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PT Semen Padang Places Order with FLSmidth for New Cement Production Line

FLSmidth has received an order worth approximately EUR 40m (DKK 300m) from Indonesian cement producer PT Semen Padang for a cement production line with a capacity of 8,000 tonnes per day.

31 Dec 2013

LSB Industries Restarts Ammonia Production at Pryor Chemical Facility

LSB Industries, Inc. today announced that its Pryor, Oklahoma chemical facility has resumed ammonia production after being taken out of service to perform unplanned maintenance and to improve equipment reliability. The Pryor Facility is currently building ammonia inventory and plans to resume UAN production in January 2014.

31 Dec 2013

Major Domestic Transit Line Places Order for AXION’s Composite ECOTRAX Rail Ties

AXION International Holdings, Inc., a leader in recycled plastic and plastic composite technologies used to produce ECOTRAX® rail ties and STRUXURE® building products, today announced that a major domestic transit line located in the South Central region, has issued a purchase order for $925,000 of AXION's ECOTRAX® composite rail ties made with 100% recycled plastic and plastic composites.

30 Dec 2013

Skye Petroleum Triples Chemical Sales in 2013

Skye Petroleum, Inc. is pleased to announce that chemical sales have more than tripled in 2013 versus 2012.

30 Dec 2013

BASF Receives Frost & Sullivan’s 2013 Product Line Strategy Leadership Award

Based on its recent analysis of the European resins for protective coatings market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes BASF with the 2013 Product Line Strategy Leadership Award.

30 Dec 2013

Lockout Ends at Globe Specialty Metals’ Quebec Silicon Metal Plant

Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. today announced that Unifor members ratified on Friday, December 27, 2013 a new collective bargaining agreement.

30 Dec 2013

Rosneft, Oil Techno and Pirelli Enter MOU for Research of Styrene-Butadiene Rubber

Rosneft, Oil Techno and Pirelli have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for joint research and development relating to synthetic rubber, in particular Styrene-Butadiene Rubber (SBR), in Armenia.

28 Dec 2013

Polypore and Sumitomo Enter Settlement and License Agreement Ending All Outstanding Litigation

Polypore International, Inc. and Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. have entered into a Settlement and License Agreement which ends all outstanding worldwide litigation between the two companies related to Polypore's intellectual property rights on battery separator coating.

28 Dec 2013

Mechel OAO Closes Deal on Asset Disposal in Voskhod Mining and Tikhvin Ferroalloy Plant

Mechel OAO, one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces closing the deal for disposal of 100% shares in Voskhod Mining Plant (Khromtau, Kazakhstan) and Tikhvin Ferroalloy Plant (Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia) to Turkey's YILDIRIM Group for a total of 425 million US dollars.

28 Dec 2013

FuelCell Energy Announces Completion of 14.9MW Bridgeport Fuel Cell Park

FuelCell Energy, Inc., a global leader in the design, manufacture, operation and service of ultra-clean, efficient and reliable fuel cell power plants, today announced the completion of the 14.9 megawatt (MW) Bridgeport fuel cell park and acceptance by Dominion, the project owner.

28 Dec 2013

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