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June 25-The eye-catching "i-flow" concept car presented by Hyundai at the Geneva Motor Show features many of the advanced polymers and pigments which chemicals firm BASF will showcase at the K 2010 show in October. BASF's contributions to the i-flow aim at weight reduction, ...
June 24-Ford Motor will use a soybean urethane foam blend in the seats for the next generation of its Explorer sport utility vehicle, which hits the roads later this year, and claims it will use soy in nearly 100% of its vehicle fleet by the end of 2010. The US-based automaker ...
Offshore supply companies Wednesday asked the US district court judge who lifted a moratorium on new deepwater drilling to enforce his injunction, which the companies say the federal government is defying. The companies say that the federal government is in "direct defiance" of ...
Two reports and a A$150 million ($132 million) farm-in deal at a neighboring tenement support New Standard Energy's belief that the onshore Canning Basin in Western Australia has significant potential for commercial shale gas production, the Australian oil and gas explorer said ...
The country's top legislature has highlighted the safety of its offshore pipelines, amid growing worldwide concern following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The latest draft law on oil and natural gas pipelines has authorized the State Council, the country's Cabinet, to make a ...
The aggregate profit of China's State-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the first five months surged 65.8% to RMB 749.29 billion, the Ministry of Finance said Tuesday. Combined business revenue of SOEs stood at RMB 11.5 trillion in the period, up 44.5% year-on-year; the profit growth ...
Anadarko Petroleum, a minority stakeholderof the hydrocarbon-spewing Macondo well inthe Gulf of Mexico, sought to further downplayJune 21 its financial exposure to cleanup andliability costs by releasing a copy of its jointoperating agreement with operator BP thatsuggests the ...
Federal District Court Judge Martin Feldman on June 21 said he would rule soon on the US Gulf deepwater rilling moratorium and appeared to be leaning toward invalidating it.Feldman said he would rule by June 23, and possibly as early as noon June 22, on a motion to declare the ...
State-owned producer Coal India (CIL) has received board confirmation to buy 6mn t of coal in an international term tender, and the firm is preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) in August. CIL is likely to buy 6,000 kcal/kg coal on an NAR basis at $80-85/t for delivery ...
The U.S. chemical industry is moving towards self-sustaining growth, driven by rising demand, business investment, and cost advantages, ACC said in its mid-year outlook. Chemicals output rose 6.6% year-on-year in May, and is forecast to rise 6.8% for all of 2010. The recovery has ...
June 22 - Legislation that would create three separate federal agencies to administer offshore oil and gas exploration, extend the time to consider drilling permits and make the industry pay for increased safety inspections was introduced late June 21 in the US Senate. The ...
June 23-India's Reliance Industries aims to be among the top ten elastomer makers in the world. The company's chairman and managing director, Mukesh Ambani, outlined the ambition at the annual shareholders' meeting in Mumbai last week. He said: "Reliance is the largest player in ...
The U.S. federal judge who overturned deepwater drilling ban in the Gulf of Mexico, had shares in the energy industry, media reported on Wednesday. District Judge Martin Feldman's most recent financial disclosure forms showed that he owned roughly 15,000 U.S. dollars in ...
SINGAPORE ,June 23-A likelihood of oversupply and softening demand growth in the key China market has unleashed anxiety among chlor-alkali players in Asia, ahead of the 14th Asian Chlor-alkali Conference, which starts on Thursday in Shanghai, China. However, strong performance of ...
HOUSTON ,June 23-US exporters have stopped shipping certain grades of naphthenic base oils because turnarounds and domestic demand have eliminated excess supply, market players said on Wednesday. "Now we can't get any naphthenic base oil, because the American market is very tight...
p>(USD/MT) CFR FE Asia CFR SE Asia CFR South Asia LLDPE 1149-1151 1169-1171 1234-1236 CHINA DOMESTIC 9800-9850 (Yuan/mt ex-works)
p>(USD/MT) CFR FE Asia CFR SE Asia CFR S Asia PP RAFFIA/INJ 1179-1181 1219-1221 1239-1241 IPP FILM 1209-1211 1239-1241 1259-1261 BOPP 1209-1211 1239-1241 1259-1261 BLOCK COPOL 1309-1311 1329-1331 1329-1331 CHINA DOMESTIC RAFFIA/INJ 10249-10251 (Yuan/mt ex-works)
Polish utility Tauron plans to increase coal production by 50pc by 2012 to reduce its dependence on external suppliers, the company said its initial public offering (IPO) prospectus. Tauron is investing in coal production because it envisages that the fuel will remain its key ...
THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- The Performance Products division of Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) announced today that it has launched a study into options to further expand its JEFFAMINE polyetheramine manufacturing capacity in Asia. This follows recent announcements of expansion in ...
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China will scrap tax rebates to exporters of dozens of commodities including key steel products, corn starch, rubber products and ethanol, the finance ministry said, while they also face a rise in the yuan. The decision has disappointed local steel ...
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