It is expected to witness steady growth owing to the robust development of the shipbuilding and offshore engineering industries in the region. Moreover, ships are subject to harsh environments and the constant need for their maintenance and ...
Tags: Marine Coatings, Coatings
Environmental regulations, rising consumer awareness regarding health and the environment, and focus on sustainability have driven the Asia-Pacific water-based coatings market. Higher domestic consumption and investments in infrastructure ...
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The front-month Brent/WTI spread narrowed Thursday to its lowest level in more than 20 months, dropping under $1/barrel as NYMEX crude broke above resistance levels on recent stock drops and an equities euphoria. The September Brent/WTI ...
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According to data released by China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC), the average steel price in China was up slightly by 0.1% from a week ago during July 8th through July 14th. In the given period of time, the prices of hot rolled steel sheets ...
Tags: Construction, Steel
Today, the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim and the Fudan University in Shanghai publish the results of the first "China Economic Panel" (CEP). CEP is a panel of experts focused on China. It serves to investigate the ...
Industrial Production Operation in June 2013 National Bureau of Statistics of China 2013-07-16 10:50:55 In June 2013, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was up by 8.9 percent year-on-year (the ...
One way of securing the supply of high-quality technical rubbers to industry is to employ plants or other recycled material as feedstock. The BIOPROOF project aims to do just that, and is now being supported by expertise from pump and valve ...
On July 8, Fortune Magazine published its list of the global top 500 companies for 2013. Sinopec ranked No. 4, the highest of any Chinese company on the list, with annual operating revenue of US$428.167 billion. This is the fifteenth ...
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According to a new market report "Petrochemicals Market by Product (Ethylene, Propylene, Butadiene, Benzene, Xylene, Toluene, Vinyls, Styrene and Methanol) -Global and China Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2012 ...
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Indonesia is determined to get a market price for LNG exported from the Tangguh project to China's CNOOC, a senior official with upstream regulator SKK Migas said Monday. "The new price cannot be below the market price. It has to be ...
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AUSTRALIAN shares are one per cent higher as the military overthrow of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi boosts the price of crude oil and shares in energy companies. The strong gains continue the volatility on the market, with shares ...
Tags: Market Rises, economy, stock
US oil prices rose above $US100 a barrel for the first time in more than a year, following political unrest in Egypt and a sharp fall in domestic stockpiles. Light, sweet crude for August delivery rose $US1.64, or 1.7 per cent, to ...
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Goldman Sachs said earlier this week it had closed its Brent/WTI spread trade recommendation after the ICE Brent premium to NYMEX crude fell below its target of $5/b, adding short-term scope for further narrowing remained, but pipeline and ...
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Northwest European fuel oil cracks have slumped to four-month lows after Brent crude prices rallied on political turmoil in Egypt. The high sulfur fuel oil barge crack -- the discount of FOB Rotterdam 3.5% sulfur fuel oil barges to Dated ...
BASF, Cargill and Novozymes announced the achievement of an important milestone in their joint development of technologies to produce acrylic acid from renewable raw materials by successfully demonstrating the production of ...
Tags: BASF, Acrylic Acid, Renewable Materials