China's top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission, announced on late Thursday afternoon that the authority decided to reduce the retail price of gasoline by 240 yuan ($38.73) a metric ton, or 0.18 yuan per liter, ...
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For coatings producers one of the big benefits of the sharp fall in oil prices in the second half of last year (2014) should be a drop in raw material costs. Some commentators are also predicting a rise in demand due to the effect of ...
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Global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated chemicals, Huntsman Corporation has said that fall in crude oil prices will prove to be beneficial to Huntsman over the long term. In a statement, Huntsman CEO Peter Huntsman said, ...
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China's largest oilfield, the Daqing Oilfield, in northeast China's Heilongjiang province is expected to cut 1.5 million tons of output next year to stay in line with the new production schedule of the China National Petroleum Corporation ...
Russian GDP contracted by 0.5% in November and it is the first economy contract since 2009. According the data from Russian Economic Development Ministry, Russian GDP falls 0.5% in November and increases by 0.6% in the past 11 months. ...
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The prices of both imported and domestically produced LPG rebounded in East and South China this week, after falling 21-34% over the previous five weeks, supported by increasing demand and improving sentiment, trade sources said Friday, ...
Austria based, Lenzing said looking at the challenging conditions, it will not undertake any new expansion projects at any of its viscose staple fibre (VSF) production sites across the world. Although Lenzing continues to anticipate good ...
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It’s not bad that oil is cheaper than water despite the fact crude oil is key factor of American economy recovery. The retail trade lead by the decreasing oil price will make up the loss. A reporter from First Financial Daily said ...
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Sales of BASF Group grew by 3% compared with the previous third quarter, reaching €18.3 billion. A sharp rise in volumes in the Natural Gas Trading business sector was mainly responsible for this growth. Income from operations (EBIT) ...
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BASF's business developed positively in the second quarter of 2014. At €18.5 billion, sales rose by 1% compared with the same period of the previous year. "This was largely the result of higher sales volumes in our chemicals business, ...
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The US posted a second consecutive year of record oil production growth in 2013 with its surging shale industry balancing out supply disruptions to underpin an unprecedented period of stable global oil prices, BP said Monday. US output ...
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"We had a good start to the year in our chemicals business and in the Agricultural Solutions segment. We sold more. This more than compensated for the negative effects on sales from the comparatively weak U.S. dollar and currencies in ...
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Japan's LNG imports in January rose 1.2% from December to 8.18 million mt but fell 0.8% year on year, data released Thursday by the Ministry of Finance showed. Australia was the largest supplier with 1.73 million mt of LNG, up 10.4% year ...
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BASF increased sales and earnings in 2013 compared with the previous year. “2013 was again a demanding year, with a lot of headwind for our industry. Nevertheless, we achieved our goal: We sold more, worked more closely together with ...
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OILSEEDS: U.S. soybean supplies are increased 5 million bushels to 3.46 billion on higher projected imports, mainly from Canada. Soybean exports for 2013/14 are projected at 1.51 billion bushels, up 15 million from last month reflecting the ...
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