The Northwest European styrene monomer/benzene spread rallied to a month-high Tuesday of $203/mt on stronger styrene, rebounding from a one-year low of $148/mt established April 4 but still representing deeply negative production margins, ...
Tags: Styrene, spot product
US crude stocks jumped 10 million barrels last week -- the largest build in 13 years -- on a surge in imports and lower refinery run rates in the US Gulf Coast, data from the US Energy Information Administration showed Wednesday. The ...
Tags: Crude Stocks, lower refinery
In the first quarter of the current year, the crude steel production of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian subsidiary of global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totaled 1.4073 million mt, down 12.7 percent year on year, as announced by the ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Steel
Vale SA announced Tuesday that it has secured 6.2 billion reais (US$2.8 billion) in funding from Brazil’s state development bank in order to expand its Caraja mine, the world’s largest iron-ore complex. The funds will finance ...
Tags: Caraja mine, iron-ore
Cambridge Nanotherm, the manufacturer of advanced Aluminium Nano-Ceramic substrate technology for the thermal management of electronic applications, installs the first of many fully automated lines. Nanotherm? production line extends the ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, Aluminium Nano-Ceramic Substrates, LED
Some Taiwan-based solar firms - a first-tier and three second-tier cell makers, and a material supplier - originally planned to form a joint-venture to manufacture PV modules to tap the international market, but they have suspended the plan ...
Harvard Engineering has won a contract to install its LeafNut wireless monitoring and control system for street and outdoor lighting in the largest planned new town in Scotland. LeafNut will be installed in Chapelton, an 8,000-home town ...
The timespread for 500 ppm gasoil swaps in Singapore widened to a four-month high of 83 cents/barrel for May/June Monday, reflecting a tighter market during the regional refinery maintenance season, a narrowing East/West spread and ...
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) says that missions in remote, forward operating locations often suffer from a lack of connectivity to tactical operation centers and access to valuable intelligence, surveillance and ...
Tags: GaN E-band MMICs, vehicles, Electrical, Electronics
BASF and its customers are innovating with plastics solutions in Asia Pacific to address the sustainability challenges of the region and the world. At Chinaplas 2014, BASF will demonstrate solutions that help local and international ...
Tags: Chemicals, Basf, Construction
Chobani Australia is set to export to Singapore Maker of Greek-style strained yoghurt Chobani Australia has shipped its first palette of product to Singapore, 16 months after the opening of its $30 million yoghurt factory at Dandenong ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Viterra Inc. ("Viterra"), Canada's grain industry leader, is pleased to announce that it is executing on a transformative series of operational improvements and upgrades at its Pacific Terminal at Port Metro Vancouver. The project is ...
Tags: grain industry, Viterra, Pacific Terminal
German flavors and fragrances producer Symrise is in talks to acquire French ingredients maker Diana for around €1.3bn. The proposed deal will strengthen Symrise's presence in the flavor and nutrition market, and allow it to ...
Rotterdam diesel barge daily trading volumes have risen to their highest level since October due to planned maintenance at refineries and low physical stocks in Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp, traders said Friday. A total of 240,000 mt has ...
Tags: Diesel, distillate products, jet fuel
Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki (Rautaruukki Corp.) has announced that Swedish specialty steel producer SSAB has passed the necessary resolutions to enable the implementation of the planned share exchange offer to Rautaruukki's ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, steel