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Midland, MI - November 30, 2007 Effective immediately, or as contracts allow, The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow") is announcing a $ 0.05 per pound price increase in North America (U.S., Canada and Mexico) for Dow Monochloroacetic Acid.
Bomlitz, Germany - November 30, 2007 As a result of continued strong overall demand, portfolio investment plans and escalating costs to manufacture and deliver its products, Dow Wolff Cellulosics is increasing prices globally across its entire product portfolio by 10 to 15 ...
Midland, MI - November 30, 2007 Dow Epoxy, a global business unit of The Dow Chemical Company and its affiliates ( Dow ), today announced a list and off-list price increase of US$0.03 per pound for DOW Epichlorohydrin, effective January 1, 2008, or as contract terms allow. All ...
NEW YORK, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Crude prices rebounded Monday as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) gave mixed signal on output hike ahead of the cartel's meeting due on Wednesday. Crude prices have dropped more than 10 percent from the peak of 99.29 dollars a ...
VIENNA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- After soaring above 90 U.S. dollars per barrel in the previous week, the weekly average oil prices of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) dropped to 88.78 dollars per barrel last week, the Vienna-based cartel said Monday. Last week, ...
ABU DHABI, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Ali Al Naimi, oil minister of the world's largest oil producer Saudi Arabia, said here Monday that his country is not planning an increase in its oil production capacity, Emirates News Agency reported. "Saudi Arabia adheres to about nine mbd (million ...
Midland, MI - November 30, 2007 The Dow Chemical Company announced today that its Performance Fluids business will increase the North American off-list prices of certain UCON Fluid and Lubricant products effective January 1, 2008, or as contracts allow. Price increases for select ...
Midland, MI - November 30, 2007 Effective immediately, or as contracts allow, The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow") is announcing a $ 0.05 per pound price increase in North America (U.S., Canada and Mexico) for Dow Vinylidene Chloride (VDC).
Midland, MI - November 30, 2007 Dow Epoxy, a global business unit of The Dow Chemical Company and its affiliates ("Dow"), today announced list and off-list price increases for its line of epoxy resins and curing agents in North America. The increases, effective January 1, 2008, ...
BEIJING, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- China will offer subsidies to domestic oil companies to offset high international oil prices amid efforts to ensure market supplies, the nation's top economic planning agency said on Wednesday. Many gas stations across the country are experiencing ...
NEW YORK, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Crude prices retreated Wednesday on U.S. inventory data despite the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided to keep output unchanged. Earlier Wednesday, the OPEC oil ministers who met in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, said ...
NEW DELHI, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Five Indian public sector companies have joined hands to acquire coal mines abroad, local news agency Press Trust of India reported Wednesday. Five Indian state-owned Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) companies have decided on an initial investment of ...
JAKARTA, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government will limit the export of coal to 150 million tons a year from 2009 to 2025 to secure domestic supplies, according to local media Wednesday. "The policy was adopted in the 2004 Indonesian Coal Policy. Coal export is allowed ...
WASHINGTON (ICIS news)--Energy industry officials charged on Wednesday that a Democrat-sponsored energy bill now nearing a vote in Congress will likely lead to less energy production and could push the US fuels supply system to breaking point. The American Petroleum Institute ...
MOSCOW, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Russia and Ukraine have agreed on a natural gas supply deal, under which Ukraine will raise its payments to Russia by 38 percent in 2008, Russia's gas giant Gazprom said Tuesday. The move is considered a relief from the anxiety over a possible natural ...
Where does boron chemistry stand at present? Which way are developments headed? These were the questions addressed by more than 100 visitors from the worlds of science and industry at the 3rd International Boron Conference, who again drew attention to the great importance of ...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel W. Bodman on Tuesday announced the selection of four biofuels projects in which DOE plans to invest up to 7.7 million dollars. These projects will demonstrate the thermochemical conversion process of ...
Midland, MI - November 30, 2007 Effective immediately, or as contracts allow, The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow") is announcing a $ 0.05 per pound price increase in North America (U.S., Canada and Mexico) for Dow Monochloroacetic Acid.
Houston, TX - November 30, 2007 The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow") has announced a $0.07/lb. price increase across North America for all polyolefin film products, effective January 1, 2008, or as soon thereafter as contracts permit. "Rising raw material costs continue to make a ...
KINGSPORT, Tenn., Dec. 3, 2007 Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) today announced it has completed the sale of its PET polymers business related to its manufacturing sites in Cosoleacaque, Mexico and Zarate, Argentina, to ALFA, S.A.B. de C.V. (ALFA), a Mexican industrial company...
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 ...