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p>BASF source said on August 25th that the company s styrene monomer plant at Ludwigshafen suffered technical glitches. He also said that the company was engaged in figuring out the solutions. The company had 550kt/y styrene monomer capacities in Ludwigshafen. China Chemical ...
p>The PA66 market was steady this week and individual market offer fell in a small range. The reason was that Invista will increase the adiponitrile supply. Under the increasing raw material the output of global PA66 enterprises was expected to increase. Currently, the export ...
p>Iran ranked as top LPG supplier for China in July, supplying 112,412mt, according to latest data from the General Administration of Customs. This volume accounted for 32% of China's total LPG imports in the month. LPG from Iran were of lower prices than market level, thus ...
p>China recorded a total 350,800mt of LPG imports in July, up 7% from the previous month, showed data from the General Administration of Customs. A few importers in East and South China tripled their purchases to over 60,000mt in total for hoarding purpose, which explained the ...
Life Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: LIFE), a provider of innovative life science solutions and SG Biofuels, Inc., a bioenergy crop company, have announced they have completed sequencing the Jatropha curcas genome to 100x coverage, using the SOLiD 4.0 System by Life Technologie...
p>Continental European prompt gas prices eased off Wednesday morning as supply length returned to the markets, traders said. At 1200 London time, day-ahead gas at the Dutch TTF trading point fetched Eur18.35/MWh, down 35 euro cent from the previous session's close. A short system ...
p>Raising the amount of ethanol in gasoline blends would be much more complicated than ethanol supporters claim, according to the authors of a study commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute and released on Tuesday. Introducing higher blends of ethanol into gasoline sold ...
p>Singapore, Asia's key regional hub for oil trading, is no longer used as a transhipment point for biodiesel because of the current anti-circumvention probe by the European Commission, said an industry source Wednesday. "Biodiesel trading in Singapore has completely been chased ...
p>A pickup in demand across Northwest Europe has led to a rebound in the NWE 0.1% gasoil cargo premium from recent weakness, sources said. The 0.1% NWE CIF differential to ICE October gasoil futures closed up $3.75/mt Tuesday at plus $3.25/mt, an increase of $7.50/mt since the ...
p>PetroChina pushed up September settlement price of both Daqing crude and Jidong crude supplied to Sinopec's subsidiary refineries by Yuan 71/mt to Yuan 4,282/mt (tax inclusive), a source with Sinopec said. Settlement prices of most of the other crude supplied to Sinopec rose by ...
p>Major ports in Shandong's coastal areas recorded about 1.56-mil mt of fuel oil stockpiles on Sep 1, down 40,000mt from Aug 25, a survey with local port sources found. This volume was up about 450,000mt on year and took up around 54% of the storage capacity of the commercial ...
p>Sinopec Hainan refinery is slated to refine 720,000mt of crude oil in September, with daily throughput nearly flat with the previous month, according to a refinery source. Hainan refinery, located in South China's Hainan Province, has a topping capacity of 8-mil mt per year. It ...
p>Thailand's PTT awarded its latest buy tender for refrigerated LPG to a trading firm at September CP plus US$31-33/mt, traders said Tuesday. PTT issued the tender Monday to seek 22,000mt of refrigerated LPG at a half-to-half ratio for delivery in the second half of September. ...
p>South Korean companies have revealed their financial results for Q2-2010 over the week. Some petrochemical companies saw considerably better figures for the April-June period, as per Chemorbis. A statement from the Central Bank that South Korea s economy grew 1.5% in the ...
Russian oil companies agreed to supply nearly 70% for a joint refinery project involving China's CNPC and Russia's Rosneft at the market prices. The issue is resolved following friendly talks, China's Energy Minister Zhang Guobao said after an energy cooperation subcommittee ...
Iran s National Iranian Gas Company on Tuesday said it will resume gas supplies to Turkey next week. Gas supply from Iran to turkey was halted since August 25 following an explosion in one of the carrying pipelines. The overnight blast, allegedly carried out by militants forced ...
Silver prices could outperform gold in the months ahead should the yellow metal keep attracting safe-haven flows, prompting some investors to turn to silver as a less-expensive alternative. However, analysts said, gold is likely to fare better than another benchmark commodity, ...
p>BP today announced that it has agreed to sell its interests in ethylene and polyethylene production in Malaysia to PETRONAS. The agreement concerns BP's 15 per cent interest in Ethylene Malaysia Sdn Bhd (EMSB) and 60 per cent interest in Polyethylene Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PEMSB), ...
p>The September US mixed xylenes contract settled at 250 cents/gal, up 3 cents/gal from August, Total Petrochemicals and Koch Supply and Trading confirmed Tuesday. On Friday last week, spot mixed xylenes traded as high as 252 cents/gal, which was a 6 cents/gal jump from Thursday...
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 ...