Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea’s largest automaker, today unveiled the `all-new Sonata’, a sophisticated evolution of the brand’s long-established mid-size sedan. The all-new Sonata represents the practical ...
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State-owned China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec Corp, posted modest gains in its 2013 upstream and downstream oil and gas production and has pledged to reduce its capital expenditure this year. In its annual financial results ...
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Australia's New Hope Corporation Tuesday reported an 11.3% year-on-year fall in thermal coal production to 2.7 million mt in the half year ended January 31. The drop in production was attributed to the planned closure of its New Oakleigh ...
Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) launched trading of hot rolled coil (HRC) futures contracts today, March 21, offering another hedging tool for steelmakers amid growing price volatility. The most traded HRC contract for October delivery ...
ConAgra Foods, Inc., one of North America's leading food companies, today reported results for the fiscal 2014 third quarter ended Feb. 23, 2014. Diluted EPS from continuing operations was $0.58 as reported for the fiscal third quarter vs. ...
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Ideal for high voltage automotive electronics in both standard & hybrid electric vehicles, the High Voltage Automotive MLCCMultiple-layer capacitors interleave dielectric and electrode layers. This type of capacitor has increased current ...
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State-owned PetroChina lost some Yuan 49 billion ($7.9 billion) last year importing natural gas from foreign suppliers and selling it at lower domestic prices in China, the company revealed Thursday when it released its 2013 financial ...
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The solar photovoltaic (PV) industry is set for rapid growth over the next five years, with up to 100GW annual deployment being targeted in 2018, according to Solarbuzz. This end-market growth is projected to increase annual PV module ...
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Steel Dynamics Inc. announced Tuesday weak guidance for the first quarter of 2014, citing harsh winter weather that resulted in higher energy costs, transportation difficulties, and decreased production and shipments. The company expects ...
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Not content with selling gas domestically, some of China's private gas distribution companies are becoming increasingly ambitious and are planning to enter the LNG import business, competing directly with state-owned LNG buyers such as ...
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China is the major exporter of the world , but also face with a lot of restrictions on exports.As a typical form of labor-intensive industries, stationery exports industry of China is facing with the atrophy of external market, ...
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Integrated producers may have hit a cost floor on sheet products, and an increase is looking more and more likely, market sources told Platts Thursday. "We're at the point where these mills are going to be at their breaking point or their ...
US March propylene contract prices were fully settled 1.5 cents/lb ($33/mt) lower from February, market sources said Friday. The decrease is the second consecutive decline in contract pricing this year, and puts chemical-grade propylene ...
Feedstock issues and supply tightness have driven up North American prices for suspension PVC and solid polystyrene resin since Feb. 1. But a different feedstock and lower demand served to send regional prices for PET bottle resin down in ...
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From the outside, it's hard to imagine that the Flexan Corp. facility in an unassuming neighborhood in Chicago serves as the headquarters for a thriving global enterprise. But the 65,000-sq.-ft. complex not only houses production for the ...