US spot mixed xylene was last assessed Friday at a five-month high of $4.25/gal ($1,296.85/mt) FOB US Gulf Coast after a trade was heard at that level for August, sources said. The spot assessment has not been this high since March 13, ...
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Renewable chemicals and biofuels company Gevo has opened its demonstration-scale plant in Silsbee, Texas, US, backed by Coca-Cola and Toray Industries to manufacture renewable plastic component Paraxylene. The company is working with The ...
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Grating is a regularly spaced compilation of parallel, essentially identical and elongated elements. It is usually made of a single set of elements which are elongated. They can be made of two sets. In that case the second set is ...
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, taking place 18-21 September 2013, Earls Court, London. Designed by New Yorker Todd Bracher, the 3M stand (#E170), located in the Eco Design and Build section of the exhibition, will showcase the very latest product innovations for the ...
Tags: Lighting System, Lighting
Polyethylene producers are targeting higher prices in September amid increases in feedstock naphtha and improved economic data, sources said this week. Naphtha was assessed at $914.5/mt CIF NWE Wednesday, up $2.50 on the week. The average ...
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Venezuela's CVG-Alcasa primary aluminum production for July totaled 3,954 metric tons in July, down 22% from output of 5,082 mt in July 2012 and 1% below output of 3,996 mt for June, the company said Thursday. Alcasa is operating at about ...
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Former Chinese commodities trader Jerry Ren, who is quietly building a mining empire in the Australian outback, scoffs at talk the resources boom is over. For him its just moved north. As some mining firms clock up billions of dollars in ...
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Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has said the company is now worth 10 billion U.S. dollars after a new round of funding, presenting the latest evidence of Chinese smartphone makers' breakneck growth. The private company owns the ...
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The estimated weekly production margin for a typical US Midwest dry-mill ethanol plant jumped 1.98 cents, or 3.39%, this week to a 15-week high of 60.43 cents/gal, according to a Platts estimate based on a Friday review of data. This was ...
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Argentine polymer and synthetic rubber output fell 15.3% in July compared with the year-earlier period, the state statistics office Indec said Friday. Production of these petrochemicals also was down 23.3% compared with June, Indec said ...
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Asian stocks rose and gold hit a near three-month high while the dollar nursed losses on Monday, extending a move started late last week when a steep drop in U.S. new home sales tempered expectations the Federal Reserve will soon reduce ...
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SurePure has entered into an agreement with Milk Independent of Stellenbosch, South Africa, for the distribution of its photopurification technology in the dairy sector across sub-Saharan Africa. This announcement comes after the approval ...
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), input and technology supplier CIC and chemical manufacturer Chemanex have joined forces to produce food packaging polymers. The companies have formed a new joint venture (JV), Chemcel that will construct and ...
Tags: Food Packaging Polymers, Packaging
Michael A. Cash has joined Axalta Coating Systems as senior vice president and president, Industrial Coatings. In this newly created position, Cash will be responsible for developing and executing global business strategy for customer ...
Tags: Industrial Coating, Construction, Decoration, coating
It is important and normal to keep things clean, irrespective of the place and there are a number of Cleaning Products Ireland to choose from. However, one would be surprised to find the amount of toxic chemicals one encounters while ...
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