Six people, including managers of two companies, received jail sentences of two to five years on Wednesday for a chemical leak in east China's business hub of Shanghai. The Jinshan District People's Court handed down first-instance ...
Tags: Chemical Leak Pollution
Bitumen futures on China's Shanghai Futures Exchange opened up more than 3 percent on their trading debut Wednesday in brisk volumes, reflecting strong investor interest as the bourse lays the ground for the launch of a crude futures ...
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Spot trade of molybdenum oxide powder was thin in Asia Tuesday despite the return of Chinese traders after a week-long National Day holiday as participants sought clearer market direction, sources said. Platts moly oxide daily dealer ...
A large coal gasification project will be built in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the regional authorities said Sunday. The demonstration project in Zhundong area, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, will be the ...
Indonesia's PT Bumi Resources said on Wednesday China's sovereign wealth fund, China Investment Corp (CIC), has agreed to convert part of an outstanding $1.3 billion loan into stakes in the miner's PT Bumi Resources Minerals unit, its coal ...
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China has introduced measures to curb photovoltaic overcapacity while seeking to expand domestic deman. China has put forth new rules to tackle overcapacity in its solar power industry. A document released by the Ministry of Industry and ...
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Equity research firm Cowen and Company reduced its Century Aluminum price target to $10 from $13 due to changes in the aluminum futures curve, the company said in a statement Tuesday. The company also said it assumed Q4 2013 and fiscal year ...
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US spot styrene dropped 1 cent/lb ($22/mt) from Friday to be assessed at 73 cents/lb ($1,609/mt) FOB US Gulf Coast Monday, tracking lower European spot styrene as well as lower feedstock benzene. The assessment was at its lowest level ...
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Oil producers are currently doing a good job of balancing world oil market fundamentals, but it is too early to say if OPEC will leave crude production levels unchanged when it next meets in December, UAE oil minister Suhail al-Mazrouei ...
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India's second-largest importer of potash Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd. (534742.BY) expects to renegotiate annual import contracts for the key fertilizer ingredient at a discount by this month, a move that is likely to induce other major global ...
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The national average retail price of regular gasoline fell 5.8 cents to $3.367 a gallon in the week ended Monday, the Energy Information Administration said. Prices were at their lowest level since Jan. 28 for a second straight week. ...
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The Chinese capital of Beijing is looking to phase out all its coal-fired power generation capacity by the end of next year, the official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. According to municipal authorities, the city is planning to ...
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Agricultural product exports from Liaoning province were $3.31 billion in the first eight months of 2013, up 10 percent year-on-year, according to the local government. In the past eight months, the total export trade volume of marine ...
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Western China is likely to be the focus for development of the petrochemical sector in future, Bang Han-hong, president of Korea Petrochemical Industry Association (KPIA) said at the 12th edition of the Korea-China Petrochemical Conference, ...
Tags: Petrochemical Sector, Chemical
Nitride is producing the product in quantity at its manufacturing facility in Wichita, Kan., using its proprietary advanced HVPE process. Troy Baker, Ph.D., Nitride's research and development director, presented data at the 2013 ...