AkzoNobel has signed a multi-year agreement to purchase sustainably generated steam from Dutch energy provider Eneco. The partnership will help to reduce the company’s CO2 emissions by more than 100,000 tons a year. The agreement ...
Leo W. Gerard, international president of the United Steelworkers (USW), has testified before the US Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, reiterating his opposition to lifting the long-standing crude oil export ban, ...
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Argex Titanium Inc., a producer of high-grade titanium dioxide (TiO2) used as white pigment in paint, plastic, paper, cosmetics and other applications, has won the ICIS 2014 Award for Best Innovation by a Small or Medium-Sized Enterprise ...
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Among the most crucial issues raised during Euratex General Assembly held on June 4th 2014, special attention was paid to the growth of dyestuffs prices. Alberto Paccanelli, President of EURATEX, stressed forcefully that, “the EU ...
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China's chemical sector saw its profits increase 12.2 percent year on year to 434 billion yuan ($71.06 billion) in 2013, data from the country's top economic planner showed. The sector's added value also grew by 12.2 percent year on year, ...
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EU chemicals production in October expanded by 1.8 per cent compared to the year prior, according to the latest Cefic Chemicals Trends Report released today. The October reading confirmed the recovery trend followed by the EU chemical ...
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Oman Oil Company (OOC) has successfully concluded the acquisition of Oxea which was announced in October. Oxea is one of the largest global manufacturers of Oxo chemicals. With the acquisition, OOC aims to become a vertically integrated ...
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Business Secretary Vince Cable and Business Minister Michael Fallon will today meet business leaders – including Johnson Matthey and Sabic - to take forward the industry-led strategy which sets a vision of 50% growth of the sector by ...
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Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd., announced that Wison Engineering Ltd., an indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary of the Group, has been awarded a contract for the engineering of Erdos Jinchengtai Coal-to-methanol Project (Phase II) for ...
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Throughout Mumbai Of india jayco cranes is actually regarded as being one of several top makers inside business cranes in addition to merchandise lifters sector. By having an experience of around 15 years into the sector the corporation ...
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In the second of a series of three articles on the treatment of waters, oil and gas industry expert David Robinson discusses the treatment and discharge of produced and other waters from onshore oil and gas production. First stage ...
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The nitration grade toluene's discount to TDI quality material has widened once again in Europe, as interest from gasoline blenders and traders, who could work the arbitrage into the US, is receding, according to industry sources. The TDI ...
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Seamless transported to a cold bed to cool after perforation, rolling, reeling, sizing, and other hot-pressure processing step. Pipe type cooling bed to use the workshop are: rack type cooling bed, spiral type cooling bed, step-cooling bed ...
EU chemicals production in February dropped 2.3% year on year while the overall EU chemicals industry confidence indicator continued to deteriorate in April, mainly due to lower order-book assessments, industry body Cefic said Thursday. ...
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Post-2008, the textile dyes and chemical sector was in turmoil following the slowdown in the worldwide textile and apparel sector. Although a strong rebound followed in 2010, 2011 and 2012 on the other hand, were impacted by the volatility ...
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