In the fourth quarter of 2016, demand for alternative fuel vehicles (AFV) in the European Union increased only moderately by 1.2%, with registrations totalling 168,103 units. In the fourth quarter of 2016, demand for alternative fuel ...
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The global compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) market is expected to grow by more than 10% a year over the next six years due to the increase in population and urbanization, a growing demand for passenger and ...
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Amazon has been found guilty of shipping dangerous goods by air, and now has to cough up serious cash in penance. A UK court has ordered Amazon to pay £65,000 in fines after the online retailer tried to transport flammable aerosols ...
MAHLE Powertrain is opening a new North American headquarters in Plymouth, Michigan later this year as part of a $16m North American expansion that will create new jobs and accelerate a variety of advanced engine-development programs. ...
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China's apparent oil demand in 2015 grew 5.8% year on year to 11.11 million b/d, the fastest pace since 2011, despite the country's economy growing at the slowest rate since 1990, Platts calculations based on recently released official data ...
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A weak crude complex which has seen futures values drop to multi-year lows is only adding to an already depressed Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp spot propane market, where demand has failed to benefit from any increase in end-user heating ...
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Oman is close to awarding construction contracts and reaching financial close for its planned Liwa Plastics petrochemicals complex and Salalah LPG plant, sources close to the projects said Monday. Approximately $5.2 billion of funding is ...
Ford has started the production of its 2016 Ford F-150 pickup truck, which runs on clean-burning compressed natural gas, at its Kansas City assembly plant. With the commencement of the vehicle Ford has become the only automaker to ...
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Now it is not needed to pack up furniture in the cooler weather as the winter is heading on its way. Even now one can organize the Thanksgiving dinner in the chiller weather also. Furniture manufacturers like Pride Manufacturers and Lloyd ...
Asian propylene term contract discussions for 2016 are likely to conclude at larger discounts than this year due to an increase in supply in the region, market sources said this week. A source at a producer in South Korea estimated the ...
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Researchers in Japan have been developing ways to increase minority carrier lifetimes in lightly doped silicon carbide (SiC) with a view to insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) [Tetsuya Miyazawa et al, J. Appl. Phys., vol118, p085702, ...
LPG prices in south and east China's wholesale markets slid this week, despite stronger crude oil futures at the end of the week, due to a rise in domestic inventories, trade sources said Friday. Many refineries and LPG import terminals ...
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China's refinery throughput rose 4.3% year on year to 43.54 million mt or an average 10.30 million b/d in July, preliminary data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Wednesday. The July rate was down slightly from 10.59 million ...
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Designer and manufacturer of school buses Blue Bird has launched gasoline-powered Type C Vision school bus, powered by Ford 6.8L V10 engine, at School Transportation News (STN) Expo Conference and Trade Show in Reno, in the US. Claiming ...
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Revenue for the three months to June 30, 2015 at speciality chemicals producer Eastman Chemical Company rose 3 per cent year over year. “Revenue for the second quarter of 2015 amounted to $2.5 billion, up 3 per cent over the same ...
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