Consumption of zircon rebounded strongly in 2010, reaching 1.33Mt, following an 18% fall in 2009 because of the global economic downturn. Growth over the last decade has come mainly from the ceramics and chemical sectors, growing by 4.1%py and 7.5%py
CARE has reaffirmed the ratings assigned to the bank facilities of Atul Ltd. The revisions in the ratings primarily take into account the improvement in Atul's overall financial risk profile during FY10 and H1FY11 characterized by improvement in pr
The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of US-based Columbian Chemicals by Indigold Carbon, which is controlled by the Indian Aditya Birla Group, both worldwide producers of carbon black. The acquis
Heeding to a request by manufacturers for anti-dumping duty on phthalic anhydride, the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) has recommended the levy on imports of the product from Korea, Taiwan and Israel.
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its main operating company Tecnimont S.p.A. and its fully owned subsidiary Tecnimont ICB (TICB) of India have been awarded two EPC contracts on lumpsum turnkey basis for the realization of Polyolefin Plants for P
Inspections at two Indian chemical companies based in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra were recently carried out by the Hague-based Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
Commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma urged the member states of SAARC to bring down all the protectionist trade barriers to achieve regional economies of scale at a much greater pace. While emphasizing that the serious attempts being made to r
Patel Pesticides (India) Pvt Ltd has requested clearance from the Environment and Forests Ministry's for its pesticide manufacturing unit at Nandesari in Gujarat's Vadodara district.
ICRA expects Indian CRAMS market to grow at a CAGR of 41.4% over the FY10-12 to reach a market size of ~US$7.6 billion with custom manufacturing leading the pack. The growth will be supported by high number of USFDA approved plants, skilled manpower
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing up to $35 million in loans toward construction of a new chemical factory near Egypt's Red Sea coast, an Indian-Egyptian joint venture that will employ hundreds of people, spur the local economy an
The Lucknow-based Indian Institute of Toxicology Research has said that no leachability study has been carried out with respect to composition of gutkha, which is packed in sachets to assess the safety and toxicity.
CRISIL Research has come out with its report on Sudarshan Chemical Industries. The research firm has initiated coverage on the company with a fundamental grade of "˜4/5' and has maintained the fair value of Rs 764 per share.
Jacobs Engineering has received a contract from DuPont Titanium Technologies (DuPont) to provide full engineering procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the company\'s Mexicotitanium dioxide capacity expansion project.
Pakistan has called for a 20 per cent reduction in India's list of sensitive items under South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA). The list of items provided by Pakistan includes zinc oxide and zinc peroxide; reactive dyes and preparations based thereon
The government has kept a revised fund of Rs 4 crore for setting up of centres of excellence (COEs) during 2010-11.
ICRA has rating outstanding of LBB with a stable outlook and A4 to the Rs. 20 crores fund-based limits and Rs. 5 crores non-fund based limits respectively of Albright & Wilson Chemicals India Limited (AWCIL). ICRA also has long term rating of LBBB-(S
Credit rating agency, ICRA has revised the rating assigned to the Rs 7.2 crore term loans and the Rs 2 crore million long-term fund based limits of Saboo Sodium Chloro (SSCL) from LBB+ to LBB. The outlook on the long term rating is stable.
Use of ethanol as feedstock rather than as fuel can earn a net benefit of around USD 297 million, a Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) study has found.The CII had conducted a comparative analysis of economic and environmental use of ethanol for d
The Indian Chemical Council (ICC) has provided information as sought by the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) on nine new chemicals included under the Stockholm Convention of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP).
The Indian Chemical Council (ICC) has called for amendment of dumping laws in certain areas that are of general nature cutting across several manufacturing sectors.
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