A nationwide overhaul of oil pipelines launched after a fatal explosion in Qingdao, Shandong province, has found hazards in many areas that could lead to similar incidents, according to the country's top work safety watchdog. The overhaul ...
Tags: Oil, Oil Pipelines, Oil Pipelines Defects
Some of the oddest items on display this week at the International CES gadget show were edible, origami-like sculptures made of sugar, their shapes so convoluted as to baffle the eye. The treats are one of many signs that we'll all be ...
In 2013, Ukraine-based Azovstal, a subsidiary of Ukraine's largest vertically-integrated mining and steel group Metinvest, saw a 2.6 percent decrease in its crude steel production to 4.5 million mt, a one percent rise in its finished steel ...
Tags: finished steel, steel, Construction
In December last year, Ukraine-based steel mill Donetskstal Metallurgical Plant (DMZ) produced 122,000 mt of pig iron and 3,500 mt of rolled steel products, according to the company's preliminary results. In the whole of 2013, DMZ saw a ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Pig Iron
The landing of plastics at twentieth century made an incredible change of utilization in the spot of glass wares. The majority of glass utensils are displaced by Plastic wares which are lightweight, adaptable and provide long sturdiness. ...
Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, Blow Moulding, PET Containers
By lowering ending stocks estimates, the USDA released market-friendly data Friday. As a result, the corn finished double-digits higher. The March corn futures contract closed 20 3/4 cents higher at $4.32. The March soybean futures ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Wednesday's Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Mar. corn closed at $4.17, down 9 cents Jan. soybeans closed at $13.00 and 3/4, up 1 and 1/4 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $430.60, down $4.00 Jan. soybean oil closed at 37.43, ...
On January 9, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in late December (Dec. 21-31) last year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.638 million mt, ...
In December last year, Ukrainian steelmaker Zaporizhstal's finished steel product output increased by 11.9 percent year on year to 292,800 mt, pig iron production moved up by 13.1 percent to 284,400 mt, while its crude steel production ...
Tags: Finished Steel, Steel Output, Zaporizhstal, Steel News
Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq:FWLT) announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction (E&C) Group has been awarded a contract by STAR Rafineri A.Ş., a subsidiary of SOCAR Turkey, for project management ...
Tags: Foster Wheeler, STAR Rafineri, SOCAR Turkey
China, the world's largest energy user, can maintain steady growth in annual oil and natural gas output beyond 2030, the Ministry of Land and Resources said on Wednesday. Crude oil and natural gas production in 2030 will be more than ...
Tags: Natural Gas, Oil Output
Oil prices fell Wednesday as the government report showed bigger-than-expected increases in gasoline supplies of the United States. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the U.S. Energy Department's statistical arm, on Wednesday ...
Tags: Oil Prices, Mineral
Today (January 7, 2014), Ing. Guillermo Coco, President of Gas y Petróleo del Neuquén S.A., Martin Bachmann, Member of the Board of Executive Directors of Wintershall Holding GmbH and responsible for Exploration & Production ...
Tags: Gas y Petróleo del Neuquén, Wintershall, Aguada Federal
According to a statement released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD), in the January-November period last year Turkey's scrap consumption decreased by 5.6 percent year on year to 28.23 million mt, due to the 3.2 ...
Tags: Scrap Usage, Steel News, Steel Scrap
Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky (DMKD), a subsidiary of Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass (ISD), plans to decrease its production in the current month of January. In particular, DMKD plans to ...
Tags: DMKD, Production Cut, Ukraine Steel News