Copper Market May See Shortage of Supplies for Third Year on China Demand
01/01/1900Copper will remain in short supply
for a third straight year in 2012 as China-led demand boosts
prices, Japan’s top producer said.Demand will likely exceed supply by 495,000 metric tons in
2011, the biggest deficit since 2004, compared with 214,000 tons
last year, said Akira Miura, executive officer of the marketing
and raw-material department at Pan Pacific Copper Co., Japan’s
biggest producer. The shortage may shrink to 31,000 tons in 2012,
he said.Dollar Rises Against Euro, Kiwi, Aussie in Early Trades on Risk Aversion
01/01/1900The U.S. dollar advanced against the SEE MORE
euro, the Australian and New Zealand currencies, extending gains
from last week that had come amid concern Europe’s sovereign-
debt crisis will worsen.Inflation control remains top priority: PM Dung
01/01/1900Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has SEE MORE
outlined the key task for the remaining months of the year – to continue
with a tightened monetary policy while allowing credit for production –
in order to achieve the goals of containing inflation and maintaining a
rational growth of around 6 percent.Global Polyurethane market to reach 9.6 mln tons by 2015
01/01/1900MDI SEE MORE
(Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate) and TDI (Toluene diisocyanate) are
diisocyanates that are primarily used as raw materials for
polyurethanes. Polyurethanes are some of the most versatile polymers in
existence today
Molding a Future for Plastics Enterprises
12:00 AM @ 01/01/1900(VEN) - Vietnam’s plastics products SEE MORE
are well-received by local market and exported to more than 55 countries
and territories all over the world. The export value of the plastics
sector totaled US$1.5 billion in 2010. The industry from 2005-2010
experienced an annual growth rate of 20-25 per cent, making it one of
the fastest-growing industries in Viet Nam. However, it is facing a
number of difficulties as the same as other sectors.