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Local governments in the Middle East are showing mounting interest in converting polymers into products for export and local consumption to meet growing domestic demand. UAE, a net importer of most plastics products, weighed down by a weakening dollar, faces double-digit ...
23 Apr 2008 - Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that it has presented the 2008 Manfred Donike Award for scientific excellence in sports doping testing to Ulrich Flenker, research scientist at the Institute of Biochemistry, German Sport University, Cologne, Germany. Flenker was ...
HOUSTON--US plastics industry representatives on Tuesday launched a new initiative to encourage recycling by printing a standardised logo and message to consumers on each polyethylene (PE) bag. The move comes amid a wave of public opinion in the US and elsewhere against the use ...
VIENNA -- The daily average oil prices of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Monday reached a new peak of 108.93 U.S. dollars per barrel (dpb), said the Vienna-based cartel Tuesday. The prices boosted up over 4.7 percent in one week, set six records in ...
NEW YORK -- Crude futures approached 120 U.S. dollars a barrel Tuesday on the weak U.S. dollar and supply concerns. Light, sweet crude for May delivery, which expired Tuesday, hit 119.90 dollars on the New York Mercantile Exchange, refreshing its intraday high. The May contract ...
WASHINGTON - The average price U.S. drivers paid for gasoline soared to a new high of $3.51 a gallon, rising 11.9 cents over the last week, the government said on Monday. The national average price for regular, self-service gasoline is up 64 cents from a year ago, the federal ...
ROME - Energy producers cannot halt a rally that has driven oil to nearly $120 a barrel and the world might have to live with even higher prices if it wants supplies for the future, exporters said on Tuesday. Three days of talks in Rome between producers and their customers drew ...
Post shareholder approval, Japan's SunAllomer Ltd. has planned to invest at its Oita polypropylene plant for increasing production capacity by about 60,000 tpa of the first production line. LyondellBasells' Spheripol technology process will be employed to achieve cost reduction ...
HOUSTON --A decline in the quality of US asphalt - due to more intense refining of crude oil by-products - could encourage the use of styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) and other polymers in roofing and roads, industry experts said on Friday. "Refineries don't run to make good ...
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. said Tuesday it won a contract to provide engineering and procurement services at a Canadian site of plastics and chemicals maker Nova Chemicals Corp. The NOVA Chemicals Joffre site, located in Alberta, Canada, consists of three ethylene plants, two ...
02 Apr 2008 - Park Electrochemical Corp. announced that it has changed the name of its business unit and subsidiary located in Waterbury, Connecticut from Nelcote, Inc. to Park Advanced Composite Materials, Inc. This business unit will continue to manufacture advanced composite ...
Haldia Petrochem is likely to absorb the 183 contract labourers working in the company since its inception showed, with respect to whom Citu had called for a strike, in a phased manner over the year. This brings to an end, the first ever standoff between the Haldia Petrochemicals ...
02 Apr 2008 - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is working with Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies on a next-generation manufacturing technique for hydrogen storage vessels. As part of a $5.6 million three-year contract with the U.S. Department of Energy, Livermore researcher...
02 Apr 2008 - PerkinElmer, Inc. announced the acquisition of LabMetrix Technologies, provider of metrology-based multi-vendor analytical instrument qualification solutions. The acquisition of LabMetrix adds technology, tools, proven processes and compliance expertise to ...
PolyOne Corporation, a leading global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, has formed a global platform and team for its Low Smoke and Fume, Zero Halogen (LSFOH) compounds. PolyOne's LSFOH global team is focused on ECCOH LSFOH compounds for flame...
CITU, West Bengal's ruling CPM's labour arm, has called a 24-hour strike at Haldia Petrochemicals on April 8. Amicable solutions are still not ruled out by Citu, which has called the strike demanding permanent employment of 183 casual workers. If the trade union proceeds with the ...
Braskem has launched the world's first certified linear polyethylene (PE) made from 100% renewable raw materials, fortifying its technological leadership in the production of green polymers and its commitment to sustainable development. Development of the linear polyethylene is ...
Uncertainty shrouds Indian Oil Corp.'s (IOC) Rs 46,000 crore Paradip oil refinery project. The project, already delayed by about seven years, seems to be on the verge of yet another delay. The viability of the project has come under pressure once again, as the Centre has decided ...
NEW YORK - Oil fell on Tuesday, extending three days of losses as gains in the U.S. dollar triggered selling in commodity markets. U.S. crude settled down 60 cents at $100.98 a barrel adding to losses of more than $4 from Monday when funds locked in commodity profits at the end ...
07 Apr 2008 - Akzo Nobel Base Chemicals, together with partners Uhdenora and Uhde, introduced a new concept for chlorine production with state-of-the-art technology: small-scale remote controlled chlorine production units. In addition to the existing, large-scale production of ...
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Policies of China's new leadership in the ...
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), the world's second-largest drug producer by ...
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
The Number One Document also proposed a new pricing plan for China's ...
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
SHANGHAI, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China, the world's top manufacturer and ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
A Wal-Mart store is seen in Stratford, Connecticut, the United States. ...
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Employees demonstrate Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications' Xperia Play ...
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
A formation of nine Royal Air Force Red Arrows Hawk aircraft fly ...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...
Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Two models stand beside golf equipment and bags at a recent golf ...
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...