• New enzyme offers corn-ethanol plants increased yield

      31/10/2012
    The company has been working on the “very, very significant piece of innovation” for some time, Nielsen told Ethanol Producer Magazine.
    With use of Avantec, a typical 100 MMgy U.S. ethanol plant could go
    from using 900,000 tons of corn a year to 877,500 tons of corn and still
    produce the same amount of ethanol.
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  • Chemicals sales mitigate polysilicon downturn for Wacker

      25/10/2012
    Sales and earnings before interest, tax,
    depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) for the company’s silicones
    business were up 7% and 10%to €432.1m and €57.4m
    respectively, as higher volumes and favourable exchange rates helped to
    offset price pressures on silicone production, according to Wacker. The
    unit produces silicone-based emulsions, elastomers, sealants and resins.
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  • Oil Falls for Fifth Day as Inventories Increase

      25/10/2012
    Crude for December delivery was at $86.05 a barrel in
    electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, up 32
    cents, at 1:30 p.m. Singapore time. The contract settled at
    $85.73 yesterday, the lowest since July 10. Prices are down 13
    percent this year.
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  • Inflation cools off again in October

      25/10/2012
    HA NOI (VNS)
    — The country's CPI is under control this month with an increase of
    0.85 per cent after soaring 2.2 per cent in September, the General
    Statistics Office said yesterday.
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  • Asian Currencies Gain in Week on Recovery Optimism; Rupee Drops

      19/10/2012
    Vietnam’s dong traded at 20,850, compared with 20,845 yesterday
    and 20,855 at the end of last week.
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