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Wednesday, 14 January 15
COMMODITIES AREN'T PRIMED FOR A REBOUND DURING 2015: SHIPPING COULD BENEFIT FROM LOWER PRICES - ROUSSANOGLOU, HELLENIC SHIPPING NEWS
 In the recent past, higher commodity prices were driven by an increase in demand from developing countries, which spelled good news for ship owners, are the vast majority of this demand was serviced via seaborne cargoes. However, as the commodity market was plagued by speculators and many relative trades, more often than not, higher prices didn’t necessarily translate to higher demand for cargoes. As such, the latest downward trend among major commodities, isn’t all that bad for members of the shipping community, as they could ignite an increased demand from a series of nations.
In any case, as Allied Shipbroking’s latest report indicated, “we are set for another difficult year for commodities. Faced with strong pressure from a continually increasing US Dollar, a marginal increase in demand and an excessive oversupply glut, it will be hard to note a complete reversal within the next 12 months. Much of the drive in the commodity prices has been the great economic performance of several emerging economies with most notable of these being China. Things have changed however, as China has already seen its growth levels slowdown considerably over the past months and many economic analysts expect an even further slowdown within this year”.
According to Mr. George Lazaridis, Head of Market Research & Asset Valuations with Allied Shipbroking, “at the same time a number of other high performing BRICS have sud-denly found themselves facing considerable economic problems. Russia is one of the obvious ones which has been greatly publicized in the international press. Nevertheless, it is some of the economies hidden in the back pages of economic news journals that hide further troubles ahead. Brazil has seen a reversal of its previous stellar per-formance showing considerable unrest and further cuts in its growth outlook, while many are worried over raised forecasts of inflation. This leaves us with only India and South Africa as potential champions amongst emerging economies which could take up the driver’s seat and push for further global trade growth. India has already started to show signs of ramping up its consumption of several key commodities and while it’s a major producer for several of these commodities as well, we might see a reversal as it starts to become a major importer picking up importance from its growing industrial production. Worth pointing out is the add bonuses it could bring to seaborne trade through higher tonne-mile demand as it will push most of Asia to source its commodities from further away locations. Nevertheless we are still far away from seeing anywhere near the level of importance taken up by China, nor is it yet in the position to cover fully any waning demand growth by China”, Lazaridis pointed.
He added though that “yet, as things stand now, attention has started to shift back to the more developed economies. Europe has a lot of issues still to deal with and after the most recent economic figures coming from The Old Continent, it looks as though we could be set for even further trouble during the first quarter. There is however one economy both big enough to drive a rebound in the global economy. Much will be bet this year on the U.S. recovery and as things continue to improve, so will its appetite for trade. As it drives for further consumption of finished goods sourced from mostly from the emerging economies such as China and India, its demand could be catalytic in pushing these economies back into drive. At the same time, even Europe could start to benefit from the U.S. recovery cause as it gains traction and the Euro continues to weaken against the Dollar so will the cost of Europe’s exports to the U.S. making them more competitive. Looking more long-term therefore, we might finally be in sight of the turning point towards better market conditions. An improved U.S. economy might be perfectly timed with lower commodity prices slowly amplifying demand while creating a steady base for consumption of goods worldwide. This should be in practice more balanced and rigid growth, nevertheless it will be a slow process and we are unlikely to see a complete reversal especially as political turmoil continues to shake things about”, Lazaridis concluded.
Source: Nikos Roussanoglou, Hellenic Shipping News
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Wednesday, 28 January 15
CAPES CONTINUED THEIR UPWARD MOVEMENT LAST WEEK - INTERMODAL
COALspot.com: The Dry Bulk market displayed a mirror performance of that of the week prior, with the Capesize market correcting further upwards and ...
Tuesday, 27 January 15
Q1 FOB INDONESIA COAL SWAP CLOSED AT $ 47.87 FOR WEEK ENDING JAN. 23
COALspot.com: Indonesian coal swaps for delivery Q1' 2015 gain week over week and declined month on month.
The Q1 swap has decline US$ 0.9 ...
Tuesday, 27 January 15
Q2 FOB NEWCASTLE COAL SWAP UP 4.5% W-O-W
COALspot.com: API 5 FOB Newcastle Coal swap for Q1’ 2015 delivery declined US$ 0.28 per MT (-0.54%) month over month and increased US$ 1.23 ( ...
Monday, 26 January 15
OVERSUPPLY, AMPLE STOCKPILES, AND LACKLUSTER UNDERLYING STEEL DEMAND KEPT COKING COAL PRICES LOW IN 2014
COALspot.com: Coking coal prices (FOB & CFR) fell 15% and 18% respectively during the year, amidst persistent oversupply, ample inventory and s ...
Monday, 26 January 15
FOB RICHARDS BAY Q2 COAL SWAP CLOSED LOWER THAN Q1 CLOSING
COALspot.com: API 4 FOB Richards Bay Coal swap for delivery Q1' 2015 declined month over month and day on day.
The Q1 swap has fell ...
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- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
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- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
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- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
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- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
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- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Minerals Council of Australia
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- The University of Queensland
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
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- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
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- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
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- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
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- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
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- Planning Commission, India
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- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
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- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
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- White Energy Company Limited
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- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
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- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
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- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
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- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
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- Australian Coal Association
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- Deloitte Consulting - India
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- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
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- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
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