The estimated production margin for a typical US Midwest dry-mill ethanol plant in the week ending Friday fell 8.98 cents, or 15.04%, to a 28-week low of 50.73 cents/gal, a review of US Department of Agriculture and Platts data showed. ...
Tags: dry-mill ethanol, Chemicals
In Q4 Unipetrol Group posted operational profit EBITDA LIFO of CZK 252m. Due to lower petrochemical and refinery production sales, as well as refining margins, revenues of the Company decreased by 5% y/y and in Q4 amounted at CZK 25.070 bn. ...
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YFY Paper, a subsidiary of Taiwan-based Yuen Foong Yu Paper Manufacturing, has sucessfully started operation of paper-making machine PM 3 supplied by Voith in Yangzhou, China. Built with energy-efficient technology, the equipment can ...
Tags: YFY Paper, Paper-Making Machine
The traditional microwave meal was always associated with TV dinners that could easily and conveniently be whipped up in two minutes. Just as our palates have improved with exposure to fancy dinners on TV programs, so too have microwaves ...
Tags: The steam function, microwave
A team of researchers exploring the intergranular stress corrosion cracking of a type of metallic tubing used within nuclear power plants has developed a technique to both map and predict its propagation. Metallic tubing plays a key role ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Packaging services provider Sonoco has unveiled a new biomass facility at its Hartsville plant in South Carolina as part of a $100m investment in the Darlington County compound. According to the company, the new boiler can generate about ...
Tags: Packaging Plant, Printing
Ethylene spot prices have softened marginally for the first time since December 6 as feedstock naphtha prices fell, sources said. Ethylene was assessed at Eur1,000/mt ($1362) FD NWE Wednesday, down Eur7.50/mt on the day. Naphtha was ...
According to RICS' UK Residential Market Survey, December 2013, the number of homes sold per chartered surveyor reached its highest point since March 2008 last month as the recovery in the nation's property sector continued full steam ...
Tags: House Sales, Furniture, Furnishing, Construction
Severe winter weather did not dampen December retail sales as shoppers took advantage of heavy promotions and last-minute deals. According to the National Retail Federation – the world’s largest retail trade association ...
Tags: Holiday Retail, Jack Kleinhenz, NRF, more-confident consumer
CIOs at midmarket and large companies in Europe and the U.S. will spend 4.5 percent more on IT products and services this year than in 2013 as they focus their budget priorities on cloud computing, ERP and analytics software. That’s ...
Tags: IT budget, cloud computing
Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq:FWLT) (“Foster Wheeler” or the “Company”) today confirmed that, following a comprehensive review of strategic alternatives, it has provisionally agreed with AMEC plc (“AMEC”) on ...
Tags: Foster Wheeler, AMEC, non-binding outline terms, business combination
Monday, Jan 13, 2014 Husky Energy (TSX:HSE) has sanctioned two new heavy oil thermal projects in Saskatchewan, which will deliver a total of 20,000 barrels per day (bbls/day) of production. Engineering is underway with construction of the ...
Tags: Oil News, Gas News, Husky Energy
Olam Spices & Vegetable Ingredients (Olam SVI) has expanded its spices processing facility in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The 85,300ft2 plant enhances cleaning and storage processes for black pepper as well as adds capabilities to ...
India's coal imports via major ports across the country dropped 4% month on month in December, to around 12.2 million mt, data released late Tuesday by Indian ship broker Interocean showed. In November, imports totaled 12.7 million mt. ...
"The United States stands on the cusp of a dramatic revival and rejuvenation propelled by an amazing wave of technological innovation," writes Stanford researcher Vivek Wadhwa in a recent editorial in The Washington Post. The basic notion ...
Tags: Technology Renaissance, Health Technology, Medicine Technology