Traders are considering sending European ethylene cargoes to Asia for late May delivery amid weak European prices, sources said Thursday. Market participants said they have been approached by several traders with selling indications ...
Austrian manufacturer of plastic products Borealis and UAE-based Borouge have jointly launched a new grade of BorPure high density polyethylene (HDPE) family for caps and closures. Made with Borealis' Borstar polyethylene (PE) ...
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The most common method of shaping any metal or steel is flame cutting cuts the steel or other metals with a highly concentrated source heat with oxygen. The oxygen should be at a maximum purity point of 99.5 as the heat will melts the metal ...
Alcoa, the inventor and global leader of forged aluminum wheels, is investing US$13 million to expand its wheel manufacturing plant in Europe, to meet growing demand for its lightweight, durable, low-maintenance aluminum truck wheels. The ...
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Munich-based WACKER Group has adopted the motto "Discover Tomorrow's Solutions" for this year's Middle East Coatings Show (MECS), in Dubai from March 10 to 12. The company is unveiling a new dispersible polymer powder for cost-efficient, ...
Tags: Chemicals, Construction, Decoration
A team of four researchers from several universities in the U.S. has given a presentation at this year's American Physical Society meeting, outlining a theory they are developing to help explain a phenomenon known as earthquake lightning. ...
Flawed but colorful diamonds are among the most sensitive detectors of magnetic fields known today, allowing physicists to explore the minuscule magnetic fields in metals, exotic materials and even human tissue. University of California, ...
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In-situ metrology system maker LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany notes that it is known that some properties of gallium nitride (GaN)-based light-emitting quantum wells (QW) can be improved by using a-plane III-nitrides. However, during ...
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BARE, creator of delicious “Snacks Gone Simple,” has announced a new line of All Natural Crunchy Coconut Chips, crafted from sweet and fragrant Nam Hom coconuts grown exclusively in Thailand’s Central Plains. BARE All ...
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On a typical evening in the suburbs of Ho Chi Minh City, the neon-lit Aeon Mall Tan Phu Celadon bustles with shoppers arriving on motorcycles and in taxis. Crowds fill every corner of the new mall, with a takeout sushi store in particular ...
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The well-known story of Corning Inc.’s unsuccessful foray into the automotive glass market in the 1960s may have a happy ending sooner than you think. The Fortune 500 company’s development of a superior auto windshield using a ...
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As China is executing its ambitious shale gas development plans to reach 6.5 billion cubic meters (cm) by 2015, the US' experiences in the industry may offer a number of lessons for China, US and Chinese academics concluded in a conference ...
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Ultra low sulfur diesel cracks are at a 6-week high on strong buying interest for cargoes in the region and a rise in the front-month 0.1% ICE gasoil futures contract. The crack for physical FOB Rotterdam ULSD barges rose to a $17.04/mt ...
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Steel rebar galvanizing is a promising but largely overlooked niche for zinc that has the potential to be a 400,000 mt market in the near term, and also has significant technological and cost advantages, a zinc industry official said late ...
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The Good Ol' Bathtub!The oldest bathtub in the world was found on the island of Crete, and it dates back to 3,300 BCE. This bath was made of hardened pottery and was 5 feet long.While searching for the perfect bathtub, you are likely to ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Bathtub