Commodities, Pricing & Cost
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2/13/12 8:00 am EST
Nearly unbreakable, polycarbonate is also heat resistant, making it ideal for automotive parts and electrical components
After demonstrating phenomenal growth during the 1990s due to its use in the production of CDs and DVDs, polycarbonate, a high-performance engineering resin, saw its demand fall in 2009 and rebound in 2010, but diversification to other uses, such as electronics, drove global growth for the polymer by around three percent in 2011, according to a new IHS Chemical global market study from IHS (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analysis. The report, the IHSmore...English -
7/20/11 12:33 pm EDTENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Trades in Indonesian coal swaps settled against the IHS McCloskey Indonesian Sub-Bituminous FOB marker, published by information and analysis provider IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), have soared to more than one million tonnes this year, as the index has become rapidly accepted as a key benchmark for the world’s top thermal coal exporter. On the back of this success, IHS McCloskey launched last month the South China CFR marker, which has attractedmore...English
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3/25/11 7:03 am EDT
Human Tragedy and Turmoil Unlikely "to Derail" Global Economy
LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Economists and industry experts in automotive, energy, risk, security, shipping, and supply chain at IHS (NYSE:IHS), a leading global source of information and analysis, said today the triple disaster in Japan and the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa likely would have only a limited impact on the global economy – provided the twin shocks of higher oil prices and the supply chain disruptions from Japan do not get much worsemore...English -
8/26/10 7:00 am EDT
Veteran commodities analyst to provide market analysis focusing on the buyer's perspective
LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tom Stundza has been named senior commodities analyst of IHS Global Insight's Pricing and Purchasing Service. A veteran commodities analyst, Stundza will focus on providing insight to purchasing executives by supplying timely analysis of market fundamentals and buying conditions. Prior to joining IHS Global Insight, Stundza was executive editor and chief industrial commodities analyst of Purchasing Magazine. An analyst with more than 40more...English -
7/20/10 6:00 am EDT
Residential Building Materials Expected to Recover More Quickly Than Nonresidential
LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Residential construction activity will begin to see improvement in 2010, while nonresidential construction activity will not recover until 2011, according to the Second Quarter U.S. Building Materials Briefing by IHS Global Insight’s Building Materials Forecasting Service. Total building materials spending contracted by 1.02 percent in the first quarter of 2010 and is not expected to see positive growth until the last quarter of 2010more...English
