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May 8 -U.S. crude oil futures settled at $75.11 a barrel on Friday, posting their largest weekly loss in almost a year and a half, as worries grew that the euro zone's debt crisis might derail the global economic recovery. Kuwait's oil minister Sheikh Ahmad al-Abdullah al-Sabah ...
WASHINGTON, May 5 (Xinhua) -- An explosion occurred Wednesday at the Army's Redstone Arsenal in U.S. state of Alabama, with two severely injured, officials said. An chemical explosion occurred at around 8:45 a.m. at the Army base at Huntsville, two people were severely injured, ...
BEIJING - Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday vowed to realize the country's green goal to cut energy intensity by 20 percent between 2006 and 2010, amid the strong economic recovery. In a nationwide video and teleconference, Wen told governments at all levels to work with an "iron ...
NEW YORK - China on Tuesday encouraged the United States and Russia to further reduce their nuclear arsenals, and reiterated its support for peaceful and diplomatic solutions to regional nuclear issues such as in Iran and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Li Baodong, ...
SHANGHAI - A township government in Jiangsu province vowed on Thursday that it would spare no effort in shutting down environmentally hazardous chemical plants to protect the health of locals after they staged a protest last month. On April 27, more than 200 villagers from ...
VENICE, United States, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Energy giant British Petroleum (BP) on Wednesday dispatched a steel "dome" in an unprecedented attempt to bring the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico under control. The dome, a giant steel containment device, left Port Fourchon, Louisiana, ...
May 6-Borealis made a net profit of ?4m in the first quarter as markets have stabilized, but the polyolefin producer expects the latter half of the year to be tougher. The profit is a marked turnaround from the ?6m loss in the first quarter of 2009. Sales revenue was up by 38% ...
May 6-Rexam, the can and plastic packaging major, said its first quarter results were ahead of its expectations. Its Interim Management Statement, which coincides with its AGM, did not reveal figures. The UK-headquartered group said that in its plastic packaging business, volumes ...
Apr 29-For the four years Charles Kalama was at the University College London, he never came across a waste polythene bag lying on the ground. The clean university environment, however, only served to remind him of his home city with images organic and inorganic waste like of ...
May 6-Sainsbury's is rolling out the reusable milk Jugit in all its UK stores following a successful trial and rigid packaging group RPC has redesigned the product following user feedback. RPC Containers Market Rasen created the Jugit for Dairy Crest as an innovation in milk ...
NEW YORK, May 5 - Oil prices tumbled below 80 U.S. dollars on Wednesday as European debt crisis and another buildup in the U.S. crude stockpiles weighed on the market. Light, sweet crude for June delivery plunged 2.77 dollars to 79. 97 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile ...
ALGIERS, April 19-Members of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), a gas equivalent of OPEC oil cartel, agreed Monday in Algeria to index gas prices to that of oil, Algeria's official APS news agency reported. "The final statement was unanimously approved. All ministers of ...
JAKARTA, April 19-Indonesia needs China more than the country does in the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) as China absorbs more of Indonesia's export, the Jakarta Post quoted an analyst as saying on Monday. Economist Riyadi Suparmo said that the size of the Chinese ...
HOUSTON,April 29-Canadian methanol producer Methanex said on Thursday that it will continue to take advantage of what it sees as robust demand for methanol by increasing production globally. In its first-quarter earnings, the company realised the highest volume of quarterly sales ...
TBILISI, April 19-Georgian border guards have detained a Russian-flagged tanker, the "Saratov City," local media reported on Monday. The vessel was detained on Saturday at the Georgian port of Batimi, according to local TV reports. The reason for the move is that the tanker was ...
Apr 19-As thousands of travelers to and from Europe remain grounded by the plumes of ash that Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano propelled into the atmosphere, many scientists-at least those not stranded themselves-have geared up to figure out what chemistry is going on in the ...
April 16-China's securities regulator said Wednesday it will soon allow the trading of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) futures to let enterprises hedge against price changes of the plastic. The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said it has approved the Dalian Commodity ...
HARBIN, April 15-China XD Plastics Company Ltd. ("China XD Plastics" or the "Company"), (Nasdaq: CXDC), a leading Chinese developer, manufacturer, and distributor of modified plastics primarily for use in the automotive applications in China, today announced financial results for ...
Apr 19-By using platinum as a stabilizing influence, a team of inorganic chemists led by Holger Braunschweig of Germany s University of W rzburg has created just the right set of electronic conditions to achieve one of chemistry s few remaining bonding feats: creating an isolable ...
Apr 18-Top shareholder CITIC Resources (1205.HK) said it had not yet decided whether to support the A$16 a share offer from Peabody, which trumped a rival bid and persuaded Macarthur to stall its own plan to take over Gloucester Coal (GCL.AX), a smaller rival. CITIC Resources, a ...
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