It may be small by global standards, but Britain’s oil and gas industry has far greater significance than its size suggests. Apart from providing a global oil price benchmark — Brent Crude — derived from a blend of sweet North Sea crude types, exploration techniques and production technologies pioneered in the North Sea are used [...]
After initial outrage, bluster and bravado, Iran appears to have come to terms with impending Western sanctions on the country’s oil and financial sector, to the point of saying they don’t think it will have any meaningful impact at all. Iran deems Western politicians as lacking the courage to stick with the ban in the [...]
by Taras Berezowsky on March 13, 2012
Style: Market Analysis
Category: Commodities, Ferrous Metals, Macroeconomics, Non-ferrous Metals, Sourcing Strategies
Keywords: Aluminum, China, Copper, European Union, Gold, India, Iron Ore, Natural Gas, Oil, Silver, Stainless Steel, Steel
Brought to you by Zycus, MetalMiner’s Sourcing Outlook focuses on cotton, natural gas, steel, copper and aluminum this month. In our One-On-One interview, Lisa Reisman speaks with Omer Abdullah, co-founder and managing director of The Smart Cube, Inc., about how commodity forecasting can help your business.
by Taras Berezowsky on March 12, 2012
Style: Industry News
Category: Commodities, Company News, Manufacturing, Sourcing Strategies
Keywords: Conflict Minerals, European Union, Ferrous Metals, Iron Ore, Natural Gas, Non-ferrous Metals, Oil, Rare Earth Metals, Stainless Steel, Steel, USA
The best things come to those who wait. If you’re one of the folks who waited to register for the MetalMiner and Spend Matters manufacturing conference, Commodity EDGE: Sourcing Intelligence for the New Normal, do it now before time runs out — and boy, will your company’s procurement team ever thank you: Need a few more [...]
Continued from Part One. It is no surprise to hear that a government keen on subsidies is talking about extending the electric vehicle (EV) tax credit, currently worth $7,500 to $10,000, and including cars that are designed to run on natural gas, such as Honda’s CNG. Honda and Ford — who produce a natural gas [...]
An FT article last week lauded the intent of General Electric and Chesapeake Energy to form an alliance to promote the use of natural gas as a fuel for cars and trucks. The intent is to develop gas re-fueling infrastructure with a target to add 250 compressing and recharging units principally at gasoline filling stations. [...]
Lisa Reisman, managing editor of MetalMiner, tells the truth about why manufacturing conferences rarely wow her, and how we’ll be overcoming that with Commodity EDGE: Sourcing Intelligence for the New Normal. Watch the whole video — you’ll be pleasantly surprised!
Continued from Part One. On the other side of The Iranian Factor, acting as a counterbalance to the bulls, is the drag on demand caused by three factors: Firstly, Europe (which is in parts either in recession or facing faltering growth, depending on what figures you look at), secondly, US consumption (that is already seeing [...]
