The Asian seaborne cargo market for 5,500 kcal/kg NAR imported thermal coal was weaker Monday, with bids slipping to about $70/mt CFR South China amid talk Chinese coal producer Shenhua was on the verge of cutting prices. Buying interest ...
Tags: Shenhua Price, CFR China
Large Chinese thermal coal miners were dropping their selling prices for domestic 5,500 kcal/kg NAR coal, depressing demand for imported material, sources said Friday. An Indonesia-based trader said that Shenhua had cut its price for ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, power plants
The Samsung affiliate announced on April 28 2014 that it will begin mass producing raw material for green phosphorescent OLED. After developing the material for two years, the company is finally ready for mass production. It estimates a ...
Mill discipline and supply issues have brought US steel sheet prices up, but those prices are anything but secure, market sources told Platts Thursday. "The mills timed [the increase] well," said one service center executive. "I don't ...
Spot deals for Indonesian thermal coal were hard to come by as bids from both Indian and Chinese buyers are not firm due to rising freight rates, sources said Tuesday. "You can still sell coal to China, but prices are an issue," a ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Mineral
Chinese import prices for ferrochrome and charge chrome were unchanged this week, as market activities slowed ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays starting end-January. The spot price for Indian-origin high carbon ferrochrome (58-60% Cr) ...
Chinese domestic thermal coal prices have fallen further, fuelling speculation that some power utilities might be looking to walk away from existing contracts for imported material, sources said Monday. "I have heard rumours maybe that ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Domestic Prices
Not many thermal coal buyers are looking to conclude deals for imported material this week with Chinese Lunar New Year holidays approaching, sources said Monday. "The delivery window before the Lunar New Year is closed," a source at a ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Imported Material
Last week's flat-rolled price hikes appear to be having difficulty gaining traction, particularly in the southern US, buyers said Thursday. "Nothing has changed," said one service center executive in the South. "I don't know, it's going ...
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IRL has published new edition of “A Profile of the Central European Paint Industry.” This report has been developed and expanded upon from IRL’s previous studies and forms part of a series of ten reports assessing the ...
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Petrobras to build center of excellence for the shipbuilding industry in Brazil Tuesday, May 14, 2013 The plans to build a center of excellence for the shipbuilding industry in Brazil were highlighted in the presentation made by Paulo ...
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In December last year,China imported 70.94 million mt of iron ore,up 5.16 million mt month on month and constituting a new historical monthly record,according to the figures released by China's General Administration of Customs on January ...
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The summer slowdown appears poised to push into the fall for steel importers as excess domestic supply and low prices are eroding margins, market participants told AMM. Across the board, traders and service centers cited uncertainty in the ...
Tags: Steel