BASF has closed the previously announced transaction to divest its global paper hydrous kaolin (PHK) business to Imerys, a producer of mineral-based specialty solutions for industry, based in Paris, France. Under a tolling agreement of ...
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Axalta Coating Systems opened a first-of-its kind dual Refinish and Powder Coatings Learning and Development Center in Houston, Texas on Thursday, November 29th. The occasion came with many distinctions including the declaration, Axalta ...
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Spring Mountain Motor Resort & Country Club announced a new spec-racing series based around the award-winning 7th generation Corvette. The Michelin Corvette Challenge race series kicks off its inaugural season,February 20th, 2016 at the ...
US-based agribusiness company Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has completed the acquisition of some assets of Eaststarch C.V., which is ADM’s 50-50 joint venture with Tate & Lyle. Tate& Lyle is a UK-based agribusiness which ...
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Eric Sievers, the CEO of Ethanol Europe, the holding company of ethanol production facility Pannonia, Tuesday urged support for biofuels from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and from the European Union itself, at an industry event in ...
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The European Commission is seeking comments on whether the shareholding of Netherlands-based commodities trading group Trafigura in Belgium-based zinc and lead producer Nyrstar amounts to the company taking "de facto sole control" of ...
LyondellBasell issued a force majeure declaration on vinyl acetate monomer and glacial acetic acid supplies from its La Porte, Texas, facility after a turnaround revealed equipment issues, the company said in a letter to customers seen by ...
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The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore said Monday it is working with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Maritime Institute and ClassNK in a bid to boost development of eco-friendly maritime technologies in the city state. ...
The 849 MW FitzPatrick nuclear power plant in Scriba, New York, will be shut permanently by late 2016 or early 2017, due to "the continued deteriorating economics of the facility," Entergy said Monday in a statement. The unit is licensed to ...
Xcel Energy is confident it can cut carbon emissions by 60% by 2030 from 2005 levels at a negligible cost to customers, mainly by building two new natural gas plants, adding more than 2,000 MW of renewables and keeping its nuclear plants ...
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Noble Energy's two long-awaited deepwater Gulf of Mexico fields came on stream ahead of schedule in late October and should reach peak in the next couple of weeks, the company's CEO said Monday. The Dantzler and Big Bend fields, in water ...
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Mercedes-Benz along with its joint venture partner Beijing Benz Automotive has started the production of GLC SUV at their production facility in Beijing, China. The new GLC SUV is the second localized SUV model at the assembly lines, ...
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Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on 'GaN on GaN' (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, is to open a new semiconductor fabrication plant in Syracuse, NY. In partnership with the ...
New Zealand-based dairy company Fonterra has established a new Application Center in Guangzhou to develop innovative dairy products and services to the company’s foodservice customers in the region. The Guangzhou facility is ...
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Axalta Coating Systems, a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, today opened a first-of-its kind dual Refinish and Powder Coatings Learning and Development Center in Houston, Texas. The Center, built adjacent to Axalta's ...
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