Apple delayed the launch of its upcoming AirPods last month, telling TechCrunch it needed "a little more time" to get the wireless earbuds ready for release. Originally slated for a late-October release, the AirPods have been listed as ...
China imported 431,810 mt of wheat in September, up 24.2% from August and more than double from a year ago, data released Monday by the Chinese Customs Information Center showed. Wheat imports for the July-September quarter stood at ...
Poland is planning to sell its hard coal stockpiles to Ukraine in order to raise cash to inject liquidity into the country's struggling state-owned coal miners, development minister Mateusz Morawiecki, said Monday. "There is a coal ...
Tags: coal, coking coal, anthracite
Utilities are burning less coal than they previously expected, a survey the US Surface Transportation Board conducted shows. During a Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee hearing Tuesday in Washington, committee member John Carr, ...
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US Central Appalachian coal producers and brokers are still hoping some kind of thermal spot market will develop with winter approaching, but many in the industry said this week they aren't holding out much hope. Market players continued ...
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Coal stocks at 17 major Indian ports totaled 11.52 million mt as of November 20, down 4.1% week on week, according to data released Friday by Indian ship broker Interocean. The stockpiles included 9.51 million mt of thermal coal, down ...
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With colder temperatures finally hitting much of the northern US last week, many in the oil market will have their eyes on US distillate stocks when the US Energy Information Administration releases its weekly inventory data Wednesday. ...
Palladium fell to a 1-1/2 month low as investors continued to move away from Exchange Traded Funds [ETFs] in Platinum Group Metals following further fundamental weakness resulting from the Volkswagen emissions scandal and excessive mine ...
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Duke Energy Indiana has deferred into 2016 some coal contracted for delivery this year as it seeks to cut down on a stockpile that at one point approached 5 million st or 80 days of supply, a company official said in a filing to the state's ...
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International cotton prices may remain stable in 2015/16, though this will depend in part on changes in world cotton stocks. “In 2014/15, world ending stocks are forecast up 9 per cent to 21.9 million tons, reflecting a stock-to-use ...
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The National Australia Bank’s price and production forecast report expects wool and cotton prices to generally rise in Australian dollar terms. The NAB report provides production and price forecasts for 2015-16 for seven major ...
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Hit by sluggish Chinese demand, India’s cotton export is expected to fall 29 per cent to 7 million bales in the current crop year that ends in September. India has so far exported only 4.5 million bales of cotton this year, media ...
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The U.S. trade deficit in December jumped to the highest level in more than two years as exports fell and Americans bought a record amount of imports — a potentially worrisome development that could weigh on overall economic growth. ...
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The quality of raw cotton declines over time, even when stored in excellent conditions, hence it is essential for spinners to re-test samples before making a purchase decision, says Uster Technologies, the leading high-technology instrument ...
Coal provides nearly two thirds of China's energy, but for mining companies, this winter could not be more chilly. The government has done its best to save the day, but it is not enough to force up the price of coal, even in the short ...
Tags: Coal Industry, Coal