Indonesia’s largest petrochemical firm PT Chandra Asri and German company Ferrostaal Industrial Projects GmbH have signed an agreement to set up a methanol-based olefin production complex in Indonesian province of West Papua. ...
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Tabuk Cement Co has announced that it has been refused the fuel needed to operate its new second line. The company has been informed by Saudi Arabia s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources that it will not receive the fuel needed to ...
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The Asian thermal coal market is cautiously awaiting a decision from China, wondering if Beijing is serious about imposing a ban on imports of low calorific value coal, according to a range of market players interviewed by Platts Monday at ...
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Australia's Vortex Pipes Limited has announced that it has entered into option agreements to acquire up to 100 percent of the Snelgrove direct shipping iron ore project located in Newfoundland Labrador, Canada, from Canada-based Cap Ex Iron ...
Bangladesh state-owned Petrobangla has sought permission to re-offer six shallow water oil and gas exploration blocks that attracted no bids in the county's recent bidding round, company chairman Hussain Monsur said Thursday. Monsur said ...
New hydraulic fracturing rules being developed by the Obama administration will drive oil and gas development from federal lands, a panel of industry and state officials said in their prepared testimony to a House committee Wednesday. The ...
Specialties in Hubei Hubei Province is abundant in specialties, among which are Wuchang Fish, Jingshan Guobao Qiao Rice, Zigui Navel Oranges, Luotian Chestnuts, Honghu Lotus Root, Xianning Sweet Osmanthus, and Xiaogan Matang of unique ...
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Since the launch of a new round of land resources surveying by the Ministry of Land Resources (MLR) at the beginning of the 21st century increased, and the Chinese government has been increasing investment in domestic geological ...
On April 9, Qinghai Province-based Chinese steelmaker Xining Special Steel Co. announced that it is investing RMB 10 million ($1.6 million) to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary in the city of Geermu in Qinghai Province for the purpose of ...
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Iraq’s Cabinet has authorized the Oil Ministry “to sign an agreement of principles” on two key oil and natural gas pipeline projects, reports Platts. The agreement will be between the Iraqi Oil Ministry, the Iranian Oil ...
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has a huge petrochemical industry, but it has not translated into growth of downstream textile industry in the country. By 2015, the overall output of Saudi petrochemical industry is likely to cross 80 ...
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According to the report released by Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals (Sinferbase), the Brazilian mining industry (mining and mineral processing) recorded a surplus of $27.4 billion in 2012. ...
In 2012, the global core drill market reached a plateau. And industrial players including Atlas Copco, Sandvik and Boart Longyear have been in a firm position to dominate the global market after a series of M&As, laying the foundation to ...
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ExxonMobil's Papua New Guinea LNG plant is on schedule to start up and ship its first LNG in 2014, Peter Botten, Managing Director of minority project shareholder Oil Search, said at a conference Thursday. The 6.9 million mt/year, ...
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based TMS International Corporation, the parent company of Tube City IMS Corporation, a leading provider of outsourced industrial services to steel mills globally, announced that it has promoted Hideyuki Nishizawa ...
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