As the BRI brings Chinese trading opportunities westward, those Chinese manufacturers that establish a presence in Western Asia first will reap the largest rewards. In order to help you export your products to West Asia, we have developed a ...
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A new study has found that metal from the almost 5 trillion cigarette butts littered annually across the world may be leaching into the food chain. Published late last week by the online journal, Tobacco Control, Iranian scientists ...
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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 ...
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Brazilian iron ore miner Samarco may be out of iron ore pellets within three weeks following a fatal tailings dam collapse last week, a source familiar with the company said Monday. An indefinite stoppage could affect global pellet ...
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Trade with countries along the Belt and Road, a China-proposed initiative to enhance international connections, amounted to $236 billion in the first quarter of 2015. This translates to 26 percent of China's total exports and imports ...
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China stands to gain much more than oil from deepening Western sanctions on Russia. Already in May, Moscow's tenuous international position prompted it to make concessions in order to sign a landmark gas supply agreement – the "Power ...
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Iran is loading eight LPG cargoes totaling 317,000 mt in May for export to Asia, the biggest monthly volume since resuming shipments in May 2013 following an eight-month halt on concerns over an EU ban on shipping insurance, shipping and ...
Nearly 3 million barrels of Abu Dhabi's Murban crude is expected to move into the Mediterranean in June, according to traders, as weaker demand in Asia and expectations of a bullish summer in the Mediterranean Urals market have attracted ...
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China is on a long-term track to become a net exporter of petroleum products to the Middle East, a senior official of state-controlled China National Petroleum Corp said Tuesday. "China could at some point become a net exporter of fuel ...
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Iraq exported 2.509 million b/d of crude in April, all from its southern oil terminals as the country's northern export pipeline remained inoperable. April exports were 112,000 b/d more than the 2.397 b/d exported from the country in ...
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The UAE's Jebel Ali port plans to boost its annual container ships handling capacity by 27% this year with the launch of a new terminal to cater for rising demand for petrochemicals and aluminium exports in the runup to the 2022 World Cup ...
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Norway-focused iron ore miner Northern Iron said Tuesday concentrate produced at Sydvaranger was being trialed at further sinter plants in Europe, after inaugural cargoes were bought by ArcelorMital and ThyssenKrupp in 2013. Northern Iron ...
The world refined copper market balance for November 2013 showed an apparent production deficit of 129,000 mt, mainly due to record-high Chinese apparent demand, according to preliminary data issued last Friday by the International Copper ...
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At least three Chinese companies are in the final stages of negotiations with three LPG producers in Iran for term supply deals for 2014, industry sources said Thursday. The deals would mark the first time buyers in China had secured LPG ...
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Iran and Russia are likely to sign crude oil swap deals in a move to boost cooperation, Tehran Times daily reported on Thursday. Iran has been holding talks with Russia on swapping crude oil for a long time, and the Iranian Oil Ministry ...
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