Loesche is to supply the first vertical roller mills for cement grinding in Saudi Arabia having secured an order from Southern Province Cement Co (SPCC) for a new brownfield project. SPCC is building a new 5000tpd clinker line at Bisha ...
Tags: Cement, Construction, Decoration
The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector was at 50.5 percent in January this year, down 0.5 percentage points compared to December last year but remaining above 50 percent for the 16th consecutive month, ...
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According to the Indian government's Press Information Bureau, at the 24th meeting of the National Steel Consumers' Council, Minister of Steel Shri Beni Prasad Verma said that ten steel plants are being set up in Indian state of Uttar ...
Acrylic resins, manufactured by the polymerization of acrylates or methacrylates, find use in several applications ranging from paints and coatings to automotive and construction. Demand for acrylic resins is dependent on the health of the ...
Tags: Acrylic Resins, coating, Paints, Plastics, Adhesives
Investors are second-guessing the underlying strength of the world’s two biggest economies as each faces homegrown challenges. China is still expected to maintain steady growth this year, albeit without the vim it once had. But its ...
Tags: Chinese Economies, U.S.Economies
Octal Petrochemicals will establish a manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia for the production of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) cups and trays for dairy and poultry industries. The project is estimated to cost around $20m and once ...
The predominantly cotton based Indian textile industry, particularly Tamil Nadu textile industry which accounts for 47.5% of the spinning capacity, has been facing several challenges during the last five years on raw material front, ...
Tags: Cotton Prices, Spinners
Norway's Statoil on Friday postponed its 2020 output guidance of 2.5 million barrels/day of oil equivalent by up to four years, as it reported a fall in fourth quarter output and an 8% cut in planned investment to $20 billion/year for the ...
Tags: Norway's Statoil, Mineral
Ethanol production in Germany rose 9.6% in 2013 to 672,028 mt (852,000 cu m or 225 million gallons), reaching the highest level since records began in 2007, German ethanol industry association BDBe said Thursday. Nearly 40% or 267,074 mt ...
Tags: Ethanol Output, Chemicals
China would see a greater shortage of paraxylene (PX) supply in 2014, says a latest report prepared by the economics and technological research institute under the China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), according to an article ...
Tags: Px Shortage, Px
The 14th China (Yiwu) International Exhibition on Hosiery, Knitting, Dyeing and Finishing Machinery (hereinafter named as "Yiwu Knitting 2013") and The 3rd China (Yiwu) International Exhibition on Automatic Garment Machinery & Sewing ...
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Spot treatment charges for imported zinc concentrate paid to Chinese smelters remained flat at around $125-140/mt in January, unchanged from December, in thin trade and with ample domestic supply, industry sources in China said Tuesday. ...
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BEIJING, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- China will see a wider shortage of paraxylene (PX) supply in 2014, a research report warned on Thursday. The supply gap will be up to 9.5 million tonnes in 2014, said a report by the economics and technology ...
Tags: PX, Sinopec, Chemical, environment
Given the prolonged economic uncertainty, coupled with increase in raw material cost, India-based textile firm Cheslind Textiles saw business taking a hit in the third quarter of current financial year ended December 31, 2013. Engaged ...
Tags: Raw Material, textile
January 22, 2014 Sophie Langley New flavours and 'low calorie' chocolate set to become trends in US chocolate industry Innovation of new products in dark chocolate and milk chocolate wage not switch new flavours and low-calories options ...
Tags: Chocolate, market growth, Lucintel, health supplements