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GENEVA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Switzerland has not yet reached its pain threshold in terms of oil prices even though they are hovering just below the level of 100 U.S. dollar per barrel, the Swissinfo website reported on Friday. U.S. crude for December delivery stood at 96.23 U.S. ...
With immediate effect, BASF is raising its prices for pharma excipients worldwide by up to 9 percent. This product group includes binders, disintegrants, coatings, solvents and solubilizers for the production of pharmaceuticals. The price increases are necessary because of higher ...
Horgen, Switzerland - November 09, 2007 Based on the continued increase of feedstock costs, which have now reached record levels, the sustained pressure on margins and strong global market demand, Dow Europe GmbH announces price increases across the European, Middle Eastern, ...
12 Nov 2007 - Krahn Chemie, a distributor of specialty chemicals and the Japanese producer Nippon Yttrium Co., Ltd. (NYC) started a new sales & marketing cooperation regarding the distribution of rare earth products in Europe. Rare earths are the general term for a group of ...
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Oil production on the Norwegian Shelf is back to normal, after seven platforms were closed down before a storm hit the North Sea Thursday, according to reports reaching here Saturday. More than 700 oil workers were evacuated from the most exposed ...
BEIJING, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- China will develop an annual production capacity of 500 million cubic meters of coalbed methane by the end of this year, Sun Maoyuan, general manager with the China United Coalbed Methane Corp., Ltd., said Friday. The country's leading coalbed methane ...
NEW YORK, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- U.S. crude-oil futures closed up 86 cents at 96.32 dollars a barrel Friday on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Analysts said this was because investors were concerned that oil supplies may keep tightening and increasing political tensions in Pakistan ...
After a construction period of around 15 months, the Electronic Materials Center Europe at BASF's Ludwigshafen site is now complete. Today, Friday, November 9, 2007, BASF presented the new production center to its customers in the semiconductor industry. The production plant for ...
BEIJING, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- China will import 10 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) annually by 2010 as domestic demand soars with more LNG projects beginning operation, said an engineer with the China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. (Sinopec). The imports of LNG would ...
Horgen, Switzerland - November 20, 2007 Due to unprecedented increases in raw material costs, Dow Polyglycols and Surfactants has announced an increase of Euro 100/MT for grades CARBOWAX PEG 200E, PEG 300E, PEG 400E PEG 600E in Europe and India, Middle East and Africa. This will ...
Cary, NC - November 19, 2007 UCAR Emulsion Systems (UES), a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, is increasing the list and off-list prices on its emulsion products and rheology modifiers. Effective December 1, 2007, or as contracts allow, for all North American customers, ...
Horgen, Switzerland - November 16, 2007 Effective December 1, 2007, or as contract terms allow, Dow will increase prices in Europe by 50 Euro per metric ton for all grades of its low-density polyethylene (LDPE) resins and high -density polyethylene (HDPE) resins, DOWLEX ...
Sometime this year, Turkmenistan will hold a tender this year to build a petrochemical plant with a processing capacity of 3 mln tpa of oil and 3 bln mtrs of gas, extending the invitation to both domestic and foreign companies. The petrochemical complex is planned to be located ...
SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Shanghai Huayi Group may spend yuan (CNY) 30bn ($4bn) to develop a coal chemical base in Anhui province to produce methanol and derivatives as part of expansion plans, a company official said on Tuesday. The state-owned chemicals maker is also looking at ...
Horgen, Switzerland - November 16, 2007 Effective December 1, 2007 or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe polystyrene prices will increase by 50 Euro per metric ton for all general purpose and high impact STYRON polystyrene resins and STYRON A-TECH advanced technology polystyrene ...
RIYADH, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Oil exporting countries decided to discuss development instead of output adjustment in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' (OPEC) rare two-day summit to be held here as of Saturday. In a two-day ministerial symposium ending Friday, OPEC ...
Horgen, Switzerland - November 16, 2007 Effective December 1, 2007, or as contract terms allow, Dow will increase prices in Europe by 50 Euro per metric ton for all its polypropylene resins and INSPIRE Performance Polymers. Demand for polypropylene resins remains firm. In ...
BEIJING, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- China Petrochemical Corporation, better known as Sinopec Group, is planning to boost output and imports amid efforts to stabilize the domestic oil supplies. The oil giant has ordered subsidiaries to work on their full capacities to refine 42 million ...
JAKARTA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd planned to raise investment up to 900 million U.S. dollars in Indonesia's Kangean oil and gas field in East Java province by 2012, President and General Manager Kangean Energy Indonesia Keisuke Inoue said here ...
BEIJING, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Commerce has decided to impose anti-dumping duties on methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) from Japan, China's Taiwan and Singapore. Its final ruling in the case said these exports constitute dumping and have inflicted losses on local ...
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 ...