Austria-based plantmaker Siemens Metals Technologies has announced that it has received an order from South Korean steelmaker Hyundai Steel for a continuous bloom casting machine, a large bar rolling mill and a small bar and wire rod mill ...
East African nation of Tanzania is set to become the largest soda ash producer in Africa after the latest discovery of the compound in Arusha region’s Engaruka Basin, reports Daily News. Soda ash, known chemically as sodium ...
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Feedstock issues and supply tightness have driven up North American prices for suspension PVC and solid polystyrene resin since Feb. 1. But a different feedstock and lower demand served to send regional prices for PET bottle resin down in ...
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The People’s Committee of Vietnam’s Nam Dinh province has issued an investment license to China-based Jiangsu Julun Textiles Group Co. Ltd. for constructing a US$ 68 million factory, Vietnam Plus reported. The new textile ...
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BASF has strengthened the production capabilities of its production site in Ludwigshafen, Germany to produce more quantity Ultramid C for flexible food packaging films. As part of the project, the company enhanced a part of its Ultramid B ...
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Taiwan-based PV conductive paste maker Giga Solar Materials on March 3 signed with a few local banks for a 7-year syndicated loan of JPY3.5 billion (US$34.3 million) for constructing a ground-mounted PV power-generating station with an ...
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German automaker Daimler has commenced the production of its Mercedes-Benz V-Class MPVs at its plant in Vitoria, Spain. This move is a part of the company's growth strategy and strengthens the van plant in the division's global production ...
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Succinity GmbH, the joint venture between Corbion Purac and BASF for the production and commercialization of biobased succinic acid, has announced the successful start-up of its first commercial production facility. The plant, located at ...
TSMC Solar, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) wholly-owned subsidiary maker of CIGS thin-film PV modules, will expand its annual production capacity from 40MWp currently to 120MWp in the fourth quarter of 2014, according ...
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BASF is expanding its business in industrial coatings in the growth market of Africa. Since October 2013, the company has supplied coil coatings to Roofings Rolling Mills (RRM), located in Uganda. BASF and its technical service were also on ...
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Despite a drop in coal exports off the Mississippi River in 2013, several New Orleans-area terminals say they are increasing capacity as they eye improved markets in the long-term. Foresight Energy's Convent Marine Terminal in Convent, ...
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According to the Indian government's Press Information Bureau, at the 24th meeting of the National Steel Consumers' Council, Minister of Steel Shri Beni Prasad Verma said that ten steel plants are being set up in Indian state of Uttar ...
Tokyo-based Nikkiso Co Ltd,which is developing and commercializing deep ultraviolet(UV)light-emitting diodes,says that it is establishing a new factory in Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture.The firm aims to start production in mid-2014 and install ...
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International prices for a solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers have risen to US$1.06 currently and are expected to rise to US$1.15-1.20 in February,according to chairman Chen Chi-jen for Taiwan-based maker Gigastorage. Based on an ...
China predicted to use 45 billion cubic meters of gas by 2030 As China strives to convert to cleaner energy, its liquefied natural gas production capacity will soar in 2014, with higher profits supporting more projects. Fifty-five ...
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