Turkish import scrap stable, sale details murky
Turkish ferrous scrap pricing remained stable despite some sources quoting US deals showing higher numbers achievable in the market.
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Sentiment darkened in the Turkish imported scrap market January 25, despite snow covering the US East Coast export hub.
The Determinants of Multilateral Development Banks' Participation in Infrastructure Projects
Multilateral development banks (MDBs) have important functions in infrastructure projects. Besides their traditional lending role, they provide additional guarantees to private investors about the creditworthiness of the project. An empirical analysis is performed for the determinants of MDBs’ participation in infrastructure projects in developing countries using data from 1990 to 2007 obtained from the World Bank’s Private Participation in Infrastructure database and through limited dependent variable models.
A Research Note on the Public-Private Partnership of India's Infrastructure Development
To clip infrastructure inadequacy both in India and rest of the World Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs) emerged as an alternative to the traditional mode of infrastructure provisions of governments. The article analyses trends and patterns of various infrastructure sectors and regional distribution of PPPs at India’s national and sub-national levels to identify to what extent this has been able to curb infrastructure deficit. The growth empirics reveal that there has been a sharp increase in the number of PPP projects.
Road Infrastructure in Economically Underdeveloped North-east India: A District Level Study
Infrastructure development builds the road map for economic growth and social upliftment of a county. Econometric studies indicate a direct relationship between development of physical infrastructure and economic growth. Road infrastructure, in particular, provides a network to facilitate trade, transport, social integration and economic development, especially for an underdeveloped region. The present article is an effort to study the road infrastructure of India’s north-east (NE) region, which is one of the underdeveloped regions of the country.
Effect of the Political Environment on Public Private Partnership Projects: Evidence from Road Projects
Infrastructure plays an important role in economic growth and development. Increasingly, infrastructure projects are being developed with investment from private sector. In recent years, India has implemented a large number of roads under public private partnership (PPP) projects. This study is an empirical analysis of the impact of political environment on various project outcomes. The data set for the study comprised 62 completed national highway PPP projects. Our results showed that project technical characteristics influenced project performance more than political factors.
Does NTPC Have a Dominant Position? A Critical Analysis
The past two decades have witnessed huge changes in the electricity sector. The changes in this sector at a rapid pace world over have resulted in competition in some segments of the sector, such as, generation and in some cases in distribution. India is no exception to the reforms that are being undertaken. The provisions of Open Access, power trading, competitive bidding, mentioned in the Electricity Act of 2003 are expected to give a spurt to competition.
Difficult Q2 aluminum negotiations ahead as perception gaps persist in Japan
Platts senior editor Mayumi Watanabe discusses market expectations for the second quarter and the factors affecting aluminum prices.
Coking margins narrow as crude plunge pulls down benzene, methanol prices
Platts editors discuss the relationship between coke, benzene, and methanol; the hedging strategies of different market players; and the market outlook for the commodities in 2015.
How the Keystone XL pipeline became a steel standoff between neighbors
The economic arguments for exporting US crude are fairly well-known. But the foreign policy benefits of exports are not as widely talked about.