The Chinese capital of Beijing is looking to phase out all its coal-fired power generation capacity by the end of next year, the official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. According to municipal authorities, the city is planning to ...
Tags: Coal-Fired Power Plants, Chemicals
China's state-owned enterprise Chongqing Iron & Steel plans to maintain its crude steel output in 2013 at 6 million mt amid uncertainties in the market, a company source told Platts Wednesday. The steelmaker has three blast furnaces, each ...
Spain-based chocolate products and cocoa derivatives manufacturer Natra plans to set up a new production facility in London, Canada with an investment of $15.8m, a move which will create 60 new jobs. The development of the new facility is ...
Walford and North Shropshire College has opened a new dairy - the RD Park Dairy Centre, at its Walford campus in Shropshire, UK. This development marks the completion of the first phase of the £3.2m dairy. The dairy will go onstream ...
Tags: Walford, Agriculture
British multinational oil and gas company BP and its partner Zhuhai Port have received final approval from the Chinese Government for the construction of a third purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant, at Zhuhai, Guangdong. PTA is a key ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, oil, gas
Faced with "risk-adverse" South Korean investors, Calgary-based mid-size producer Bellatrix Exploration abandoned a C$300 million (US$289 million) joint-venture but is confident it can have a new partnership in place within two months, ...
Tags: Canada, Bellatrix, Cardium Oil
Glanbia Ingredients Ireland (GIIL) has broken ground on a EUR150m dairy processing facility at Belview Port, Kilkenny, Ireland. The ground breaking ceremony was attended by Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan, Glanbia chairman Liam ...
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SIBUR will showcase its polymer products and investment projects, earmarked for export to China and other Asian countries, at Chinaplas, Asia’s largest petrochemical products exhibition in Guangzhou, China. The main focus will be on ...
The Norwegian Oil and Gas Association, the peak industry group which represents the major producers offshore Norway, said Thursday a proposed tax being considered by the government could led to a decline in production and urged it to ...
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Germany-based BASF and Malaysia-based PETRONAS Chemicals (PCG) plan to establish an aroma ingredients facility at their existing joint venture site BASF PETRONAS Chemicals in Gebeng, Kuantan, Malaysia with an investment of MYR1.5bn ($500m). ...
Tags: Petronas Chemicals, Food
Discretix, Inc. and VisualOn, Inc. today announced the release of SecurePlayer? 2.0 at the NAB Show. SecurePlayer 2.0 is a media player for smartphones and tablets offering DRM security and high-quality video and audio playback for ...
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Toray Industries has announced a JPY3bn ($32m) investment in Asia to strengthen its vapor deposition capabilities for food packaging films. As part of the expansion plan, Toray Advanced Film (TAF) will introduce state-of-the-art vapor ...
Tags: Toray, food, food industry
Ajinomoto is set to open a new manufacturing facility in Indonesia with an investment of JPY900m ($9.6m) for the manufacture of SAORI liquid seasoning products. P.T. Ajinomoto Indonesia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese food firm ...
Tags: Ajinomoto, Seasonings
The time spread for gasoil swaps in Singapore narrowed 15 cents/barrel day on day to a seven-week low of plus 3 cents/b for April/May Wednesday, because of low regional gasoil demand and concerns over increased exports from China and India, ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
US-based family-owned dairy company Shamrock Farms has broken ground on a $50m dairy manufacturing plant in Augusta County, Virginia. The 130,000ft2 facility is being established in the Mill Place Commerce Park. It will feature extended ...
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