Por qué no sube el carbón y la consecuencia en las mineras

 

Las compañías mineras australianas están prolongando un exceso de oferta que hizo caer los precios del carbón al nivel más bajo en cuatro años debido a contratos de transporte que hacen que sea más barato exportar a pérdida que reducir la producción.

Las remesas de carbón térmico del segundo mayor exportador crecerán más que las de cualquier otro país este año, según Morgan Stanley. El banco rebajó su pronóstico de precios 2014 un 9% a US$77 la tonelada, este mes, calculando que la oferta mundial superará la demanda en un 4%. Los precios promediaron US$77,24 en lo que va del año, de acuerdo con los datos de globalCOAL.

Las mineras están atadas a contratos portuarios

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Nigeria.- Umar: Lekki Deep Seaport to Handle Bigger Ships, Create Jobs

Umar: Lekki Deep Seaport to Handle Bigger Ships, Create Jobs

04 Apr 2014

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Lekki deep

 

John Iwori

The Lekki deep seaport will not only handle bigger ships calling in the Nigerian ports but also create employment opportunities for Nigerians, the Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar has said.

The Federal Government had during the sitting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) late last year approved the construction of the multibillion naira deep seaport situated in Lagos.

The deep seaport is expected to ease the present bottlenecks associated the existing ports, particularly the ones in Lagos which has been experiencing congestion in recent times.

Umar who stated this at the just concluded 12th Intermodal Africa 2014 exhibition and conference which took

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Progress on Mozambique LNG piles more pressure on Nigeria

Progress on Mozambique LNG piles more pressure on Nigeria

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As Mozambique inches closer to its ambition of becoming a leader in the global liquefied natural gas (LNG)industry, the East African country looks set to upending Nigeria’s share of the high-demand Asian markets as it makes inroads into the region.

Last week, Anadarko Petroleum, the primary operator of Mozambique’s Rovuma Offshore Area 1,which is estimated to hold more than 65 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas, said it had sold twothirds of the capacity of its planned Mozambique LNG project to Asian customers and hopes to have the rest sold soon.

To develop massive LNG projects, financiers often require customers to be lined

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Why Indonesia’s nickel ore export ban affects dry bulk shippers

Why Indonesia’s nickel ore export ban affects dry bulk shippers

Indonesia: An export-led economy

Indonesia is the largest economy in Southeast Asia and also one of the largest emerging markets in the world. As a major producer and exporter of oil, gas, and minerals (including gold, nickel, copper, tin, and thermal coal), Indonesia’s exports account for a significant share of Indonesia’s GDP. In recent years, exports have been the key driver of economic growth in Indonesia. According to data from the World Bank, Indonesia’s exports of goods and services were about 24% of its GDP in 2012, and its main exports are coal briquettes, petroleum gas,

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Shipping industry may confront another deluge of overcapacity

Shipping industry may confront another deluge of overcapacity

 
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PTI reported that shipping companies across the globe have been struggling with oversupply of ships and little demand in the last 5 years. However, a slight pick up on the back of recovery in global trade and economy recently have lifted hopes and freight rates in the shipping industry, but this could soon come under the cloud from rising new ship orders. Over the last 6 months, there has been a spike in demand for new ships, both in the bulk as well as container shipping industry. This was led by enthusiastic shipping companies in Greece and Norway and depressed shipping vessel

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