Toluene stocks in East China rose 44.4% from September to 45,000 mt in October, according to S&P Global Platts data. The rise in inventory was the result of a backlog of cargo arrivals during the week-long National Day holiday in early ...
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The global production capacity of biodegradable plastics will grow to 975,000 mt/year in 2017, up around 1% on the year, Nguyen Nhu Khue, managing director at Lotus Chemical Technology, said Friday in a paper presented at Specialty ...
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ClassOne Technology of Kalispell, MT, USA (which manufactures electroplating and wet-chemical process systems for ≤200mm wafers) has announced a multi-tool sale of its flagship Solstice CopperMax electroplating system to China’s ...
ExxonMobil said that it will make a final investment decision later this year on a potential polypropylene production expansion along the US Gulf Coast. The company started detailed engineering work on a potential US Gulf Coast project to ...
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Archroma has introduced Leucophor MT liq, a new tetrasulfonated optical brightening agent (OBA) modified to give high whiteness performance in surface applications. The application of optical brighteners to the surface of paper is usually ...
ClassOne Technology of Kalispell, MT, USA (which manufactures Solstice electroplating systems for ≤200mm wafers), has unveiled a new plating technique that is said to provide significant cost reductions for compound semiconductor ...
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China imported 24.78 million mt of coal in April, including lignite, thermal and metallurgical material, up 12.18% from March and up 31.81% year on year, according to preliminary data released on Monday by the General Administration of ...
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Pyramid Brewing Co. debuted an invigorated brand aesthetic and experience encompassing an expanded line of canned brews, the addition of Outburst Citrus IPA to Pyramid's year-round line-up, all-new packaging and revamped digital channels ...
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China's crude refinery throughput in March rose 5.9% year on year to 47.5 million mt, or an average of 11.23 million b/d, preliminary data released Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics showed. This was the highest year-on-year ...
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Demand for solvent-grade mixed xylene has come to a near standstill this week as the product shares the same code for imports as mixed aromatics, which is expected to have a consumption tax imposed some time between May 1 and July 1, market ...
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Cosmo Films has unveiled plans to install a new production line at its Waluj plant site in Aurangabad, located in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Cosmo Films will invest up to Rs250crores ($37m) to build the new production line, which ...
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Portland, Oregon-based Eastside Distilling has now expanded to Alaska with its flagship product Burnside Bourbon, as well as its Portland Potato Vodka, Barrel Hitch American Whiskey, and Below Deck Silver Rum. "The residents of Alaska are ...
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China is highly likely to restrict oil product exports in the first half of 2017 to flat or below H1 2016 levels amid growing focus on pollution control, curbing excess capacity and international trade flows, sources with knowledge of the ...
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Taiwan imported 5.70 million mt of thermal coal in January, up 31% year on year and 15% from December and a three-month high primarily due to climbing Australian shipments, customs data showed late Wednesday. Imports of Australia thermal ...
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Las Vegas Market hosted their fourth annual match-making and networking event, Hospitality Link from March 7 to 9. It gives an opportunity to designers, specifiers and purchasing firms to connect with hospitality industry suppliers. ...
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