Iridium prices moved slightly lower this week as sellers continued to lower their offers to attract buyers. The Platts New York Dealer iridium price slipped this week to $400-450/oz from $400-475/oz the previous week. "There's just ...
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China's top two oil and gas companies have accelerated shale gas exploration. PetroChina Co, China's largest oil and gas producer, announced on Friday that its first shale gas project in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, started test runs in ...
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Trading ranges for rhodium narrowed modestly this week on increased activity from investment banks and buying interest from industrial consumers in East Asia, traders and other market participants said Friday. The Platts New York Dealer ...
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Sinopec Corp has won initial approval from China's top economic planner for a plan to build a US$10 billion refinery and petrochemical complex in Shanghai, two company officials said. China, the world's largest net importer of oil, is ...
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U.S. crude-oil futures dropped to a four-month low Wednesday after government data showed inventories rose more than expected last week. The Energy Information Administration said crude oil stocks rose by 4.1 million barrels, compared ...
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SK innovation, one of the world's leading energy and petrochemical companies, and LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, announced an agreement to develop a new process technology for the production of 1,3 ...
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China's dominant refiner Sinopec, or China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, expects to spend Yuan 30 billion ($4.9 billion) annually over the next few years to upgrade its refineries to produce cleaner oil products, the company said Thursday. ...
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China's National Development and Reform Commission said Tuesday that it has been conducting a survey of domestic refineries to ensure they meet industrial standards and are adhering to fuel quality upgrades. The survey started in late ...
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Taiwan's total crude imports in August plunged 22.8% year on year to an average 704,000 b/d due to lower refinery runs, according to data released Monday by Taiwan's Bureau of Energy at the Ministry of Economic Affairs. This was the ...
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India oil and gas companies are stocking crude and liquefied natural gas as Cyclone Phailin heads for India's east coast, federal oil minister Veerappa Moily said on Saturday. Shipments are being diverted to safer locations, he said. ...
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U.S. crude-oil futures settled 1% lower Friday after the International Energy Agency warned that the U.S. fiscal crisis could harm demand and said supplies are rising faster than previously thought. Light, sweet crude oil for November ...
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Chinese oil companies are becoming more active in the international crude trading market, rather than just acquiring the fuel for domestic use. China's top oil refiner, Sinopec Group, has purchased crude from the Forties oil field, the ...
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Wuhan Iron and Steel announced its cold rolling plant has produced color-coated sheets of 3,708 tons in the recent three months, with a finished product rate of 95.8% and supplementing the group's blank in the sector. Color-coated plates ...
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Representatives of CITGO Petroleum Corporation were joined by hundreds of Bronx residents today to celebrate the 2013 edition of the CITGO-Venezuela Energy Efficient Lighting Program (EELP) at the Bronx Spanish Evangelical Church in the ...
An increasing focus on brands and a revamped management structure have been pinpointed as two reasons why profits at the Real Good Food Company (RGFC) rose by 24% to £10.5M this year. "We are already discussing the potential for ...
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