State-owned China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, has hiked its ex-works price for benzene in East China by Yuan 100/mt ($16.23/mt), or 1.16%, to Yuan 8,700/mt effective Thursday, an industry source said Friday. The company could ...
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Initial nominations for US polymer-grade and chemical-grade May propylene contract prices are calling for a rollover at 71 cents/lb and 69.50 cents/lb, respectively, sources said Friday. ExxonMobil Chemical is the only producer with ...
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US spot ethylene settled at a 12-week high Thursday to be assessed at 56.5-57 cents/lb FD USG, up 3 cents/lb week on week, as a delay in the startup of a major transmission line between Texas and Louisiana, tightening supply amid a busy ...
BASF sponsored and participated in the 2014 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress, April 8-10, at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. As among the leading chemical supplier to the automotive industry, BASF offered ...
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US methanol distributor Southern Chemical cut its domestic May methanol contract by 10 cents to $1.70/gal FOB US Gulf, the company said Thursday in a letter to customers. The decrease follows an 11-cent drop, to $1.80/gal FOB US Gulf, in ...
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Verdezyne, Inc., a privately-held industrial biotechnology company focused on producing renewable chemicals, announced that it has produced more than one metric ton of bio-based dodecanedioic acid (DDDA) using its proprietary yeast platform ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Powder Coatings, Coatings
Adequate levels of rhizobia organisms can help to increase nitrogen fixation; satellite imagery and mapping capabilities help growers identify yield-limiting factors; and developments in drought stress tolerance. Adequate Rhizobia ...
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China's Shandong Chiping Xinfa Group has raised the aluminum production capacity at its Xinjiang smelter by 550,000 mt/year, or 69%, to 1.35 million mt/year as planned in early April, a company source said Tuesday. The prevailing weak ...
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China's Ministry of Environmental Protection has lifted a ban on approvals for new refinery projects and upgrades proposed by state-owned companies PetroChina and Sinopec, the ministry announced in a notice posted on its website Wednesday. ...
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BASF sponsored and participated in the 2014 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress, April 8-10, at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. As among the leading chemical supplier to the automotive industry, BASFoffered ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
State-owned PetroChina has hiked its shale gas production target significantly and now expects to produce 2.6 billion cubic meters/year next year, a senior executive was reported as saying Monday. This is an increase from an earlier ...
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Through investments in the local facilities BASF enhances the competitiveness of the photoinitiator production in Mortara, Italy, and strengthens the site in the long term. In 2014, BASF invests €4 to 6 million in its facilities in ...
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On April 20, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle attended 2014 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition with its 6 models and some powertrain. The exhibition of its energy efficient and environmentally friendly models and powertrain demonstrated ...
Tags: Commercial Vehicle, Vehicle, Transportation, Auto Parts
The global MOCVD equipment market will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.13% over the period 2013-2018, forecasts a new report from market analyst firm TechNavio. According to the report 'Global Metal Organic Chemical ...
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Researchers in Taiwan have produced indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitors (MOSCAPs) with low interface trap densities directly on silicon [Yueh-Chin Lin etal, Appl. Phys. Express, vol7, p041202, 2014]. InGaAs ...