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Ground-breaking ceremony of Lecron Group s new factory was held in Zhangdian District, Zibo, Shandong Province on August 6th. Meanwhile, the company started construction of its new 15kt/y polyurethane project the same day. Established 7 years ago the company occupied 40% market ...
The Shell Company of Thailand expects its retail oil sales will increase by 14% next year, catapulting it to the second largest with a market share of 15%, according to Pissawan Achanapornkul, chairperson of the company. Of all types of fuel sold at 16 billion litres per year, ...
p> Chemical dispersants sprayed into the Gulf of Mexico to break up the massive oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon disaster do not appear to threaten the safety of seafood in the affected waters, the Food and Drug Administration said this week. In a letter sent in response to ...
A fire on Monday broke out at a chemical unit in Shivajinagar area of the city. So far no casualities have been reported. Fire Brigade sources said fire tenders have been rushed to the unit to douse the flames.
Taiwan's Nan Ya Plastics is not able to restart its 350,000 mt/year No. 3 monoethylene glycol unit at Mailiao this week due to a continued shortage of ethylene feedstock, a company source said Friday. Nan Ya Plastics gets the ethylene for its plant from affiliate Formosa ...
PetroChina Hohhot Petrochemical arranged to process 111,000mt of crude in August, flat with the previous month, said a refinery source. The refinery's 5-mil-mt/yr oil refining capacity expansion project has already been underway, expected to come on stream in 2012, the source ...
Sinopec Yanshan Petrochemical has basically reached an agreement with the Dalian Inteh Chemical Logistics on shipping its LPG to southern China with containers, a senior with the latter company said. LPG from Yanshan Petrochemical would first be stored in containers before ...
Sinopec is scheduled to outsource 470,000mt of oil products in five areas in southern China in August, sharply up 170,000mt or 57% from the previous month, a survey found. The target is 200,000mt for gasoil and 270,000mt for gasoline. The five areas comprise Jiangsu, Zhejiang, ...
Shandong Dongming Petrochemical started construction of a 150,000-cu-m oil tank farm in early August, according to a source with the refinery. This tank farm comprises 100,000 cu m of storage capacity for crude and 50,000 cu m for oil products, expected to come on line in August ...
p>Refineries affiliated to Sinopec are expected to refine 17-17.2-mil mt of crude oil in August, with daily throughput 3.7% lower than the previous month, C1's survey showed. Cangzhou Refinery and Yangzi Petrochemical went into overall turnarounds in August, the main reason ...
China Natural Gas completed the first test navigation of an LNG-powered ship in its waters, the company said Friday. The test marked the first time an LNG-powered ship has navigated in China's domestic waterways, demonstrating that LNG can be used both in cars and ships as a fuel...
While the large-scale move to natural gas-fired generators from coal-fired ones in 2009 was an indicator of long-term power trends in the US,it will be some time before that change is visible in increased gas demand,Bentek said in a report Friday. Over the next six years, "the ...
p> PUEBLO, COLO. The Army has awarded a $1.3 million contract to have filters installed in the buildings containing the chemical weapons at the Pueblo Chemical Depot. Depot spokesman Charles Sprague says installation of the filters is part of an agreement with the state of ...
UK gas prices started the week in bullish mood Monday as the system remained uncomfortably short, with an insufficient amount on LNG available to support the low availability, traders said. The day-ahead contract was changing hands at around 43.60 pence/therm by 12:00 London time...
Chinese offshore producer CNOOC said Monday it had started crude production from its Bozhong 19-4 oil field in Bohai Bay, and that the field was expected to reach peak production of more than 15,600 b/d "within the year." CNOOC BZ 19-4 would be tied into the facilities of the ...
p> KNOXVILLE --Dow Chemical Co. s Knoxville plant announced on Monday that it is seeking applicants for a $30,000 grant aimed at non-profit groups working on programs or projects to make land-use improvements that benefit the community. DowGives Community Grant was formerly known ...
The cost of the response to the Macondo oil spill disaster in the US Gulf of Mexico now totals about $6.1 billion, operator BP said in a statement Monday. The latest estimate includes the cost of the spill response, containment, relief well drilling, static kill and cementing, ...
August butadiene prices for the Brazilian domestic market were heard at $2,265/mt FOB, an increase of 2.2% over July, said a Braskem source. Generally, Brazilian butadiene contract prices follow the USGC movements. Butadiene demand in the Brazilian domestic market was falling ...
According to National Bureau of Statistics of China, domestic spandex capacity rose significantly by 40.56% in the first half of this year. Meanwhile, total capacity of domestic chemical fiber industry reached 14.4739 million tons, increasing by 13.43% over the same period of ...
Chemical companies can do more to support the automotive industry in going green whilst also opening new markets and sales channels for themselves. According to Frost & Sullivan, huge opportunities exist for chemical companies in the automotive sector as dramatic shifts 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 ...