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June 29-British Polythene Industries (BPI) has given an update on its current trading ahead of the interim results for the six months to 30 June 2010, to be announced on 31 August. Cameron McLatchie, BPI chairman, said: "We indicated in our AGM and interim management statement on ...
p>(USD/MT) CFR FE Asia CFR SE Asia CFR South Asia LLDPE 1104-1106 1124-1126 1202-1204 CHINA DOMESTIC 9300-9350 (Yuan/mt ex-works)
p>(USD/MT) CFR FE Asia CFR SE Asia CFR S Asia HDPE YARN 1154-1156 1169-1171 HDPE INJ 1069-1071 1099-1101 1164-1166 HDPE BLMDG 1074-1076 1099-1101 1164-1166 HDPE FILM 1074-1076 1089-1091 1109-1111 CHINA DOMESTIC FILM 9150-9200 (Yuan/mt ex-works)
p>(USD/MT) CFR FE Asia CFR SE Asia CFR S Asia PP RAFFIA/INJ 1179-1181 1204-1206 1229-1231 IPP FILM 1199-1201 1219-1221 1249-1251 BOPP 1199-1201 1219-1221 1249-1251 BLOCK COPOL 1299-1301 1309-1311 1319-1321 CHINA DOMESTIC RAFFIA/INJ 10349-10351 (Yuan/mt ex-works)
PUWORLD(2010-06-30) According to relevant person from BASF, the company planned to shut down its 160kt/y TDI plant at Caojing in Shanghai for two-three week maintenance on July 4th, which was mainly due to the malfunction occurring on June 18th. Shanghai BASF Polyurethane Co. Ltd...
June 29, 2010 - India June 25 deregulated the price of gasoline, and raised the retail price of gasoline, gasoil, LPG and kerosene, oil secretary S. Sundareshan said in a briefing broadcast on television. The price of gasoline would be market-driven at the refinery gate as well ...
The majority shareholder of Okay Airways Co., China's first private airline, has changed ownership after a private logistics company took a 71.4-percent stake of the shareholder, the airline said Thursday. Wang Shusheng, chairman of Tianjin Datian W. Group Co., has taken over as ...
June 18 - As a nation noted for its slow pace in developing offshore wind resources, the US appeared to pick up its pace in early June with a series of favorable state and federal actions along the East Coast. Ten states signed an agreement with the federal government that offers ...
June 24 - With London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminum prices having fallen more than 20% over the past two months, cutbacks are threatening China aluminum smelters even as restarts in the US seem a distant prospect, analysts and company officials said the week ended June 18. The ...
June 4 - World energy consumption will increase 49% in the next 25 years, driven by rapidly developing countries such as China and India, the Energy Information Administration said the week ended May 28. EIA, the statistical arm of the Energy Department, said in its "Internationa...
June 15 - The European methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) factor has recovered from all-time lows against Eurobob gasoline the week ended June 11 of 1.0255 but global demand remains weak and blenders are shunning oxygenated gasoline components in favor of non-oxy components such as ...
HOUSTON ,June 29-A US propylene producer nominated a rollover for July, market sources said on Tuesday, confirming expectations that suppliers would seek to capitalise on a recent jump in spot prices to reverse a downtrend on the contract side. US polymer-grade propylene (PGP) in ...
June 29, 2010 - India June 25 deregulated the price of gasoline, and raised the retail price of gasoline, gasoil, LPG and kerosene, oil secretary S. Sundareshan said in a briefing broadcast on television. The price of gasoline would be market-driven at the refinery gate as well ...
The analyst suspected that producers would wait to be sure that prices were down for a sustainable period and not just due to speculators' actions. "For now, the funds basically have fled the market, going from big long positions to neutral to small shorts," he said. And this is ...
PUWORLD(2010-6-28) On June 22, The Designated Authority in the India Ministry of Commerce and Industry has launched anti-dumping sunset reevaluation investigation on the import of pentaerythritol from Taiwan. Pentaerythritol finds application in the manufacture of alkyl resin, ...
Grand China Logistics, a subsidiary of China's fourth-largest aviation group HNA Group, Thursday signed a US$1.2 billion shipping leasing contract with CDB Leasing in Shanghai. CDB, the country's largest financial leasing company by registered capital, will buy more than 20 large ...
Japanese refiner Cosmo is trimming is term purchases of Qatari crude for its latest yearly contract starting in August. Officials at Cosmo declined to comment on details of the term contract, but traders estimate that the refiner is currently taking around 70,000 b/d of Qatari ...
A new law forcing Japanese refiners to upgrade their plants' ability to turn fuel oil into higher-value fuels may force them to cut even more refining capacity, with their current poor profitability a deterrent to the heavy investment required. Japan on 5 July introduced new ...
BP will need three more days to finish attaching a third production vessel that could almost double the oil recovery rate at its leaking Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, the US government's national incident commander Thad Allen said today. The Helix Producer, which will ...
San Jose, Jul 06-Plastics currently form one of the most important components of the medical industry. Medical device designers and engineers increasingly prefer plastics to conventional packaging materials such as metals owing to superior flexibility offered by plastics in ...
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 ...