Japan's ethylene production in November edged up 3.4% from October to 598,700 mt, and jumped 10.8% year on year, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said late Wednesday. The ministry also announced that Japan's exports of ethylene ...
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The Ministry of Commerce announced Monday that it will further lossen controls on cross-border RMB direct investment, Xinhua reported. Under the new regulation, approval procedures for RMB-denominated direct investment from overseas ...
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C. signed a six-year commercial and contractual agreement with Sasol North America, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sasol Limited, to supply up to 200 megawatts of electric power to Sasol's proposed ...
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US-based RiceBran Technologies has signed a distribution and supply agreement with Taiwanese firm Compson Trading to produce certain Stage II rice bran derivatives products. Compson Trading is engaged in the distribution of functional ...
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Dow Chzemical will shut the equivalent of about 800,000 mt/year of chlorine and caustic soda capacity in Texas and divest chlorine derivatives assets with a value of up to $5 billion, it said Monday. The divestment includes about 40 ...
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With immediate effect, or as existing contracts permit, BASF will increase its selling prices for the following products in Europe: 1,4 Butanediol (BDO) +50 Euro/mt Tetrahydrofuran (THF) +70 Euro/mt Polytetramethylene ether glycol ...
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BASF has produced its first commercial volumes of 1,4-butanediol (BDO) from renewable raw material, and is offering this product to customers for testing and commercial use. The production process relies on a patented fermentation ...
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Sasol announced today that it has selected Technip as the primary contractor for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase of its proposed gas-to-liquids (GTL) facility in Louisiana. "The selection of Technip as FEED contractor is ...
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Viteava Pharmaceuticals has announced the execution of an exclusive worldwide license to an intellectual property portfolio claiming composition of matter and/or methods of use of novel analogs and derivatives of the green tea flavonoid, ...
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For thousands of years, the human race has benefited significantly from the consumption of fresh coconut and its many derivatives. Coconut water, coconut flesh, and coconut oil all possess unique nutritional profiles that make them superior ...
A Chicago-based company that runs derivatives exchanges said Friday it was the victim of a July cyber attack that compromised customer information. CME Group, which runs four exchanges, said in a statement that information belonging to ...
PTT Global Chemical revealed its operating performance in the third quarter of 2013, which showed increasing profits even againt the impact of three major events which had placed constraints on its operations, the incidents included an oil ...
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As part of a new strategic initiative, aimed at strengthening its presence in cranberry derivatives, Indena has entered an industrial and commercial agreement with Pharmatoka. On the basis of this agreement, Indena will produce Gikacran ...
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Gevo, Inc. announced its financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and provided an update on recent corporate highlights. Highlights: - Reports EPS of ($0.34) including $1.6 million non-cash gain from the change in ...
The report, "Emulsion Polymers Market by Type (Acrylic, Vinyl, SB Latex, Polyurethane Dispersion & Others), Application (Paints & Coatings, Paper & Paperboard, Adhesives & Sealants & Others) & Geography - Global Trends and Forecasts to ...
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