Traders are looking to send about 4,000 mt of Mexico-origin ethylene to Asia for mid-April loading to take advantage of higher prices than in the weak European market, sources said Thursday. But they said the possibility of such a trade ...
Tags: ethylene, European market
UK NBP wholesale gas prices eased Thursday morning while retaining some risk premium relating to tensions between Russia and Ukraine. At 11:00 London time, the within-day contract was valued at 51.20 pence/therm, down by 0.25 p/th, and ...
Tags: gas network, LNG tankers, LNG
The top natural gas analyst at Jefferies raised his 2014 gas price forecast 8% Thursday, citing a much higher than anticipated winter price in the first quarter and the end of coal's ability to keep gas prices range-bound. "The era of too ...
Tags: natural gas, analyst, Coal
Toluene hydro-dealkylation units in Europe are maximizing their run rates amid continuous strength in the benzene market, leading to a renewed interest in incremental toluene, according to sources. This has already triggered some spot ...
Tags: Benzene, Toluene, hydro-dealkylation
1. Specified Agricultural and Forestry Products Organic Agricultural Products and Organic Agricultural Processed Foods 2. Name of Countries the United States of America, Argentina, Australia, Switzerland, New Zealand, member states ...
Tags: Japanese Agricultural Standard, certification, JAS certification
The CGFDC oversees two Green Food Standards: A (which allows some use of synthetic agricultural chemicals) and AA (which is more stringent, allowing less use of such chemicals, and is consequently less popular with agricultural producers). ...
PPG Industries' industrial coatings business recently held a successful seminar on DURANAR coatings at the Hong Kong International Commerce Centre (ICC), highlighting its fluoropolymer coatings and introducing a new product under the ...
Tags: PPG, Coatings, Construction
BASF and Sinopec today inaugurated two new plants for acrylic acid and superabsorbent polymers (SAP) at their state-of-the-art Verbund site, BASF-YPC Co., Ltd., a 50-50 joint venture in Nanjing, China. Additionally, a new butyl acrylate ...
Tags: Basf, Construction, Acrylic Acid, Chemicals
On Thursday, three citations totaling $36,750 were issued to Gerdau Reinforcing Steel West in connection with the death of a company truck driver at the new San Francisco 49ers stadium in Santa Clara, California, in October 2013. The ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Truck
Promotional activities is very common in stationery business, in the fierce competition of stationery market , many manufacturers attract consumers' attention through the marketing gimmick .However, every coin has its two sides.Promotion ...
Tags: Stationery, Office Supplies
Iran's National Petrochemical Company (NPC) is currently giving final touches to the charter for creation of a fund for petrochemical projects, Abbas Sheri-Moqaddam, managing director of NPC, has said, according to the country's Oil ...
Tags: Petrochemical, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Today, Dr. Steven Thomas Purucker of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was honored as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government ...
Tags: EPA, Certification, Service
In late March, vertically integrated photonics product maker Thorlabs Inc of Newton, NJ, USA announced a greenfield initiative to start the new business unit Thorlabs Ultrafast Optoelectronics (Thorlabs-UFO). The team will focus on ...
Tags: photonics, Electrical, Electronics
Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc of Westerville OH, USA, which makes scientific sensors, instruments and systems for measurement and control, says that its new Model 8407 Hall-effect measurement system features a 7-inch magnet for measuring ...
Tags: Lake Shore, Electrical, Electronics
The Cotton Association of India (CAI) has upwardly revised its cotton production estimate for the ongoing 2013-14 season at 38.125 million bales of 170 kg each, Business Standard reported quoting PTI. In February 2014, the cotton industry ...