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NEW YORK (AP) -- DuPont Co. expects its revenue to grow at least 15 percent this year, up from an estimate of 10 percent growth the chemical maker issued last fall. Mark Vergnano, DuPont's executive vice president, delivered the revenue projection at an investors conference on ...
BASF SE has reached an agreement with Cognis Holding Luxembourg S. r.l. controlled by Permira Funds, GS Capital Partners and SV Life Sciences to acquire the specialty chemicals company Cognis for an equity purchase price of ?00 million. Including net financial debt and pension ...
p>Saudi Aramco published on Wednesday its LPG loading schedule for September, to cut butane supply by 20% for contract buyers, according to international trading sources. Based on about 500,000mt of monthly LPG exports by Saudi Aramco under long-term contracts and 75:25 of ratio ...
p>Brightoil plans to purchase five VLCC oil tankers for US$537.5-mil, revealed a company source. The company has entered into a letter of intent with a ship building company, the source said. The carriers would be used to deliver crude, which are double-hull vessels with ...
Minor refineries in South China's Guangdong Province ran at 26% on average Thursday, up 3 percentage points from one week ago, 11 percentage points higher than a year earlier. Seven refineries were in operation at present, with feedstock throughput totaling 9,000mt per day, up 1...
Operation rates of independent refineries in Shandong Province averaged 44% Thursday, down 1 percentage point from one week ago, up 8 percentage points compared to a year earlier, a survey found. Some refineries reduced crude runs in the past week, in view of drops in refining ...
The Indian auto parts sector expects revenue in the current fiscal year to grow 20% to $25 billion, the president of the Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India said Wednesday. Jayant Davar also said at a press conference that auto parts exports stayed flat in the ...
NASA and Lockheed Martin Space Systems, principals of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program, recently awarded NCFI Polyurethanes the coveted Supplier Quality Excellence Award for exemplary work on the shuttle s External Tank Program (ET). The award honors outstanding performance by ...
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A significant milestone in the development of ExxonMobil's largest integrated chemical and refining complex was reached with the arrival of seven world-scale furnace modules at the Singapore facility. Each furnace module is about 15 stories (50 meters) tall and weighs over 2,000 ...
51 new oil and gas reserves were discovered by state owned oil companies ONGC and OIL in the last 16 years. According to a written reply in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Jitin Prasada said that the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil ...
p>According to data from National Bureau of Statistics of China, the nation s home appliance industry kept strong momentum in the first of this year. With sales of most products performed much better than those before the downturn, it was obvious that the industry had already got ...
p>The August Northwest European monoethylene glycol contract price has been fully settled at Eur755/mt ($970/mt) FD NWE--a drop of Eur25/mt from the July price of Eur780/mt, according to sources Thursday morning. The second settlement was reported by consumer Novapet with ...
p>Singapore plans to meet rising demand for petrochemicals by creating competitive feedstock and producing more value-added advanced materials and specialty chemicals, said S. Iswaran, senior minister of state for Trade and Industry and Education, at an industry event Wednesday. ...
Despite concerns over a slowdown in China's economic growth, Deutsche Post DHL, a leading global provider of logistics services, remains confident about its future business expansion and is optimistic about the country's performance, said Larry Rosen, chief financial officer of ...
p>Yantai Wanhua finished construction of its Phase II 300kt/y MDI facility in Ningbo in while the facility carried out test-run in June. The company had total MDI capacity of 500kt/y, with 200kt/y capacity in Yantai and 300kt/y in Ningbo. Meanwhile, the company s earnings would ...
p>Higher indicative bid levels from China helped lift Australian coking coal export prices for the fourth consecutive day, bringing the Platts assessment to $186/mt FOB Australia, up $1/mt on the day. China's import prices rose $2/mt to $197/mt CFR North China, while Indian ...
p>UK prompt gas prices were bullish Thursday morning as the healthy supply system seen in the previous session shortened considerably, with St. Fergus Mobil flows dropping offline and the Langeled pipeline seemingly experiencing a delayed impact of maintenance at the Karsto ...
p>A Canadian Senate committee said Wednesday in a report conducted in the wake of BP's Macondo oil spill that it does not recommend banning current offshore oil and natural gas drilling. The only offshore drilling activity taking place currently in Canadian jurisdiction is at ...
p>Pakistan State Oil has delayed taking delivery of low sulfur fuel oil imports into Karachi amid a flood-related outage at the 1.2 GW Kot Addu plant, a source with knowledge of the matter said Thursday. The Kot Addu plant, which is the only power plant in Pakistan that uses LSFO ...
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 ...