The recent surge in monoethylene glycol prices came to an end last week, as market activity slackened amid limited availability and buyers' hopes that prices will ease. Spot prices were assessed Friday at Eur950/mt ($1,010/mt) FCA NWE and ...
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Ukraine will not import Russian natural gas through the end of the year due to weaker domestic demand and sufficient gas reserves, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said Monday. Ukraine, which resumed Russian gas ...
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Sandia National Laboratories in the USA has reported aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) laser structures emitting ~350nm ultraviolet radiation from optical and electrical pumping [Mary H. Crawford et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol8, p112702, ...
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European Union regulators have concluded that the widely used herbicide glyphosate is unlikely to cause cancer, a ruling that runs counter to a controversial assessment issued recently by an arm of the World Health Organization. The ...
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Researchers at Nanchang University in China have been studying the effect of V-pits in indium gallium nitride (InGaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on electroluminescence [Xiaoming Wu, Junlin Liu, and Fengyi Jiang, J. Appl. Phys., vol118, ...
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Japan's Panasonic Corp has reported the suppression of current collapse up to 800V for a normally-off gallium nitride (GaN) transistor by embedding a hybrid drain in a gate-injection transistor (HD-GIT) structure [Kenichiro Tanaka et al, ...
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ExxonMobil Chemical has delayed a 5 cents/lb November polyethylene increase for buyers in the US and Canada, multiple market sources said Monday. A buyer source said ExxonMobil would attempt to implement the 5 cents/lb increase in ...
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LyondellBasell issued a force majeure declaration on vinyl acetate monomer and glacial acetic acid supplies from its La Porte, Texas, facility after a turnaround revealed equipment issues, the company said in a letter to customers seen by ...
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West coast Indian miner Fomento Resources has offered a cargo of 57%-Fe iron ore fines material through a spot tender Thursday, making this the first iron ore shipment the miner will send out of Goa after the state's mining bans were ...
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Coal exports from terminals in Virginia's Hampton Roads region totaled 1.93 million st in October, down 1.9% from September and down 29.1% on the year, according to figures released Tuesday by the Virginia Maritime Association. While the ...
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The 849 MW FitzPatrick nuclear power plant in Scriba, New York, will be shut permanently by late 2016 or early 2017, due to "the continued deteriorating economics of the facility," Entergy said Monday in a statement. The unit is licensed to ...
The title "Colors" of Liu Wei's solo exhibit may seem simplistic considering the variety, breadth and depth of his works presently on display at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Arts. But Liu Wei's work is well-known for being more than ...
Researchers in the USA have been working on gallium nitride phosphide (GaNP) as an absorbing material for solar power [S. Sukrittanon et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol107, p153901, 2015]. The aim of the team from University of California San ...
The new Chinese box office record breaker Lost in Hong Kong impressed the market by making nearly 800 million RMB ($125.68 million) within just four days since its release on September 25. The film earned more than 200 million RMB ($31.4 ...
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Tensions between the two Asian giants, China and Japan, are running high after the Japanese government tried to block China's application to UNESCO to list documents relating to the 1937 Nanjing Massacre and "comfort women", or the 200, 000 ...