Keyword: China

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Sinopec Turns Down Cut-Price Iran Crude

12.06.2012 - Chinese refiner Sinopec has turned down offers of bargain Iranian crude and will cut imports by up to a fifth this year, a senior Chinese oil executive said, insisting ties with...

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China Changes Patent Law in Fight for Cheaper Drugs

09.06.2012 - China has overhauled parts of its intellectual property laws to allow its drugmakers to make cheap copies of medicines still under patent protection in an initiative likely to...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

The Chemical Plant of the Future

14.05.2012 - The 2008-2009 crisis signaled the start of a paradigm shift in chemical plant engineering and construction. Traditional EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) suppliers...

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Chemical Distribution in China

14.05.2012 - Undeveloped Market - ICIS, a provider of marketing intelligence on the global chemical industry, published a report in July on the top global chemical distributors. Led by Brenntag...

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BHP Billiton Sees China Iron Ore Demand Flattening

22.03.2012 - BHP Billiton is seeing signs that iron ore demand from top consumer China is flattening, raising concerns about Australia's trade outlook, but the world's biggest miner is pushing...

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Shell Inks China's First Shale Gas Deal

22.03.2012 - Global oil major Royal Dutch Shell said it signed a production sharing contract with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) to develop a shale gas block in China, the first...

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Wacker Expands Polymer Site in China, Builds 2 New Production Facilities

12.03.2012 - Wacker Chemie said it is expanding its Chinese polymer activities by investing around €40 million in building two new production facilities at its Nanjing site. The company said it...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

7 Steps to GMP Compliance

07.03.2012 - Updating Chinese GMP Guidelines - The Chinese know that implementing good manufacturing practice (GMP) is a prerequisite for a certificate but in the past, the Chinese GMP system...