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Jan 18th, 2011
Oil Slips on Reports of Higher OPEC Output
Oil slipped on Tuesday after the International Energy Agency (IEA) said OPEC members had been quietly raising output and the oil producing group insisted the market was already amply supplied.
North Sea Brent for March dropped by 11 cents to trade at $97.32 a barrel by 1300 GMT, slipping from morning highs of $98.37 a barrel....
Jan 17th, 2011
Crude Oil Falls to $91
The price of crude oil falls today to $ 91 a barrel, as the movements of the Chinese government against the overheating of the economy supply estimates for a reduction in crude demand. In February’s delivery contracts, the price fell to 48 cents to $ 91.06. During the last year, it writes profits of 17%....
Nov 9th, 2010
Imerys Pigments for Paper North America to Increase Kaolin and Calcium Carbonate Prices by 5 to 7%
/Lesprom Network/. Imerys Pigments for Paper North America announces price increases for kaolin and calcium carbonate, effective January 1, 2011, subject to any provisions in individual customer contracts.
The prices of kaolin produced in the USA and Brazil, including calcined kaolin products, will increase by 5 to 7%. The prices of ground calcium carbonate will increase...
Nov 5th, 2010
OIL FUTURES: Oil Flat After Data Shows US Added Jobs
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Oil futures were nearly unchanged Friday after hitting a two-year high overnight, after the Labor Department said the U.S. economy added jobs in October.
Nonfarm payrolls rose by a larger-than-expected 151,000 in October, the first gain since May, the Labor Department said Friday. However, the unemployment rate remained at 9.6%.
Light, sweet crude for...
Jul 20th, 2010
Estimated Global Capacity for Butanediol Reached 1.9 mln Tons in 2009
Worldwide butanediol (BDO) capacity has been growing at a sizeable rate during the past years. Estimated global capacity reached 1.9 mln tons in 2009. The most notable increases in production were observed in Asia. Consolidation of older and non-integrated plants is expected in the coming years. At the same time overcapacity remains one of the...
Jul 12th, 2010
Formaldehyde Is the Most Commercially Important Aldehyde.
The simple molecule of Formaldehyde plays an invaluable role in many areas of the economy including the aerospace, automotive and building and construction sectors. It is essential to the workings of the human body and other biological systems and is used in making pill coatings, heart valves and vaccines. Its benefits have been improving our...
Jul 12th, 2010
Hong Kong Structural Materials Market Is Driven by Recent Construction Projects and Infrastructure Development
Hong Kong is a free market economy highly dependent on international trade and finance. The building, construction and civil engineering sector of Hong Kong economy is highly competitive and comparatively large-scale. The construction industry in Hong Kong is characterised by a large number of overseas contractors, a high level of subcontracting and a...
Jul 2nd, 2010
Modern Polypropylene Packages Have High Technical Characteristics and Maximal Convenience in Use
With the global economy starting to recover in the second half of 2009, the polypropylene (PP) usage level will reach 2007 usage levels sometime in 2010. Global polypropylene usage growth will average 3.7% per year for the next five years.
Polypropylene industry is witnessing emergence of new PP companies, and the change of roles on the...
Jun 16th, 2010
Oil Crops Production is Actively Promoted in Kazakhstan
Key products of Fat-and-oil industry are vegetable oil, margarine, cooking butter. Raw materials for these products are seeds and fruits of oil crops, including sunflower, soy, rape, safflower, maize, lint, etc.
Kazakhstan is a traditionally crop country. In 2009 just 5.5% of the total cultivation area was used for oil crops, that is 1.5% more then...
Jun 15th, 2010
There Were no Dramatic Changes on the Austrian Nuts and Kernels Market in 2008
In 2008 despite the worsening economical situation, there were no dramatic changes on the Austrian consumer market, Nuts and Kernels Market included. As for most products, purchasing power remained at the level of the preceding year.
There has been a moderate increase of consumer goods and services prices with a clear trend of its enhancing.
Starting with...
Apr 22nd, 2010
Bromine Market Review 2010 Now Available at MarketPublishers
LONDON – Bromine Market Review 2010 has been recently added by Market Publishers Ltd. The report focuses on a study of the global Bromine market. It features major Bromine producers, prices, supply and demand conditions, as well as international trade.
The research studies important aspects of Bromine market and provides thorough analysis, focusing on...
Apr 8th, 2010
TD The Market Publishers Ltd and Business Insights Sign Partnership Agreement to Promote Quality Market Research on Internet
LONDON - TD The Market Publishers ltd and Business Insights have recently signed partnership agreement for quality market research promotion on Internet. MarketPublishers.com is now authorized to distribute and sale research reports by Business Insights.
Commenting on the agreement, Mrs. Alla Martin, Partner Relations Manager, said: “We are honored to present Business Insights together with their...
Apr 2nd, 2010
Perchloroethylene (PCE): 2010 World Market Outlook and Forecast Been Recently Released by MarketPublishers.com
LONDON – An updated market report “Perchloroethylene (PCE): 2010 World Market Outlook And Forecast” has been recently issued by Market Publishers, Ltd. The report features important aspects of Perchloroethylene (PCE) market, provides its full and thorough analysis, focusing on the regional, country and world markets. It is broken into several parts following logic of a...
Apr 1st, 2010
Styrene Demand Remains Dominated by Polystyrene According to Report Recently Released by MarketPublishers.com
LONDON – The fastest styrene demand growth is forecast in China, the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe, and Central and South America. Based on current capacity expansion announcements, the United States, Canada, Japan, Singapore, the Republic of Korea, and the Middle East will remain net exporters while Mexico, India, Thailand and other Asian countries...
Mar 31st, 2010
World Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) Consumption to Grow at an Average Annual Rate of 1.9%
LONDON – World Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) consumption is forecast to grow at an average annual rate of 1.9% during 2010–2014. Most of that growth will come from Asia Pacific. Due to the global recession, consumption contracted significantly in the developed regions, particularly in 2009. MEK consumption may increase modestly during 2011–2014 in the developed...
Mar 23rd, 2010
Ethanol is Not the Fuel of the Future for U.S.
Tennessee Voices
The Tennessee Voices article on ethanol by Jaime Dachelet (”Ethanol provides many benefits,” March 10) reads like a free advertisement for Eco-Energy, a business that markets ethanol.
The writer, their director of public relations, dismisses as “bugaboo” any engine problems related to this form of alcohol distilled from corn.
Yet, as my friend and mechanic of...
Mar 22nd, 2010
U.S. Government Exposes Its Own Oil Supply And Demand Data To Be Completely Flawed
The Department of Energy has just released a study that found ‘critical shortcomings’ in U.S. oil inventory data.
The documents, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, expose several errors in the Energy Information Agency’s weekly oil report, including one in September that was large enough to cause a jump in oil prices, and a...
Mar 17th, 2010
U.S. Food Prices Seen up 4-5 percent
U.S. consumers can expect to pay 4 to 5 percent more for food by late this year than at the end of 2009 largely because of higher costs for such staples as beef, dairy, and pork, a Nebraska-based economist said.
“We have beef, pork, and dairy prices all increasing substantially since December, in the area of...
Mar 10th, 2010
Recycling of non-bottle rigid plastics in USA
The American Chemistry Council recently released the 2008 report on the collection and recycling of post-consumer non-bottle rigid plastics across the United States. The report, found that in 2008, over 361 million lbs of post-consumer rigid plastics were collected for recycling nationwide, an increase of nearly 11% from 2007. Also, in North American markets, much...
Feb 26th, 2010
Isopropanol (IPA): 2010 World Market Outlook and Forecast Been Recently Released by MarketPublishers.com
LONDON – Isopropanol demand in Europe was hit by the financial crisis and went down by 15-20% on average in 2009, compared with 2008. Nevertheless, IPA was less influenced than other solvents due to its wide-ranging applications and use in the cosmetics and personal care sectors, which had been more resilient to the downturn.
Demand for...