen Qiusha, analyst with Chem99, noted that domestic heavy soda ash ...
Tags: glass, decoration
In order to sustain profits, the Indian steel companies such as JSW Steel, Essar Steel, and Mukand Steel plan to increase price by RS 1,500/ton in January, 2014. It’s learned that the price rise is driven by higher costs of iron ore ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy
A spike in the front-quarter CIF ARA c had eastern US coal export executives guessing Wednesday how much the out-of-the-money range for Central Appalachian thermal coal prices had narrowed. Platts assessed Wednesday the API2 Q1 2014 ...
Tags: East Coast Coal, Coal
Capesize iron ore freight rates on established Pacific routes from Brazil, Western Australia and South Africa came under pressure Thursday. Charterers' rates and some offer prices fell from the previous day, which market participants ...
Tags: Iron Ore, freight rates
The price spread between Asian paraxylene and isomer-grade mixed xylenes narrowed $19/mt Monday from Friday's level, to $173/mt, a one year-low, as MX was strengthening amid a bearish PX market, Platts data showed. Isomer-MX on an FOB ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral
Freight rates to ship coal from northern China's Qinhuangdao port to the other Chinese ports of Zhangjiagang, Shanghai and Guangzhou rose in the week ended October 29 for the fourth week in a row, Qinhuangdao Port said Wednesday. The ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Coal
The price spread between Asian paraxylene and isomer-grade mixed xylenes shrank $9/mt day on day to a one-year low of $175/mt on a CFR basis Wednesday as PX prices turned top heavy while MX remained bullish, Platts data showed. Asian ...
Tags: MX Firms
The price of Atlantic met coal remained steady Monday, following recent modest fluctuations, with mills and traders moving into the negotiation period for both contract and spot deals. One European-based trader said he would be buying in ...
Tags: Spot prices, Mineral
Freight rates to ship coal from northern China's Qinhuangdao port to the other Chinese ports of Zhangjiagang, Shanghai and Guangzhou continued to move up in the week ended August 28, the sixth week in a row, a weekly report released by ...
Tags: Coal Freight, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The US-Asia isomer-grade mixed xylenes arbitrage has shut on paper after being open for about a month, hit by higher US prices overnight Tuesday, Platts data showed Wednesday. Asian isomer-MX CFR Taiwan was assessed at $1,297/mt Tuesday, ...
Tags: Chemicals
Panamax coal freight rates on established routes from South Africa's Richards Bay and Indonesia to India jumped Friday as grain activity on the Atlantic continued to lend support, sources said. Since activity on the west coast of India ...
Tags: Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy