The Federal Government of Nigeria has initiated the process to set up a polypropylene and polyethylene plant in the Koko Free Trade Zone (FTZ) by appointing a team for preliminary site inspection. This was disclosed by the Delta state ...
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The regulatory measures to reduce greenhouse gases are creating a billion dollar per year market for CO2 mitigation equipment and services. However, the amount to be spent for sequestration will be far less than for improving efficiency of ...
Tags: Carbon Dioxide, greenhouse gases
Asian styrene monomer prices rose $8/mt from Wednesday's assessment, with Thursday morning pegs assessed at $1,808.50/mt FOB Korea and $1,837.50/mt CFR China amid market talk that Saudi Petrochemical Co, or Sadaf, has shut its 580,000 ...
Tags: Asian styrene monomer, Chemicals
On July 23, the Department of Commerce (DOC) announced the initiation of antidumping duty (AD) investigations of imports of certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from India, the Republic of Korea (Korea), the Republic of the Philippines ...
Tags: antidumping duty, Mineral
China imported 275,337 mt of methanol in June, 40% less than it did in May, data released by the General Administration of Customs on Tuesday showed. The fall can be explained by the high domestic methanol production in the country. Over ...
OPEC would need to cut production sometime in the second half of 2013 or early 2014 to stave off "a large drop in prices," Kuwait's leading bank said in a report over the weekend. In its latest economic bulletin, released late Sunday, the ...
Tags: Crude Output, Kuwait Bank
Life Care Medical Devices, a medical device maker, has inked an exclusive agreement with Malesa MD&D for the distribution of its Keyhole Cup Laparoscopic Access Device in Saudi Arabia. Malesa MD&D is a leading healthcare and consumer ...
Najran Cement Company has said that its profits for the second quarter of 2013 increased by 140% year-on-year to $17.3m, while profits for the half year were up by 41% to $40.3m (SR: 151.2m). The company said the reason for the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Cement
Major infrastructure projects and extensive plans to galvanise residential construction have fuelled demand for building materials in Saudi Arabia, prompting the government to intervene in the cement market for the second time in as many ...
Tags: Cement, Construction, Decoration
Utility-scale solar power technology firm Solar Systems Pty Ltd of Melbourne, Australia, a subsidiary of Sydney-based Silex Systems Ltd, has officially opened its 1.5MW Mildura Solar Demonstration Facility, Australia's largest concentrated ...
Tags: Solar Systems, Solar, Electrical, Electronics, Solar Plant
“Colour me bright” won’t just be a phrase this summer courtesy Bold Solids from 109°F. It’s time to look ahead and step out in a lively, bold spirit as fierce colours continue to rule the catwalks and sidewalks ...
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India and Iraq have expressed keen interest in setting up refineries and petrochemical plants in Iraq. According to an official statement issued in New Delhi, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily led a ...
Tags: Petrochemical Plants, Textile
It's reported that Saudi Steel Pipe Company (SSP), Saudi Arabia's premier manufacturer of high frequency induction welded steel pipe said that it has been awarded two contracts worth of SSR 250 million for the supply of OCTG steel pipes to ...
Tags: Steel Pipe, Construction
Concord Ventures Group is the UAE headquartered multinational group specialized in apparel design/development, sourcing, manufacturing and distribution. It specializes in supply chain management of high-volume, time-sensitive goods for ...
Tags: Multi-Country Operation, Textile
The annual revenue of downstream polypropylene converters in the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council will reach a combined total of $1.34 billion in 2016, US based consultancy Frost & Sullivan said Monday. The GCC comprises of the UAE, ...
Tags: Polypropylene Converters, Electronics, Industrial Equipment, Instruments