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Fraser Papers Sells New Hampshire Paper Mill to Counsel RB Capital Subsidiary

Fraser Papers Inc. announced today that it completed the sale of its paper mill in Gorham, New Hampshire on December 16, 2010, to a subsidiary of Counsel RB Capital, LLC.

17 Dec 2010

Dow Partners with Mitsui for New Chlor-Alkali Manufacturing Facility in Texas

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) announced today that Dow and Mitsui & Co., Ltd., of Tokyo, Japan (“Mitsui”) have completed the formation of a previously announced 50:50 manufacturing joint venture to...

17 Dec 2010

Sika Adds 400 ml Unipacs to its Polyurethane Product Packaging

Sika Corporation Industry Products Division is pleased to announce the addition of 400 ml unipacs to our broad range of polyurethane product packaging.

From Sika AG 17 Dec 2010

Rhône Capital Buys UTEX Industries from Audax Group

Audax Group (“Audax”) announced it has completed the sale of UTEX Industries, Inc. (“UTEX”) to Rhône Capital. Based in Houston, Texas, UTEX is a leading designer and manufacturer of highly en...

17 Dec 2010

UNITI to Deliver Commercially Pure Titanium for SWCC's Seawater Desalination Plant

UNITI LLC, an industrial titanium venture jointly owned by Allegheny Technologies Incorporated and Verkhnaya Salda Metallurgical Production Association (VSMPO), today announced that it has been chosen to supply a significant portion of the commercially pure (CP) titanium to be used in the world’s largest seawater desalination plant.

17 Dec 2010

First Quantum Minerals Purchases All Outstanding Securities of Antares Minerals

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company"), Antares Minerals Inc. ("Antares") and Regulus Resources Inc. ("Regulus"), today announced the closing of the previously-announced plan of arrangement (the "Arrangement"), pursuant to which a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Quantum has acquired all of the outstanding securities of Antares. Under the Arrangement, each common share of Antares was exchanged for, at the election of the holder thereof, (i) 0.07619 of a common share of First Quantum (the "Share Consideration") or (ii) a cash payment in the amount of C$6.35 (the "Cash Consideration"), or a combination of both the Share Consideration and the Cash Consideration.

17 Dec 2010

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