• Reliant on loans from China, Vietnam “swallowing bitter pill”

    12:00 AM @ 01/01/1900

    VietNamNet Bridge – In many cases, using Chinese contractors is the only choice forVietnam, because it uses Chinese loans for the projects. And if problems are found where Chinese enterprises are EPC contractors, Vietnamese investors have no other choice than “swallowing the bitter pill”.

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  • GMDC to select Kutch partner soon

      01/01/1900
    Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) says it will take till January 20 to select and announce a partner for its aluminium project in Kutch, India.  
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  • Alcoa to restart idled US smelters

      01/01/1900
    Alcoa plans to restart idled potlines at three aluminium smelters in the USA, creating 260 new jobs through recall and hiring.  
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  • Oman Polypropylene restarts Sohar PP unit after shutdown

      01/01/1900
    SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Oman Poly propylene restarted its 340,000 tonne/year polypropylene (PP) plant in Sohar on 26 December 2010 after it was shut in early November because of a feedstock shortage, a source close to the company said on Friday.  
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  • Ruthenium, a platinum group member

      01/01/1900
    Although alphabetically last in a list of precious metals, ruthenium is considered to be the most versatile of this group of elements. There is a total of six precious metals found within the platinum group, with ruthenium being the most versatile.  
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