An estimated 300 metric tons of highly radioactive water is believed to have leaked from one of the hundreds of storage tanks at Japan's tsunami-crippled nuclear power plant, the operator said on Tuesday as it battled the latest toxic water ...
Tags: Fukushima Plant, Radioactive Water
The Unites States' plan to cut reliance on oil imports will not affect the oil production in the Gulf countries as Asia's demand for Middle East oil is rising, said a report released Monday by research firm Orient Planet. Recent major ...
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US Gulf Coast jet fuel reached its highest level since April 2 on Tuesday, continuing a run-up on factors including reaction to a federal lawsuit seeking to block a merger of American Airlines and US Airways. Platts assessed Gulf Coast ...
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,15 commodities increased in prices, 29 fell and 56 remained unchanged on 20/08/2013.The largest rises were Dysprosium oxide (8.70%),Sulfur (3.58%),Soybean meal ...
Tags: Spot Commodities
The premium of front-month naphtha CFR Japan cargo to CIF Northwest Europe cargoes -- the east/west -- has fallen to $11/mt down $13/mt over the last six weeks, putting pressure on the arbitrage from Europe to Asia, market sources said ...
Tags: Naphtha Premium, Mineral
China Geological Exploration Holdings (CGE) is planning to list some of its mining assets via a reverse take-over (RTO) of Singapore Exchange (SGX)-listed China Mining International (China Mining), the CGE said on Monday. The CGE is a ...
The US Environmental Protection Agency will update its almost two-decades-old toxic emissions standards for oil refineries and finalize new regulations by December 19, 2014, to settle a lawsuit brought by environmental and public health ...
China's coal output and sales both declined in the first seven months of 2013, statistics from the China National Coal Association (CNCA) showed on Monday. The country's coal output in the Jan.-July period stood at 2.13 billion tonnes, ...
Tags: Coal Output, Mineral
One of the priorities of Iran's Oil Ministry is to restore the country's "lost" share in oil market, local media quoted Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar-Zanganeh as saying on Monday. Namdar-Zanganeh, who was endorsed as new oil minister ...
Tags: Oil Market, Energy
Goodyear has developed a new app for its FleetHQ program, which allows drivers in the field to more efficiently solicit roadside assistance. The Goodyear RoadService App is available free of charge, for Android and iPhone platforms. It ...
Tags: APP, software, Transportation
ExxonMobil was heard nominating its September US butadiene contract price at a rollover from August at 47 cents/lb ($1,036/mt), sources said Monday. ExxonMobil spokeswoman Margaret Ross declined comment on the nomination as it is ...
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Freightliner today announced the availability of a new factory-installed roof fairing for the Cascadia and Cascadia Evolution, as well as the start of production of the 122SD vocational truck. The new roof fairing is standard on the ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,25 commodities increased in prices, 16 fell and 59 remained unchanged on 19/08/2013.The largest rises were Hydrochloric acid (12.28%),Lead ingot (2.20%),Silver ...
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Woodside Petroleum will recommend Shell's floating LNG technology to its joint venture partners as the best option to develop the Browse project off Western Australia, the company said in a statement Tuesday. "The selection of FLNG as the ...
Tags: Floating LNG, JV Partners
Oil prices dropped on profit- taking Monday after gains for six trading days on concerns that the unrest in Egypt could disrupt oil supplies. Although Egypt is not a major oil producer, it controls the Suez Canal and the ...
Tags: Oil Prices