The US vinyl acetate monomer market is seeing a tightening of supply that will likely push pricing higher through the first quarter of 2016 despite falling feedstock prices and a weaker energy sector, sources said. US VAM increased $20/mt ...
The US fuel oil hi-lo, the spread between US Atlantic Coast 1%S fuel oil and US Gulf Coast 3%S fuel oil, fell below $1/b Thursday for the first time since October on an expected lack of demand for power generation. Platts assessed USAC ...
Demand for natural gas and therefore liquefied natural gas from Chile's power industry collapsed in November following a sharp increase in the availability of cheap hydroelectricity after a wet winter and spring, energy ministry data show. ...
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A team of engineers from Cornell University, the University of Notre Dame and the semiconductor company IQE has created gallium nitride (GaN) power diodes capable of serving as the building blocks for future GaN power switches -- with ...
Tags: GaN p-n junction diodes, GaN Power Switches, solid-state lighting
Volunteers of the second World Internet Conference are shown wearing Chinese style blue coats while debuting at Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province. These volunteers will serve the conference from December 16-18. [Photo: Imagine China] ...
A photo shows Chinese tourists travelling overseas. [Photo: sina.com] A new report suggests that 'clamor' - shouting and excessive noise - prompt the most complaints about Chinese tourists in foreign destinations. It reached locals from ...
Experts say the SCO members are very important countries along the route of the Belt and Road Initiative, and the project will help these countries find new growth opportunities. Zhang Jianping, a senior official from the National ...
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The Minack open-air theatre in Cornwall, built on a craggy cliff overlooking the sea at Porthcurno, is the last place you would expect to see SGM’s award-winning G-Spot strutting its stuff. Situated just four miles from Land’s ...
Tags: SGM, LED Spot lights, Lighting
Gooee, the original ‘Full-Stack’, smart lighting ecosystem provider that connects OEMs to the Internet of Things, has developed, out of Silicon Valley, a multi-protocol enterprise IoT gateway that connects lighting and sensing ...
Tags: Gooee, smart lighting, Sensing
Liu Qiangdong, founder and CEO of JD.com, talks about the role the internet will play in future business operations in an interview with Sina. [Photo: sina.com] Liu Qiangdong, founder and CEO of JD.com, one of China's largest e-commerce ...
China's central bank projected its baseline forecast for 2016 growth at 6.8 percent on Wednesday, expecting the number of positive factors to gradually increase despite downward pressure on the economy. The rate is slightly lower than the ...
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China on Wednesday said abandoning multilateralism in trade talks were shortsighted and irresponsible, urging members of the world's major trade body to reinforce the Multilateral Trading System (MTS) and highlight its role in addressing ...
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The Chinese folk orchestra concert, Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains, which was staged at the National Center for the Performing Arts on Nov 21, by China National Orchestra and Zhejiang National Orchestra, will now be staged in Shanxi ...
Held inside Beijing's Solana shopping area, Antigravity is an avant-garde art show attempting to reverse people's perspectives of city life. It includes four art projects of artist group Mason of Grand Microcosm, London-based tattoo ...
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"Blue Sky and Pure Land" is a painting exhibition celebrating the diversity and evolution of Tibetan cultural traditions. The exhibition comprises works by a dozen Han and Tibetan painters based on their observation of Tibetan areas and ...