DuPont announced fourth quarter 2013 operating earnings of $.59 per share compared to $.20 per share in the prior year. GAAP earnings from continuing operations were $183 million or $.19 per share, versus $4 million or zero per share last ...
The individuals use the different types of plastic products for various purposes in their day's work. These products are available in the market and have a great demand. The people always select the best products that give a better ...
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T-ChIP, the new Textile Chemical Information Profile program, opened for business on January 22nd. T-ChIP is a unique chemical hazard and risk assessment program designed by textile chemistry experts specifically for textile and textile ...
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BioAmber Inc., an industrial biotechnology company producing sustainable chemicals, has signed a take-or-pay contract for bio-based 1,4-Butanediol (BDO) with Vinmar International. Under the terms of the 15-year master off-take agreement, ...
Good soil health and management are basic to successful crop production. Growers control several practices capable of improving or diminishing important soil traits. Knowing those characteristics helps producers maintain and improve soil ...
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BASF is implementing a series of measures in its paper chemicals business to further strengthen the competitiveness of its Performance Products segment. In response to decreasing market demand BASF is adjusting capacities in its European ...
The Asian paraxylene market flipped into contango Monday -- the first time in six months -- as spot supply started building up amid thin demand for prompt February cargoes ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays. The CFR Taiwan/China PX ...
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Ewing's Sarcoma is an aggressive pediatric cancer, most commonly caused by the improper fusion of the gene EWS with the gene FLI1. Though the cause has long been known, therapeutic targeting of this fusion has to date proven very difficult. ...
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Obese children exposed to high levels of air pollutants were nearly three times as likely to have asthma, compared with non-obese children and lower levels of pollution exposure, report researchers at Columbia University Medical Center ...
China National Offshore Oil Corp has signed an agreement with a Taiwanese company to help promote LNG in Taiwan's Kinmen county. Shinfox Corp. confirmed Monday that it had signed a framework agreement on Friday with CNOOC's majority-owned ...
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The US acrylonitrile domestic assessment rose to a nine-month high at $1.01/lb ($2,226.64/mt) delivered Tuesday, a rise of 4 cents/lb week on week, on higher feedstock chemical-grade propylene. The last time the domestic assessment was at ...
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European butadiene buying interest for February loading material has climbed to $1,300/mt FOB Rotterdam on the back of firm demand for exports to the US, market sources said. Reflecting this, Platts assessed butadiene at $1,287/mt FOB ...
You will find an automatic valve actuator working hard in many commercial and industrial applications, such as petrol refineries, oil plants, waste water management plants, and even in some sea-water marine mining and construction ventures. ...
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin's Cockrell School of Engineering have developed a new source of renewable energy, a biofuel, from genetically engineered yeast cells and ordinary table sugar. This yeast produces oils and ...
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Living cells are ready for their close-ups, thanks to a new imaging technique that needs no dyes or other chemicals, yet renders high-resolution, three-dimensional, quantitative imagery of cells and their internal structures – all ...