Japanese steelmaker Kobe Steel has announced that, to increase the competitiveness of its steelworks, it has decided on large-scale investments including a new hot-metal treatment plant, a new heat treatment furnace for steel plate, and ...
Tags: Japan, Far East, investments, steelmaking, Kobe Steel, Istanbul
Saudi Aramco boosted its crude production to a record 9.506 million b/d in 2012, excluding blended natural gas liquids, up 5% from 9.068 million b/d in 2011, the company said in its latest annual report. "During 2012 at Saudi Aramco, we ...
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Google is reportedly squaring up to Facebook in a $1bn (£660m) bidding war for Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze. According to Bloomberg, the internet giant has expressed an interest in buying up the start-up ...
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The Mediterranean gasoline cargo market has switched from a $19.75/mt discount under the Northwest European Eurobob market to a premium of $10.75/mt in two weeks, on limited supply, market sources said. "The Med is totally dry...the arbs ...
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The Northwest European Urals differential has moved to a premium to the lighter Forties crude grade for the first time in nine months, as supplies of the Russian sour crude tighten and demand for the North Sea grade slackens, market sources ...
Sweet North Sea crude values have begun rebounding as European crude oil traders begin to take note of improving sweet refining margins, the first time in over a month that sweet margins have performed better than sour, traders said Monday. ...
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Fresh off the?acquisition?of a company that specialises in helping customers manage resources across multiple public clouds, Dell said it is "refining" its own plans to build a public cloud based on?OpenStack. Dell has said for the last ...
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Sono-Tek Corporation was founded in 1975 by Dr. Harvey L. Berger, Ph.D. (Inventor of the ultrasonic nozzle) The first ultrasonic nozzles were developed for use in oil burners and subsequently for the development of liquid fuel burners ...
When consumers need paper for a specific purpose like business reports, copies or daily home printing, they can encounter a range of product specifications. To simplify the paper purchasing experience, Georgia-Pacific is re-launching its ...
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The Asia Pacific sweet crude market is expected to stay on a downward trajectory as it faces more competition from falling West African crude prices and an oversupply of regional spot cargoes, traders said this week. Perpetually weak ...
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The average run rate at "teapot" refineries in China's Shandong province dropped to 36.5% in April from 42% in March, due to slow sales of oil products, according to data from Beijing-based energy information provider JYD Commodities Hub. ...
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On April 27, Guangdong Zhanjiang East Sea Island steel and petrochemical recycling economy expert consultation meeting is held in Zhanjiang. Many Academicians and experts give advice on speeding up East Sea Island national recycling economy ...
Tags: Steel, Petrochemical Recycling
Enterprise Products Partners said Thursday it will expand its ECHO crude storage terminal in Houston as part of an overall plan to increase infrastructure in Southeast Texas. The Enterprise Crude Oil Houston (ECHO) storage terminal will ...
Tags: ECHO Crude Storage, Barrels
What is high-end upholstery? Is it defined by a price point? OBentley Churchillr is it simply a matter of the best materials? Almost unanimously, retailers, manufacturers and designers agree that the buyer of high-end furniture bases her ...
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In the context of Chinese ceramics, the term porcelain lacks a universally accepted definition. This in turn has led to confusion about when the first Chinese porcelain was made. Claims have been made for the late Eastern Han period (100 to ...