The arbitrage window for toluene from Asia to the US was open on paper Tuesday, the FOB US Gulf price assessed at 375 cents/gallon or $1,140/mt overnight, up 12 cents/gallon from Monday amid stronger demand. Meanwhile, FOB Korea toluene ...
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OPEC's share of the global oil market is set to diminish further next year as surging supplies of oil from the US and other non-OPEC producers outpaces an expected acceleration in world oil demand growth, the International Energy Agency ...
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US refiner Valero Energy will build one of the world's largest methanol plants at its St. Charles, Louisiana, refinery, the company said Thursday. The $600 million-$700 million project will add a 1.6 million tons/year methanol plant at ...
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PetroChina has received Chinese and Australian federal government approval to acquire from ConocoPhillips a 29% stake, valued at around A$32 million ($29 million), in a shale gas joint venture in Western Australia's Southern Canning Basin, ...
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It’s reported that India' steel consumption grew by just 0.2% to 17.797 million tons during April through June, 2013. The reason for the almost stagnation was attributed to a slowdown in the domestic economy and a ...
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Chicago, Illinois-based Energex Tube, a division of JMC Steel Group, announced Tuesday that they have agreed to a deal with Tokyo, Japan-based Metal One Corporation, offering semi-premium connections for use in North American oil and gas ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, pipe, Construction
As reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in June of the current year the wholesale selling prices of industrial products in Germany were 0.7 percent higher compared to June 2012, following the 0.1 percent year-on-year ...
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According to the Mineral Industry Survey released by the US Geological Survey (USGS), stocks of imported and domestic scrap in the US at the end of April this year amounted to 3.7 million mt, increasing by four percent from the end of March ...
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Aspiring communities across the nation will be able to receive Feed-in Tariff (FITs) payments for the clean green energy generated by larger community energy projects, under new plans set out by the Department of Energy and Climate Change ...
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The Morrison's 59-acre Regional Distribution Centre (RDC) in Bridgwater has now been fitted with over 4000 panels to create a PV system that has a capacity of almost 1MW. MD of GMI Energy Carl Nielsen commented "The Morrison's project has ...
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Following years of oversupply and unsustainable, often artificially low module pricing, 2013 is expected to be the year that the global solar photovoltaic (PV) market begins to stabilize, says a new report from Navigant Research. ...
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The Hydraulic Institute, North America?s largest pump association and global authority on pumps and pumping systems, has appointed Mark J. Sullivan as its new Director of Education and Training. Mark will support Pump Systems Matter ...
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Biogas can play a very important role in meeting the energy requirements of people, specifically in the rural areas. It is produced through anaerobic digestion and is quite environment friendly. It helps in reducing the green house impact ...
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Have you ever wondered how those beautiful plastic goods you see in shops and homes are made? Chances are you have, but never cared to find it out. Plastic is a general term used to refer to materials that can be shaped by raising their ...
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THE Australian stockmarket opened higher following gains on Wall Street and European bourses as Alcoa kicked of the US earnings season. The aluminium producer posted a sharp Q2 loss of $US119 million ($130.989 million) citing ...
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