The spread in Asia between paraxylene and feedstock isomer-grade mixed xylene hit a three-year low of $160/mt Wednesday, amid an open arbitrage into Asia for PX but tight regional supplies for isomer-MX. On Wednesday, Platts assessed the ...
Tags: Paraxylene, Chemicals
China has reduced the retail prices of gasoline and diesel effective midnight Friday by Yuan 160/mt ($26.09) and Yuan 155/mt, respectively, the National Development and Reform Commission said Thursday. At the pump, the resulting ...
Tags: Gasoline, Diesel Prices
The exploration and development of shale gas in China is accelerating with production in 2015 set to easily exceed this year's 100 million cubic meters, a senior official at the Ministry of Land and Resources, said on Friday. "In 2015 we ...
New "tunable white" LED with high CRI When it launches the new Osram Ostar Medical, Osram Opto Semiconductors will be introducing the first LED component with a high color-rendering index (CRI) of 95 and the possibility of adjusting the ...
Petrochemical producers in Northwest Europe have started to reduce propane cracking rates due to a narrow CIF naphtha/CIF propane price spread, according to industry sources. When the price spread between CIF naphtha and cheaper CIF ...
Tags: Petrochemicals, Propane Cracking
The global oil market is currently well supplied but growing demand pressures and ongoing disruptions in some OPEC producing countries could soon reverse a recent spate of softer oil prices, the International Energy Agency said Thursday. ...
Tags: Oil Prices, oil market
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has classified Medtronic's recently initiated voluntary field action related to certain guidewires as a class I recall. The company initiated recalling some models of its guidewires from recent ...
Tags: Certain Guidewires, Medtronic
Canon U.S.A., Inc. will showcase its latest eye care technologies, including its new imageSPECTRUM (v5.0) Image Management System software, during the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), November 15-19, at ...
Tags: Canon USA, Eye Care Technologies
Recipients of OTA Education Foundation scholarships which are earmarked for exceptional first-year post-secondary c were announced during the Ontario Trucking Association’s annual convention. In an address during the event’s ...
Tags: OTA, exceptional, scholarship, winner
Cognoptix disclosed at the ‘Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease’ (CTAD) scientific meeting the strong results of a multi-site clinical trial of its SAPPHIRE II eye test, which is designed to identify Alzheimer’s ...
Tags: Cognoptix Eye, Alzheimer's Disease
Managing fuel economy, services charges, part prices and downtime are all an integrated function of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for any fleet, so at Daimler, cis one standout method they have employed to offer the best in customer ...
Lumenis has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) approvals for its Array LaserLink pattern scanning device for multi-spot laser photocoagulation for use during ...
Tags: Lumenis, Laser Treatment
Pre-heating diesel engines reduces emissions and improves the performance of the diesel particulate filter (DPF), according to independent testing conducted for Webasto. In the testing, the impact of a Webasto coolant heater was evaluated ...
Tags: Webasto, pre-heating, engine, emission, start-up
Oraya Therapeutics announced that initial three-year safety follow-up data from its INTREPID study of Oraya Therapy stereotactic radiotherapy for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) were presented for the first time ...
Tags: Oraya Therapeutics, Medicine
As first reported here Saturday, Celadon Canada has agreed to acquire assets of N. Yanke Transfer in a deal it says will make Celadon one of Canada’s largest carriers. Celadon confirmed the deal today, and said by its completion, it ...