• High inflation in 2010 will put pressure on economic operations in 2011: expert

      01/01/1900
    The General Statistics Office has officially announced that the consumer price index (CPI) in November 2010 increased by 1.86 percent in comparison with October. Is this a surprise to you?
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  • Ammonia Fertilizer May Solve Pesticide Problem

    12:00 AM @ 01/01/1900
    The soil fumigant methyl bromide kills crop-damaging nematode worms and fungi. Unfortunately, it also rips holes in the ozone layer and threatens farm workers' health. Now researchers have shown in laboratory experiments that ammonia fertilizer can degrade this pesticide. Although the study is preliminary, the researchers think that the method could prevent methyl bromide emissions from crop fields.
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  • Celanese Develops Advanced Technology for Production of Industrial-Use Ethanol

    01:59 PM @ 12/11/2010
    Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, announced its intention to construct manufacturing facilities in China and the U.S. to utilize recently-developed advanced technology for the production of ethanol for chemical applications and other industrial uses.
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  • BASF Expects Record Year in 2010

    09:14 AM @ 05/11/2010
    Demand for BASF's products continued to be high in the third quarter of 2010. There was hardly any sign of the usual seasonal slowdown and the capacity utilization rate was high. Nearly every business benefited from this. Growth impetus came from all regions. In this favorable economic environment, BASF's business performed better than anticipated. The good business development is expected to continue in the fourth quarter and BASF has therefore raised its outlook for the current year.
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  • Exports to ASEAN up over 16 percent

    12:00 AM @ 01/01/1900
    Vietnam posted a year-on-year increase of 16.2 percent in export value to ASEAN to 6.4 billion USD in the first nine months of the year, reported the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
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