HanesBrands, a marketer of innerwear and basic apparel said it will expand production at its Clarksville sheer hosiery facility and reduce offshore sourcing. HanesBrands which markets brands like Hanes, L’eggs, Just My Size and ...
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The greenhouse gas that is twenty times more harmful than carbon dioxide, methane, may become the feedstock for a material that helps reduce our dependency on plastic in its current form. Methane, as you know, is generated by the natural ...
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Last year China leapfrogged past Germany to become the world’s largest market for solar equipment, according to industry figures. True, a September report showed the former is also set to push global carbon emissions to a record high ...
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China may overtake the US as the largest oil consumer globally in the early 2030s as emerging countries will lead growth in oil consumption in the next decades, the International Energy Agency said in a report yesterday. Global oil demand ...
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As part of the Obama Administration’s effort to cut energy waste and double energy productivity by 2030, the US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced solid-state lighting (SSL) research & development funding opportunity ...
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Demand for specialty biocides in the U.S. is forecast to rise 4.0 percent per year to $3.9 billion in 2018. In volume terms, demand is expected to increase 1.0 percent annually to 1.5 billion pounds over the same period. “A strong ...
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LED packaging service provider Unity Opto Technology is expected to ship 20 million LED light bulbs in 2014, 2.86 times its shipments in 2013, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report. Since US Energy Star will put ...
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The NYMEX July natural gas futures contract closed 25.4 cents higher to a $4.762/MMBtu settlement on Thursday after the US Energy Information Administration reported a lower injection to storage inventories than most expected, prompting ...
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Illinois Basin market sentiment was mixed this week, as some participants said they see prices rising on heightened domestic demand, partly to rebuild stockpiles, while others took a persistently bearish view that increased production in ...
US exports of ethanol in April totaled 251 million liters (66 million gallons), down 21% from March, but 62% above those of April 2013, according to US Census Bureau data released Wednesday. The data includes all ethanol types except for ...
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Outbound shipments of Eagle Ford Shale crude and condensate through the Port of Corpus Christi rose to 445,615 b/d in April from 289,987 b/d in April 2013, the most recent data released by the port showed. April shipments also rose 3% ...
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The US Environmental Protection Agency's proposed carbon emissions guidelines issued Monday would have the biggest impact on Appalachian and Powder River Basin thermal coal producers, though the latter may be able to soften the impact if ...
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The US imported the most jet fuel for the month of March in five years, pulling more barrels than usual from the other side of the world, US Energy Information Administration data showed Thursday. The US imported 2.81 million barrels of ...
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US residual fuel oil implied demand was slightly higher in March than in February, but just half what it was in March 2013, according to US Energy Information Administration data published Thursday. March fuel oil demand in the US was ...
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Chicago CBOB gasoline for delivery through June 4 jumped 9 cents/gal Thursday to NYMEX July RBOB futures plus 3 cents/gal on the back of refiner buying and a government report showing tight gasoline supply in the Midwest, sources said. ...
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