At least three Chinese companies are in the final stages of negotiations with three LPG producers in Iran for term supply deals for 2014, industry sources said Thursday. The deals would mark the first time buyers in China had secured LPG ...
Tags: LPG Industry, Energy
United Kingdom to allow Chinese companies to purchase stakes in latest $25.9b reactor project The United Kingdom recently signed a $25.9 billion deal to build a new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point in the southwestern part of England. ...
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Müller Wiseman Dairies, a Scottish milk supplier and distributor, has commenced production at its £17m butter plant in Market Drayton, UK. The plant is set to be formally opened in early December. It will annually produce up to ...
Mongolia's new legislation that removes distinction between domestic and foreign companies when it comes to investing in the country will help attract more investment, miners with projects in the region said Friday. From November 1, ...
Tags: Miners, Mining Sector
China and the United States, the world's two largest emitters of greenhouse gases, are increasing their cooperation in fighting climate change. US Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern said the US has a very good relationship with ...
Tags: Carbon Reductions, Emitters
Drinks Americas Holdings has expanded the distribution of Mexican craft beer - Day of the Dead - to Cost Plus World Market's stores across the US. Accordingly, Day of the Dead will be available across 259 Cost Plus World Market stores. ...
Capesize iron ore freight rates on established Pacific routes from Brazil, Western Australia and South Africa came under pressure Thursday. Charterers' rates and some offer prices fell from the previous day, which market participants ...
Tags: Iron Ore, freight rates
New analysis has showed China's iron ore price will continue to drop in the fourth quarter of this year amid a fall in demand. Demand has usually shrunk in the fourth quarter every year, especially in north China, and the corresponding ...
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Sappi Fine Paper Europe has announced plans to invest about €120m in two of its coated graphic paper mills during the next three years. The investment is expected to decrease the cost base as well as improve the profitability of the ...
Tags: Sappi, graphic paper, European, investment
London Mining (LM) saw a considerable year-on-year increase of 250% in third-quarter iron ore concentrate output from its Marampa mine in Sierra Leone to 948,000 wet mt, according to the company's production report. However, compared with ...
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Westshore Terminals reported an average coal loading rate of C$9.52 in the third quarter, up 2% from both the previous quarter and the year-ago quarter, according to its quarterly report filed late Wednesday with the Canadian government. ...
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Demand from China's galvanized steel sector is expected to account for 56% of the country's refined zinc consumption in 2014, up from 54% this year, state-owned nonferrous metals information division Beijing Antaike said Thursday. The ...
Tags: Galvanized Steel, Zinc Demand
Nuvilex, an international biotechnology company providing cell and gene therapy solutions for the treatment of diseases, has acquired the exclusive worldwide rights to use the cellulose-based live-cell encapsulation technology for the ...
Tags: Nuvilex, Live-Cell Encapsulation Technology, biotechnology, cell, gene
US sheet pricing appeared to be trending upwards Thursday as mills retain the upper hand in contract negotiations and buyers attempt to pack on tonnage before the newest round of price increases sinks in. Though Platts has maintained its ...
Tags: Steel Sheet, mills
US-based Advanced Proteome Therapeutics has announced the achievement of an important milestone in its Cprogram with its collaborators by demonstrating that the first of a series of the company's site-specifically labeled protein conjugates ...
Tags: therapeutics, anti-cancer, proteome, Cprogram