China is expanding its scope in looking for energy resources in foreign assets, participating actively in the international oil and gas market to ensure the domestic supply is driven by economic growth. China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, ...
Tags: Gas Sources, Oil Sources
Calling it a "game changer" for West Virginia, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced that Odebrecht will build an ethane cracker and three polyurethane plants in the Mid-Ohio Valley region. Odebrecht is an established international petrochemical ...
Tags: Shale, oil, gas, processing, facility, Wood County
Taiwanese China Steel Corporation (CSC) faces soft demand for electric furnace (EF) Al-killed wire rod that results in reducing orders in November after a sharp growth on local orders in the past five months. The market price of CSC’s ...
Panel makers have been engaged in inventory adjustment for the past 4-5 months, and now hold less than one month of inventory, according to sources at Taiwan-based LCD driver IC firms. Nonetheless, panel firms remain conservative about ...
Tags: LCD Panel, LCD Driver
US spot benzene Wednesday was assessed at $4.17/gal ($1,246.83/mt) FOB US Gulf Coast, up 5 cents/gal ($14.95/mt) from Tuesday, tracking higher European benzene spot prices, sources said. The last time US spot benzene was at this level was ...
Tags: Spot Benzene, Chemicals
Siemens Water Technologies has introduced its full line of Vantage high purity water treatment products that will now be available to the European industrial market. From pre-treatment to membranes to polishing, the Vantage family provides ...
Tags: Siemens, Vantage, Vantage-System, Wastewater
SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Basic Element, one of Russia's leading diversified business groups, En+ Group, Russia's leading mining, metals and energy group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with POSCO, a ...
As of November 11, inventory of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports amounted to 77.402 million mt, indicating a decrease of 418,000 mt or 0.54 percent week on week, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency on November 12. As of the same ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Chinese Ports
AkzoNobel has purchased Terra Technology's Multi-Enterprise Demand Sensing (MDS) to use point-of-sale data to reduce forecast error by an additional 25 percent. AkzoNobel is currently in the process of deploying Terra’s Demand Sensing ...
Tags: AkzoNobel, Terra technology, MDS, forecast error
China plans to raise its whole-year target of installed solar capacity to 12 gigawatts in 2014, up by 20 percent from the original target, becoming the latest stimulus for the country's sluggish solar industry. The new installation target ...
Tags: Solar Power, Solar Capacity
A recent report by Chinese-language newspaper Commercial Times noted a new phenomenon of Chinese companies headhunting talent in Taiwan's LED industry. Three years ago, Chinese LED manufacturer San’an Optoelectronics uprooted a large ...
Tags: LED Talents, Lighting
According to the data from the Japan Iron & Steel Federation (JISF), Japanese steel exports in September dropped by 6.5% from August and 2.3% down from the same period last year to 3.48 million tons. Due to the slow demand from Thailand ...
Tags: Japan's Exports, Domestic Market
It’s reported that the transaction prices for rimmed wire rods have remained weak in the Taiwanese market recently even though the supply is limited. At present, the transaction prices for rimmed wire rods are at NT$20,700/ton in ...
Tags: Wire Rod, Transaction Prices
The annual output of injection molding machines in China, the world's largest injection molding machine producer, hit roughly 100,000 sets. However, impacted by the weakening demand for auto and household appliances downstream on the heels ...
Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, Plastic Injection Molding Machine
Three main components now available to EU market. Siemens Water Technologies has introduced its full range of Vantage high purity water treatment products that will now be available to the European industrial market. From pre-treatment ...
Tags: Siemens, purity water treatment products, Processing Machinery