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Magna lags profit estimates, cuts annual sales forecast on supply chain snags – ET Auto

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Canada’s Magna International missed first-quarter profit estimates and cut its full-year overall sales forecast on Friday, as auto parts suppliers navigate ongoing supply constraints and bumpy demand for electric vehicles. The company’s shares were down about 4% in early trade. billion to USD 44.2 billion to USD 45.4

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Applied Materials’ third-quarter forecast disappoints investors, shares fall – ET Auto

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Applied Materials forecast third-quarter results above Wall Street estimates on Thursday, following strong demand for its semiconductor tools , but failed to meet lofty investor expectations. Applied Materials forecast third-quarter revenue of about USD 6.65 in extended trading. billion, according to LSEG data.

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SK Innovation Q2 profit tops forecast, battery unit eyes EV demand recovery – ET Auto

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SK Innovation Co Ltd said on Monday its SK On battery-making unit is on target to breakeven in the second half of this year after it posted a forecast-beating operating profit in the first quarter, sending its shares up over 6.0%. That compared with an average analyst forecast of 466 billion won. rise as of 0336 GMT.

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Supply Crunch Or Oil Glut: Investment Banks Can’t Agree

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This year, shale output forecasts combine with OPEC’s production cuts, geopolitical factors, and unexpected outages to further complicate supply/demand and oil price forecasts by Wall Street’s major investment banks. UBS, for its part, expects a 4-million-bpd supply gap by 2020. In recent years, U.S. shale output.

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3 Years Of Painful Cuts Sets Oil Markets Up For Serious Supply Crunch

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Total global oil production could decline for the next several years in a row as scarce new sources of supply come online. According to data from Rystad Energy, overall global oil output will fall this year as natural depletion overwhelms all new sources of supply. Link to original article: [link].

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Lithium miner SQM swings to USD 870 mn loss as oversupply sinks prices – ET Auto

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billion forecast. This compares to a 5% to 10% increase it had previously forecast, when it warned of a supply glut. This brought a loss of USD 3.04 per share, well below the USD 0.74 expected by analysts polled by LSEG, while revenues more than halved to USD 1.09 billion over January to March, below analysts’ USD 1.13

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Opinion: There Is No Such Thing As Peak Oil Demand

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As it stands, the forecast models of demand are likely predicting peak demand far later than it will be. The so-called balance of supply and demand has always been a moving target, a race to the top in which the two run neck and neck. The backbone of shale supply in the U.S. Such a structural change has recently occurred.

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