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New Market Report on US Cyclohexanone Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Cyclohexanone" report to their offering. Each SYNOPSIS report provides information on a particular chemical, focusing on US markets. The content of ea...

17 Dec 2010

GSME Acquisition Partners I Merges with Plastec International Holdings

GSME Acquisition Partners I (OTCBB: GSMXF, GSMEF, GSMWF) (“GSME” or the “Company”), a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of acquiring an operating business having its prima...

17 Dec 2010

Huber Engineered Materials, Almatis Join to Produce Flame Retardant Products

Huber Engineered Materials (HEM), a division of J.M. Huber Corporation, and Almatis, Inc. (Almatis) have reached an agreement under which Almatis will toll produce for HEM certain specialty hydrate flame retardant products previously produced and marketed by Almatis.

17 Dec 2010

Emerald Performance Materials Buys European-Based Chemicals Manufacturer

Emerald Performance Materials, LLC (Emerald), a leading provider of advanced specialty chemicals, today announced that it has acquired the business and assets of DSM Special Products, BV (DSP), a European-based manufactu...

17 Dec 2010

Dow Chemical Plans to Construct New Propylene Glycol Plant in Thailand

The Dow Chemical Company announced today that it plans to build a propylene glycol (PG) plant in Map Ta Phut, Thailand, with a production capacity of up to 150 KTA.

From Dow Chemicals 17 Dec 2010

Market Analysis on Steel Industry in South Africa

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "South Africa's Steel Industry 2009" report to their offering. World crude steel output in 2008 amounted to 1 326,5-million tons, down from 1351,3-...

17 Dec 2010

Rubicon Opens Crystal Polishing Unit in Malaysia

Rubicon Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RBCN), a leading provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, RFIC, Semiconductor, and Optical industries, today announced the opening of the company’s first facility ou...

17 Dec 2010

China Shuangji Obtains Operating License Extension for Dongfang Cement Plant

China Shuangji Cement, Ltd. ("China Shuangji" or the "Company"), a leading producer of high-quality Portland cement in Shandong and Hainan Provinces in the People's Republic of China (PRC), announced that its Dongfang cement plant on Hainan Island, which it previously announced was on a published list of more than 2,000 production lines across China that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) wanted to phase out due to concerns over outmoded production methods, has been granted a long-term extension of its operating license until after a new state of the art 2,000,000 MT cement plant is completed and fully operational.

17 Dec 2010

ArcelorMittal’s Stainless Steel Unit Releases European Prospectus and Demerger Plan

The stainless steel division of ArcelorMittal has today published its European prospectus and demerger plan, following the decision of the ArcelorMittal Board of Directors to proceed with the spin-off of the stainless steel business.

17 Dec 2010

Cancer Treatment Using Genetically Instructed Nanoparticles

In a proof of principal study in mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins and the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) have shown that a set of genetic instructions encased in a nanoparticle can be used as an "ignition switch" to rev up gene activity that aids cancer detection and treatment.

17 Dec 2010