China's state-owned Sinopec said Wednesday it has signed a pact with Kuwait Petroleum Co to enhance cooperation in the oil sector, including refining. Sinopec, or China Petrochemical Corp., said the deal was signed Tuesday in Beijing in ...
Tags: Oil, Refining, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The Indian government is considering urging Indian state-owned miner National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) to halt exports in response to demand from local steel mills facing a shortage of raw materials, a senior government ...
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Sentiment in India following the general elections appears bullish, boding well for the Indonesian thermal coal market, but there is no near-term catalyst being seen to drive Chinese demand up, sources said Friday. "It would still require ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Mineral
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has stated that the Indian Supreme Court order for the temporary closure of about 26 iron ore mines in the Indian state of Odisha may result in a significant fall in ...
Tags: Iron Ore, import duty
Australian-miner Fortescue Metals Group has announced that it has added 1.16 billion mt of mineral resources to its Greater Solomon iron ore mine, following a drilling program. Fortescue stated that total Greater Solomon mineral resources ...
SunJet, a division of Sun Chemical, has joined forces with inkjet technology specialist Xaar to develop a new mineral oil-free (MOF) ink IK822, Black MOF, to minimize the food contamination in secondary packaging applications. The ...
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Strong regional multi-stakeholder partnerships will be the key for a dynamic, flexible and growth-driven petrochemicals industry, said industry experts at the sixth Supply Chain conference, organized by the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals ...
Tags: Petrochem, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET), one of the world's largest producers of titanium parts for jet engines, has agreed to pay a record $13.75 million civil penalty and perform an extensive investigation and cleanup of potential ...
Tags: EPA, Certification, Service, Energy
Egypt and Peru have imposed a ban on imports of beef from Brazil following the confirmation of a case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease in Mato Grosso state, a major beef producer and importer in the country. ...
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Stockholm-listed Dannemora Mineral AB, the group that restored the Dannemora iron ore mine in the southeast of Sweden back to production to supply the steel industry, said Tuesday it had applied for a Swedish version of Chapter 11 ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Steel Industry
China-based polysilicon maker Daqo New Energy has almost doubled its annual production capacity from 6,200 tonnes to 12,000 tonnes in an expansion project totaling US$22 million, and will invest another US$59 million to further expand ...
Tags: Polysilicon, Metallurgy, Mineral
Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET), one of the world's largest producers of titanium parts for jet engines, has agreed to pay a record $13.75 million civil penalty and perform an extensive investigation and cleanup of potential ...
Tags: Titanium, EPA, Certification, Service
Bangladesh will ink an initial agreement in end-May with the US consortium comprising Astra Oil and Excelerate Energy for building the country's first LNG import terminal at Moheshkhali Island, a senior Petrobangla official said Friday. ...
Tags: LNG Import Terminal
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it has reached an agreement with Cemex Concretos, Inc. and Cemex de Puerto Rico, Inc. (CEMEX) to settle the companies' violations of requirements to control stormwater discharges ...
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We had the opportunity to speak with Kim Marti Subirana from Celsa Group, the president of IREPAS, during the SteelOrbis Spring 2014 Conference & 70th IREPAS Meeting held on March 30-April 1 in Barcelona. Mr. Marti, how do you view the ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel