Spot gas prices on the Dutch and German trading hubs extended Wednesday's gains Thursday morning, in line with the UK NBP where the day-ahead also moved higher from its previous close. At midday London time, the day-ahead contract on the ...
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In April this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by 0.8 percent in the euro area and by 0.7 percent in the EU-28 as compared with March, while industrial production in March had decreased by 0.4 percent in the euro ...
Russian aluminum producer Rusal said Monday that it is bullish on the near term prospects for the aluminium market and believes that the price is undervalued. "A number of influential factors that have emerged in recent weeks cause the ...
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European ethylene spot prices jumped Thursday following a fire earlier in the week at Shell's Moerdijk site in the Netherlands, sources said Friday, adding that they expect olefin supply from the steam cracker at the site to be affected. ...
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Stem cells could be future source for 'eco-friendly' meat, a study has found The scientific progress that has made it possible to dream of a future in which faulty organs could be regrown from stem cells also holds potential as an ethical ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, eco-friendly meat, meat
Tier-one commercial vehicle supplier WABCO Holdings has completely acquired Belgium-based fleet management solutions provider Transics International with the acquisition of the remaining 3.16% stake in the company. Earlier in February ...
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KODA has reported a 15.2% rise in the sales during May 2014 to 91,200 vehicles compared against the 79,100 units sold during same period of 2013. Western and Central Europe were driving force behind the growth increasing by a quarter. In ...
Today , an alternative for smokers there and became very popular. It is the electronic cigarette . The progress of the electronic cigarette has been remarkable over the past three years according to observers, but despite its growing ...
Recently, the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association (TVECA) were asked to participate in VapeWorld in Chicago. In a roundtable Q & A There are a lot of confused as to why electronic cigarettes are and will continue to increase as a ...
The Asian price spread between styrene monomer and its main feedstock benzene widened by $7.50/mt to $250/mt early Thursday afternoon following an SM plant outage in Europe, but high stocks in China were expected to limit the widening of ...
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Northwest European spot styrene values rallied $45/mt or 3% Wednesday morning in reaction to the fire that broke out at Ellba's styrene monomer/propylene oxide plant at Moerdijk, the Netherlands. Styrene end-users and consumers stepped ...
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In the first five months of the current year, Turkey's steel exports totaled 7.9 million mt, down 6.9 percent year on year, while the value of these exports decreased by 5.4 percent year on year to $5.9 billion, according to the data ...
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Solar photovoltaic (PV) demand from Europe is forecast to reach 10GW during 2014, down 7% on year, according to Solarbuzz. This will be the third consecutive year that solar PV demand in Europe has declined, after reaching a peak of 19.2GW ...
In the first four months of this year, Turkey's scrap imports decreased by 1.3 percent to 6.15 million mt, valued at $2.35 billion, down five percent, both year on year, according to the report released by the Turkish Iron and Steel ...
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Packaging company Huhtamaki Molded Fiber Europe has expanded its Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody (CoC) certification to include its complete operations in Europe. To confirm conformance to the FSC Reclaimed Standard ...
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