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Passenger traffic at Japan Airlines (JAL) fell in March against flight reductions amid the Covid-19 pandemic, latest figures from the company show.
News ID: 9267    Publish Date : 2020/04/29

Japan 's domestic car output in March dropped against a year earlier, pressured by sluggish global and domestic sales because of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
News ID: 9254    Publish Date : 2020/04/28

Japan ese chemicals producer Sekisui Chemical plans to start the verification of bioethanol output produced from rubbish by the end of the 2021-22 fiscal year.
News ID: 9195    Publish Date : 2020/04/20

The slowdown in manufacturing in Japan that had resulted from the outbreak of Covid-19 is intensifying, signalling a greater potential downturn in steel demand over the coming months.
News ID: 9121    Publish Date : 2020/04/13

Japan ese ferrous scrap imports have surged this year in response to weaker domestic steel demand, and exporters are actively looking for more overseas markets to take a surplus of domestic scrap supply.
News ID: 9087    Publish Date : 2020/04/09

Japan 's state of emergency in response to the coronavirus pandemic is unlikely to hit the country's LNG import operations, with power and gas utilities to continue operations to ensure stable supplies despite expected weaker demand.
News ID: 9058    Publish Date : 2020/04/07

Japan 's LPG demand is expected to fall with the government's state of emergency to curb its Covid-19 outbreak and the slowdown in the country's economic activity.
News ID: 9055    Publish Date : 2020/04/07

Japan ese metals producers Mitsubishi Materials (MMC) and Kobe Steel (Kobelco) have agreed to delay their plan to transfer copper tube production assets to an investment fund, citing uncertainty caused by the coronavirus epidemic.
News ID: 9014    Publish Date : 2020/04/01

Japan 's energy demand is predicted to weaken over the next fiscal year starting 1 April as the spread of the coronavirus pandemic slows the country's economic activity.
News ID: 8763    Publish Date : 2020/03/18

Prices for spot liquefied natural gas cargoes imported into Japan , the world’s biggest buyer of the fuel, fell in February to the lowest since the country’s trade ministry started compiling data in 2014.
News ID: 8672    Publish Date : 2020/03/10

Japan ’s leading EAF mini-mill, Tokyo Steel has lowered its scrap purchase price by JPY 500/MT (USD 5) at its Kyushu works, while keeping its bids unchanged for the other 4 plants, as per the latest price circular. The new prices for all grades shall be effective from tomorrow (28th Feb’20).
News ID: 8561    Publish Date : 2020/02/27

The Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) has plans to undermine the adverse effects of the outbreak of a novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, on national and international trade and business activity of the country, TPOI Head Hamid Zadboum said.
News ID: 8544    Publish Date : 2020/03/03

The impact of the coronavirus outbreak has begun eating into demand for steel materials from Japan ese car manufacturers, adding further pressure on Japan 's falling steel output.
News ID: 8522    Publish Date : 2020/02/28

Japan 's coking coal imports rose in January as it took more shipments from Australia and the US despite increasing spot prices.
News ID: 8516    Publish Date : 2020/02/27

The biomass market faces unprecedented demand levels in 2020, with upcoming base-load power generation capacity due to add around another 4.4mn t/yr of European wood pellet demand by the end of the year.
News ID: 8219    Publish Date : 2020/01/06

Negotiations for the January paraxylene (PX) Asia Contract Price (ACP) have fallen apart because of a wide bid-offer gap.
News ID: 8121    Publish Date : 2019/12/27

Nippon Steel Nisshin Co., Ltd. has decided to conduct banking of the No. 2 blast furnace at the Kure works around mid-Feb’20 and to focus on production of the No. 1 furnace, in order to improve production efficiency and further stabilize blast furnace operation. The reason for this is that both blast furnaces were operating at a low utilization rate due to a fire accident at the Kure Works in Aug’19, in addition to the deteriorating environment for steel demand.
News ID: 8108    Publish Date : 2019/12/24

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani highlighted the importance of economic relations with Japan and said the Islamic Republic’s doors are open to the public and private companies of the East Asian country.
News ID: 8051    Publish Date : 2019/12/21

Japan 's naphtha imports for ethylene production in November fell against a year earlier for the third consecutive month, reflecting lower ethylene output and the rising use of butane as an alternative feedstock.
News ID: 7996    Publish Date : 2019/12/17

Japan 's Nippon Steel has settled its October-December contract for semi-soft coking coal with an Australian supplier at $98/t fob Australia.
News ID: 7981    Publish Date : 2019/12/16