SAN ANTONIO, Texas (ICIS)--Performance
chemicals are expected to see an annual demand growth of more than 10%
in Saudi Arabia in the next few years, Koos Van Haasteren, executive
vice president for performance chemicals at SABIC said late on Monday. SEE MORE BASF has received approval for a 400,000 tpa MDI (diphenylmethane
diisocyanate) project in Chongqing, China. The project was approved by
Chinese authorities, following a stringent examination of environmental,
health and safety standards, two rounds of local public consultation
and several expert reviews. SEE MORE German power for next year rose to
a 19-month high and European Union carbon permits gained after Chancellor Angela Mekel’s coalition lost in a state election,
meaning the country’s oldest reactors may never reopen. SEE MORE 12:00 AM @ 01/01/1900
Gross domestic product climbed 5.43 percent in the three
months through March from a year earlier, slowing from a 7.34
percent pace previously announced for the fourth quarter,
according to a preliminary estimate released by the General
Statistics Office in Hanoi today.SEE MOREVietNamNet Bridge – While enterprises are still feeling shocked with the dramatic increases of the prices of electricity, petrol and the dollar, they have been urged to consider the possible impacts of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan on their business. SEE MORE