Interest rates may not be lowered for fear that local consumers will stop depositing their money in banks. SEE MORE HOUSTON (ICIS)—US-based fertilizer producer Koch Nitrogen announced on Wednesday that it is building a new urea plant at its Enid, Oklahoma facility and undergoing a revamping process of its existing production facilities. SEE MORE Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed in principle to the
construction of a huge refinery and petrochemical complex by Thailand's PTT
in the central Vietnamese province of Binh Dinh, a senior regional politician
said Sunday. SEE MORE Powder River Basin 8,800-Btu/lb thermal coal prices for physical
delivery were assessed 15-25 cents/st higher Monday, reaching their highest
levels this year. SEE MORE The master plans for coal, power and oil are impractical and have
been developed in an illogical order, said Tran Viet Ngai, chairman of
the Vietnam Energy Association (VEA). SEE MORE