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With the advancement of medical industry, modern medical equipment and a new generation of life saving technology have been greatly improved.

• PC
• Medical

Thailand’s NR (including NR latex and mixed rubber) export volume was 504.2kt in April 2018, up 174.7kt or 53.03% M-O-M. And the volume was up 41.73% Y-O-Y.

• Thai
• Export

According to SCI’s statistics, up to May 22, the spread between wholesale price and retail price of 0# diesel at state-owned refineries was RMB 1,065/mt, down RMB 31/mt from May 11.

• China
• Refined Oil

SCI updated the methodologies of the operating rate of Shandong independent refineries’ CDUs at the end of the third quarter of 2017.

• Operating Rate
• Shandong

In response, British Columbia switched over to a lower-pollution alkyd paint for coastal and northern roads, and a water-based paint for the interior. Neither lasted a whole year.

• BC
• Road paint

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• Daily
• News

According to government officials, these plants will be based on a new patented anaerobic digester concept and straw extruding technology. Rika plans to build in excess of 10 bio-CNG plants with a total investment of $100-150-mn with the aim of having...

The infrastructure sector has been going through challenging times over the past few years. It is a matter of pride that IOT weathered the storm to turn around the company and met Shareholders’ expectations of sustained profitability, a fact amply...

• IOT

The Oil Ministry drew up a detailed plan last year to sell up to 60% participating interest in 11 ageing fields of ONGC and four of Oil ...

A new crude oil pipeline project is expected to be mechanically completed by July, the BS-VI project during 2019-20 and a RLNG (re-gasif...

• CPCL
• Financial
• crude oil

According to a report in the Economic Times, the Resolution Professional (RP) conducted three rounds of bidding but the lenders found bids in all the rounds unacceptable.

• Orchid
• Pharma
• Liquidation

The report said that the tablets/caplets were being recalled due to “complaints of odour related to cGMP deficiencies”.

• Ibuprofen
• Marksans

The project, which will cost about $18-mn, will have a capacity to produce 1.5 billion doses of vaccines every year. Estimated revenue from the project is $30-mn per year at full capacity.

• Hester
• Africa
• Vaccine

The emergence of non-communicable diseases, more chronic diseases, cancerous conditions, lifestyle diseases and diabetes requires the industry to find advanced but affordable and accessible solutions, added Dr. Gupta.

• Pharmaceutical
• India

Caustic soda production will be increased from the present 175-tpd (tonnes per day) to 250-tpd in the first phase to be completed in 18 months. In the second phase, the capacity will be increased to 350-tpd.

• TCCL
• Profit
• Caustic Soda

Teams of scientists, he added, were able to design, pilot, scale-up and commercialise complex technologies denied to the country due sanctions in the wake of the Pokhran nuclear explosions.

• Methanol
• India
• Technology
• Collaboration

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• News

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry is fully committed to promoting the Indian pharmaceuticals industry globally and to promoting pharmaceutical exports to untapped markets.

• Pharmaceutical
• India

Indorama will buy the 65.72% stake from Avgol’s two main shareholders: UK-based private equity firm Ethemba Capital and Leumi Partners.

Dr. Sen’s research group works on topics such as synthesis of low oxidation state and low coordination number, s- and p-block compounds and its application into small molecule activation as well as in catalysis.

• CSIR
• Award