The sharemarket reversed an early rise as resources companies declined on uncertainty about China's growth outlook and Goldman Sachs downgraded the resources sector from overweight to neutral. High-yield and defensive sectors initially ...
The spread between Asian solvent-grade mixed xylenes and feedstock naphtha was assessed by Platts at a six-month low of $184.875/mt on Friday, down $55.625/mt from a week ago. Solvent-MX market came under pressure from weak demand and ample ...
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Pakistan's highest decision making body -- the Economic Coordination Committee -- has failed to take a decision on the award of a multi-billion dollar contract to import 400,000 Mcf/day of LNG over 15 years and has left the matter to the ...
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US commercial crude stocks are expected to have increased by 2.3 million barrels for the reporting week ended March 8, analysts polled Monday by Platts said. The American Petroleum Institute will release its weekly report at 4:30 p.m. EDT ...
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Prices for renewable fuel credits cracked the $1 barrier Friday and RBOB prices settled sharply higher as the war of words over who is to blame for skyrocketing credits prices also escalated. The price for the traded Renewable ...
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Mvera B5008, a certified compostable film grade resin, is designed for a variety of applications including compost bags, can liners for organic waste, and shopping and retail bags that can be reused as compostable organic waste bags. It is ...
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Shell is working to meet Brazil's stringent local content requirements, but says there is a worry about industry capacity four or five years down the line, Shell Brazil CEO Andre Araujo said Thursday. Local content rules set ...
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There is no denying that given the current state of our society, there is a definite need for fine-tuned waste management services. The onus lies with the governments as well as the citizens to save the environmental from getting ...
Nowadays, there is an increasing need to keep the society protected from all the contaminants emanated by industries. In order to make the milieu protected and habitable, it is crucial to take care of the surroundings in an end-to-end ...
Starting Out Right From the time we start preparing a room for a new baby, we are making choices about the child's environment. Many people get ready for a new child by painting, papering, and carpeting a baby's room with conventional ...
Smt. Panabaaka Lakshmi, Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas has assumed the additional charge as Union Minister of State for Textiles. Speaking on the occasion Smt. Panabaaka Lakshmi said that her first priority after ...
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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday intermodal traffic in February 2013 totaled 983,078 containers and trailers, up 10.5 percent (93,231 units) compared with February 2012. That percentage increase represents the ...
Qantas’s biofuel partner Solazyme has seen sales increases of 35 per cent at participating test sites in the US, where B20 algae-derived diesel fuel was sold alongside mineral diesel. And a post-sale survey has shown that drivers ...
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Australian coalseam gas junior WestSide has decided to bring talks over a potential takeover to a conclusion in the "near term," the company said in a statement Tuesday. Westside announced in November 2012 that it had received an ...
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Amiad Water Systems Ltd has secured a US$7.7 million contract from Nirosoft Industries Ltd to provide reverse osmosis (RO) pre-filtration membrane protection for a desalination project in Colombia’s oil & gas sector. The contract ...
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