The Asian gasoil market saw a sharp reversal in fortunes this month as higher exports from India and North Asia and weakness in Europe, despite the cold season, clamped shut arbitrage outflows from Asia, resulting in a buildup in supply ...
Tags: Gasoil, sulfur gasoil
China's surprise devaluation of the yuan on Tuesday, when the country's central bank set the official value of the renminbi about 2% weaker against the dollar, has not hit the petrochemicals complex in a significant way, industry ...
Tags: polymer, carbide PVC
According to the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS), August exports increased 4.1 percent from their July level to total 1.05 million net tons. Exports had fallen 3.3 percent in July, after being nearly unchanged in June and ...
Tags: Steel Exports, Steel
Brazil flat steel and iron ore producer Usiminas said it could increase its share of iron ore exports through the Sudeste port, which is being built in Itaguai, Rio de Janeiro, an executive said. Talking to journalists in the sidelines of ...
Daily purchases from China's state reserve have fallen in recent weeks amidst market perceptions that reserve sale prices may be lowered, competition from foreign cotton, and the prospect of new-crop cotton offered below the current reserve ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories, Textile
The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cotton projections for 2013/14 indicate that global 2013/14 cotton consumption is estimated at 109.5 million bales, 3 percent (3 million bales) above the preceding year. Although rising for a ...
According to a report released Thursday by Statistics Canada, Canada's merchandise exports grew 3.6 percent and imports were up 2.1 percent in February. As a result, Canada's trade balance with the world went from a deficit of $337 million ...
Platts – Oil production from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) fell to 29.7 million barrels per day (b/d) in November, the lowest volume since mid-2011 when the uprising in Libya significantly reduced the ...
Tags: Platts, OPEC, oil production, Platts survey of OPEC
According to a release Wednesday by Statistics Canada, the country's merchandise imports declined 1.2 percent and exports decreased 0.3 percent in October. As a result, Canada's trade balance with the world went from a deficit of $303 ...
Grasim announces financial performance for the 2nd quarter ended 30th September, 2013 Consolidated Financial Performance: Grasim Industries Limited, an Aditya Birla Group Company, has reported Revenue of ` 6,849 crore and Net Profit of ...
The FOB Houston propane differential has dropped 53% since July 1 as increasing exports and falling international propane prices narrow the arbitrage out of the Gulf Coast. Platts started assessing FOB Houston propane cargoes on July 1 as ...
Refining capacity expansions in China have been largely on track this year although the country's relatively weaker growth in oil demand could delay some projects and result in lower utilization rates, analysts said this week. Up to 1.3 ...
Tags: oil, Metallurgy, Mineral
The US Census Bureau and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, reported that total March exports of $184.3 billion and imports of $223.1 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $38.8 billion, ...
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Coal exports from South Africa's Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) soared to a 15-month high of 7.49 million mt in March, jumping 37.4% month-on-month and 20% year-on-year, the latest operating data released by the port Tuesday showed. ...
Tags: Coal exports, Chemicals
Notwithstanding the continuing wintry weather, the last two to three weeks have seen a revival in business activity on German softwood-lumber markets. Important reasons for this trend are what are evidently for some businesses’ ...
Tags: softwood-lumber, hoc price, Germany