BASF is investing in the expansion and flexibilization of its production facilities to manufacture chelating agents at its site in Ludwigshafen. By increasing the production capacity, the company is responding to the rapidly growing global ...
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In the recent, China, India and the U.S. unveiled ambitious solar installation targets up to 100GW. China targets to install a total of 100GW of solar by 2020, India sets an 100GW goal by 2022, while Hilary Clinton, a candidate of ...
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Driven in large part by the rapid expansion of shale oil and gas drilling and production in North America, the world market for oil field specialty chemicals at the service company level reached $25 billion in 2014, up from nearly $16 ...
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The National Australia Bank’s price and production forecast report expects wool and cotton prices to generally rise in Australian dollar terms. The NAB report provides production and price forecasts for 2015-16 for seven major ...
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Indonesia’s yarn producers have urged the government to impose a temporary safeguard duty on imported yarn products, which they say have severely damaged the market for locally made products, a leading Indonesian newspaper has ...
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Cardia Bioplastics has launched a sustainable bioproducts bag range which helps divert organic waste from landfill. Cardia Bioproducts Compostable and Biohybrid Bags are now available for the use of retailers, councils, businesses and ...
It is often assumed that emerging-economy living standards are bound to converge with those in developed countries. But, leaving aside some oil exporters and the city-states of Hong Kong and Singapore, only three countries and regions ...
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Researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has developed new methods to increase sesame crop yields while improving the seeds' nutritional quality. As part of the research, the university's agricultural researcher Zvi Peleg tested ...
Wacker Chemie AG has started up a new specialty monomer plant with a yearly capacity of 3,800 metric tons at its Burghausen facility in Germany. "The specialty monomers; vinyl neodecanoate and vinyl laurate are key raw materials in the ...
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Plastic packaging and coatings company Coveris Holdings has acquired Elldex Packaging Solutions, a division of Hellaby Holdings, with packaging businesses in New Zealand and Australia. Elldex manufactures and imports HDPE and LDPE ...
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Fonterra has completed construction on a new mozzarella production plant at its Clandeboye site in New Zealand, a move that doubles its cheese production capacity. Fonterra is looking to build on strength in foodservice segment and the ...
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The Sunrise Ruby initially was slated to sell for between $12-$18 million but bidding soared to $30.3 million, shattering the existing ruby auction record held by the $8.6 million sale of the “Graff Ruby.” Geneva--A ring ...
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Global demand for hard disk drives (HDDs) of all sizes will continually decrease from 561 million units in 2014 to 550 million units in 2015 and further to 538 million units in 2016, according to Taiwan and Shanghai general manager Vincent ...
First-quarter steel exports surged 40.7 percent to 25.78 million metric tons as mills responded to weak domestic demand and falling prices, the China Iron and Steel Association said on Wednesday. "Although domestic steel companies face ...
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Industry executives forecast the consolidated revenue of machine-tool maker Tongtai Machine & Tool Co., Ltd. of Taiwan to rise over 20 percent year on year to NT$10 billion (US$322.58 million) by the end of this year, basing such optimistic ...
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