Libya's oil sector is showing tentative signs of recovery, with production now averaging around 300,000 b/d after the restart of the key Elephant field and with exports from the eastern ports of Marsa al-Hariga and Zueitina resuming after a ...
Tags: Oil Production, Elephant crude
Spot prices of South African 42-44% chrome ore, known as UG2 (upper group 2), have risen by 10-20% from March as platinum mine strike continues, producer and trade sources said Friday. UG2, a byproduct of platinum, was heard trading at ...
Tags: Chrome Ore, platinum byproduct
'Tomato pill' may improve the function of blood vessels A daily supplement of an extract found in tomatoes may improve the function of blood vessels in patients with cardiovascular disease, according to new research from the University of ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The Urals crude market strengthened sharply Wednesday in both Northwest Europe and the Mediterranean as buying interest increased sharply to clear some remaining prompt June cargoes. Differentials for CIF Augusta Urals Aframax cargoes ...
Tags: Crude Oil, crude market
FDA's Circulatory System Devices Advisory Panel has submitted a unanimous approval recommendation for C.R. Bard's Lutonix Drug Coated Balloon (DCB) Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) catheter. If FDA follows the recommendations ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, FDA, Certification
The latest publication from portable test equipment expert, Megger, provides a compact yet comprehensive guide to the frequently misunderstood subject of oil dielectric breakdown voltage testing. The 32-page booklet, which is illustrated ...
Tags: Test Equipment, Instruments, Meters, Security, Protection
A total of 7,000 mt (8,875 cu m) of ethanol left UK ports in the past four days, a report from tanker agency Graypen said Monday. Ethanol producer Ensus shipped 2,000 mt of ethanol from Teesport, Teesside, on June 5 aboard the Patricia ...
Tags: Ethanol Shipments, ethanol
Crude production in Libya is facing further setbacks this week, as loadings out of the 110,000 b/d Marsa al-Hariga crude terminal in Eastern Libya have stuttered to a halt. Traders and shipping sources said that no there have been no ...
Tags: Crude production, oil flowing
Iran is loading eight LPG cargoes totaling 317,000 mt in May for export to Asia, the biggest monthly volume since resuming shipments in May 2013 following an eight-month halt on concerns over an EU ban on shipping insurance, shipping and ...
Australia's Newcastle port exported 2.8 million mt of thermal and coking coal in the week to Monday, falling 19% on the week, as the port's vessel queue continued to shrink, according to the Newcastle Port Corporation's latest weekly ...
Tags: thermal, coking coal
Ross Vacuum-rated High Speed Dispersers are a family of tank-mounted and raisable mixers featuring a laser-cut saw-tooth blade that runs to approximately 5,000 ft/min. Also sometimes called a High Speed Dissolver, this classic workhorse is ...
Sentiment in India following the general elections appears bullish, boding well for the Indonesian thermal coal market, but there is no near-term catalyst being seen to drive Chinese demand up, sources said Friday. "It would still require ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Mineral
Two new reports from iData Research cover the US market for vascular access devices and the European markets for cardiac surgery and heart valve devices. The European interventional cardiology report covers markets for tissue heart ...
Tags: Medtech Markets, US market
Prices for large cargoes of butane in Northwest Europe fell Tuesday to the lowest level in a year on low demand and ample supplies. Platts assessed the price of a 4,000 mt CIF refrigerated cargo of mixed butane loading 10-25 days forward ...
Tags: Butane, mixed butane
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, completed nearly 100 environmental compliance and enforcement actions in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington from July 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013. Violations of environmental ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, EPA, Certification