20 May 2019
JV would be the only large-scale producer of separated medium and heavy rare earths outside China.
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20 May 2019
The business, Safic-Alcan Hellas, will manage local warehousing.
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20 May 2019
The facility at Taylorsville, North Carolina, started up in the first quarter.
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20 May 2019
As it is being acquired by Sipchem.
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20 May 2019
Products used to make high-performance components.
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20 May 2019
Original partner ChemChina withdrew, others declined to participate as costs escalated to more than $20 billion.
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20 May 2019
Following sudden departure of David Seaton on underperformance of some projects.
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20 May 2019 Chris Williamson
IHS Markit PMI data outperform ISM and regional manufacturing surveys in accurately predicting official data
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20 May 2019
Profitability was achieved by better product mix
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20 May 2019
Full-year net profit grew 85%
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20 May 2019
Pretax profit increased four-fold to at the non-agro sector
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20 May 2019
Operating profit for the petchem sector drops 57% YOY
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20 May 2019
Strengthens market leading position in Naturals
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20 May 2019
The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) has shifted ownership of shipbuilding subsidiary AVIC Zhenjiang Shipyard Marine (AZM) from...
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20 May 2019
Simulation and training firm CAE, which is known mostly for its aerospace work, expects naval offerings to help increase its share of growing...
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20 May 2019
The US Department of State has approved a possible USD313.9 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to South Korea of a further batch of Raytheon...
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20 May 2019
Norway is set to write-off the damaged Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate KNM Helge Ingstad after a report found that repairing the salvaged ship...
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20 May 2019
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has issued a new policy to allow domestic defence companies to self-certify the quality of products that...
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20 May 2019
Indonesian shipbuilder PT PAL has asked for more workshare responsibilities in its contract for a second batch of Nagapasa-class submarines with...
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20 May 2019
Siemens premiered its new generation of modular scalable permanent magnet submarine propulsion motors at the Underwater Defence Technology (UDT)...
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20 May 2019
Turkey’s Tubitak Bilgem has developed and tested two laser systems that could potentially be deployed by the Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC...
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20 May 2019
The US Department of State has approved a possible USD317 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Japan of a further batch of Raytheon AIM-120C-7...
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19 May 2019
A combined US-Croatia research and development (R&D) programme is assessing the use of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) to monitor and potentially...
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17 May 2019
Ultra-high-purity chemicals maker Avantor today priced its initial public offering (IPO) of common stock at $14/share. The company is issuing...
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17 May 2019
"The next couple of years we will see heavy capacity expansion, mainly in China and most of these projects are world-scale, feedstock-integrated...
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17 May 2019
E-commerce in Asia is set to maintain an annual growth rate of close to 20% in the near term.
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17 May 2019
Agreement covers nitric acid and ammonium nitrate plants at Wloclawek.
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17 May 2019 Brendan Melck
Bulgaria's new P&R policies are a double blow to the pharma industry
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17 May 2019
Henkel is trying to drive 3D printing beyond prototyping into mass production of final parts.
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17 May 2019
As renewable tenders become widespread, seasoned developers are better able to price and reduce risks. What undervalued risks are at play?
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17 May 2019
New plant would have production capacity of 500,000-metric tons/year.
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17 May 2019
Tanker's destination changed from China to Europe amid ethane tariff concerns.
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17 May 2019
Not clear when Chinese plants will reopen.
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17 May 2019
The planned transaction is valued between ¥600–700 billion, says Reuters.
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17 May 2019 Margaret Labban
Spend Spend 2 minutes with our analyst, Margaret Labban, on Pharmacare
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17 May 2019
World will need to add 60 million metric tons/year of ethylene capacity in the next decade.
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17 May 2019
Planned complex will produce 500,000 metric tons/year of PP; Commissioning by 2023-24.
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17 May 2019 Rafael Amiel, Ph.D. Carlos Caicedo Brian Lawson
Spend 30 minutes with our analysts to understand whats happening in the three largest economies in Latin America
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17 May 2019 Sian Jones Rajiv Biswas Joseph Hayes Chris Williamson
Economic data will take a back seat to escalating US-China trade tensions, the impact of which is the focus of our special report
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17 May 2019
Fourth-quarter net income increases 91%
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17 May 2019
Indorama Ventures combines its global industrial filaments businesses to form the mobility group to cater to the tire, automotive safety, and...
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17 May 2019
Key Points The US Air Force has settled on purchasing six light attack aircraft for further experimentation It will also perform additional international...
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17 May 2019
Key Points ST Engineering has unveiled a new variant in its Vanguard series of modular naval ships The concept has been optimised for unmanned...
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17 May 2019
Unmanned aerial systems will soon be delivering parts and logistical supplies for US Navy (USN) and US Marine Corps (USMC) operations, USN Secretary...
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17 May 2019
The marine division of ST Engineering unveiled a new series of high-speed patrol boats for maritime interdiction, and law enforcement operations...
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17 May 2019
Key Points The Shaldag Mk II fast interceptor craft has been integrated with missile capabilities The vessel is now one of the most capable interceptor...
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17 May 2019
Key Points ST Engineering is offering an integrated naval ship simulator system to international customers for the first time The system incorporates...
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17 May 2019
The Libyan National Army (LNA) has claimed that Turkish-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are being used to carry out attacks against the...
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17 May 2019
Admiral Nikolay Anatolyevich Evmenov, a career submariner, has been appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy. His promotion by President...
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17 May 2019
Key Points The Royal Australian Air Force is enhancing its electronic warfare capabilities, particularly signals intelligence This could result...
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17 May 2019
China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) has confirmed that it is considering potential investment in shipyards in Croatia. The state-owned...
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17 May 2019
Passenger traffic at Egyptian airports is on an upward trajectory after a slump triggered by regime changes and terrorism The appointment of...
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17 May 2019
Zycraft, a Singapore-based technology company specialising in the design and manufacture of unmanned surface vessels (USVs) for commercial and...
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17 May 2019
Key Points Indonesia plans to reinstate missile capabilities on two of its KCR-60M vessels in the long term First- and second-of-class were earlier...
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17 May 2019
BAE Systems Australia has opened what it described as a “high-frequency [HF] laboratory” to develop new technologies to further enhance the capabil...
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17 May 2019
The Russian Air Force is to acquire 76 Su-57 fifth generation multi-role aircraft and 100 modernised Mi-28N helicopters, designated Mi-28NM...
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17 May 2019
China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) decommissioned four Type 051 (Luda)-class destroyers in a ceremony held at the North Sea Fleet base...
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17 May 2019
Apparent tensions between NATO allies over an imminent Iranian threat were exposed after a two-star UK general briefed journalists on 14 May....
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17 May 2019
Spain has withdrawn its F-100-class frigate from a prolonged exercise with the USS Abraham Lincoln -led carrier group after it was ordered to...
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17 May 2019
Brazilian aerospace and defence manufacturer Embraer suffered first quarter losses for the second consecutive year in 2019, according to financial...
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17 May 2019
The Turkish Ministry of Defence (MoD) received 20 Hizir armoured border surveillance vehicles on 16 May. The vehicles were produced by privately-owned...
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17 May 2019
BAE Systems named Tom Arseneault president of its US business, the company announced on 16 May, in a move that sees Jerry DeMuro leave the role...
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17 May 2019
Two examples of the Expeditionary Modular Autonomous Vehicle (EMAV) from Pratt & Miller have been assessed at the US Army’s Next Generation Combat Ve...
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17 May 2019
Belarus is considering acquiring Russian-made air defence systems, including Pantsir-S self-propelled hybrid gun/missile air-defence systems...
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17 May 2019
A Cameroonian Air Force (CAF) HAIG Z9WE attack helicopter crashed on 13 May, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed. The helicopter, which belonged...
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17 May 2019
Belgium’s Mecar and Slovakia’s ZTS-Special conducted validation trials in late April in Slovakia with new M929 armor piercing fin-stabilised discarding ...
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17 May 2019
Belarus has begun exporting the 9P135M1(RB) anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) launcher, a source from the country’s defence industry told Jane’...
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17 May 2019
BAE Systems presented a paper at the 2019 Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) exhibition, which was held in Stockholm from 13 to 15 May, that hopes...
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17 May 2019
Newly developed torpedoes, torpedo defence systems, and mine countermeasures systems are to be fitted to Russian Navy warships, according to...
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17 May 2019
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) will field 16 m-class unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) on its future Multi-role Combat Vessels (MRCVs)...
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17 May 2019
A North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Lockheed Martin F-16A Flying Falcon crashed in southern California on 16 May. The aircraft...
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17 May 2019
The Japan Ministry of Defense’s (MoD’s) Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) announced on 10 May that it awarded a contract exte...
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17 May 2019
Lockheed Martin announced on 16 May that it had started construction of a new manufacturing facility at its Pike County Operations site in Troy...
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17 May 2019
Sweden’s naval chief has spelled out his ambitions for the future fleet as the government weighs its priorities for the forthcoming 2021-2025 defen...
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17 May 2019
On 15 May, the US State Department ordered its non-emergency staff to evacuate its embassy and consular facilities in Baghdad and Erbil in response...
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17 May 2019
The US military has announced that an amphibious assault ship and a Patriot air defence battery are being sent to the Central Command (CENTCOM)...
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17 May 2019
The UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) announced on 14 May the launch of an open-source software framework named Stone Soup...
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17 May 2019
Key Points Raytheon performed a setup and demonstration of its JPALS expeditionary variant for the first time during the week of 6 May The company...
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17 May 2019
Suspected militant Islamist gunmen killed six people, including a priest, during a raid on a Catholic church in the town of Dablo in Burkina...
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16 May 2019
Israel’s Controp Precision Technologies took the opportunity at the IMDEX 2019 exhibition, held in Singapore from 14 to 16 May, to unveil an...
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16 May 2019
The reemergence of trade tensions between the US and China, with both sides announcing new tariffs in recent weeks, has ignited new concern about...
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16 May 2019
Thermo Fisher plans to expand capacity at the site to meet demand for APIs.
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16 May 2019
IHS Markit's chemical process research team initiated the study following the 2018 announcement that Siluria Technologies had joined forces with...
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16 May 2019
Participants include the CEOs of BASF Corp., Dow, DuPont, and Shell.
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16 May 2019 Tom Marecki
IHS Markit has been monitoring exchange activity in advance of the June 3 go-live date for UMBS TBA, which will a key milestone for the TBA market...
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16 May 2019
DowDuPont today announced dividends on DuPont preferred stock. The $4.50/share series will carry dividends of about $1.13 cents/share, and the...
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16 May 2019
The channel had been closed on Friday, 10 May, after a very large gas carrier (VLGC) and a tugboat propelling two barges loaded with reformate...
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16 May 2019
Use of NMP will be restricted in the EU after May 2020 in a concentration above 0.3%.
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16 May 2019 Jordan Anderson
Ugandan opposition co-operation agreement increases risk of disruptive protests, indicates growing likelihood of contested election in 2021.
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16 May 2019
Market potential for mechanical recycling of textiles could be worth $67 million, and provide 150–300 jobs.
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16 May 2019 Brian Lawson
Emerging market debt remaining receptive; market sentiment to be tested by US-China trade dispute and soft initial Uber share price performance...
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16 May 2019 Nick Vafiadis
Watch Nick Vafiadis, VP- Plastics, discuss his assessment of the current conditions in the plastics market.
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16 May 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
IHS Markit closely tracks wind turbine orders globally. Which continent had the most orders in 2018?
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16 May 2019
Earnings rise in rest of Asia, Americas.
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16 May 2019
Functional material business reports steady demand.
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16 May 2019
COTC will be the most disruptive technology with profound impact on the industry.
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16 May 2019
Part of plan to increase share of specialties by 2023.
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16 May 2019
Net profit increases 54.8%
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16 May 2019
In Asia, which is the biggest market, the company reported reduced earnings
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16 May 2019
Operating profit at organic chemicals business grew 65% YOY
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16 May 2019
Quarterly production volumes declines 9.3%
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16 May 2019 Stephanie Brinley, MBA
US regulator delays review of bandwidth assigned to vehicle communications
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16 May 2019 Jane's Editorial Staff
Files revealed high-resolution offline maps produced by the Islamic State.
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16 May 2019
First foray into speciality chemicals via acquisition.
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16 May 2019
The Japan Ministry of Defense’s (MoD’s) Acquisition, Technology, & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has resumed plans to acquire a new wheeled armoure...
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16 May 2019
Production versions of the Harbin Z-20 helicopter appear to have entered service with the aviation units of China’s People’s Liberation Army Ground...
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16 May 2019
Americas Bolivia WATCH FOR: Transport disruption in Cochabamba department during the president’s re-election campaign launch on 18 May Risk ...
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16 May 2019
China’s Yunzhou Intelligence Technology (Yunzhou Tech), a Zhuhai-based company specialising in the design and manufacture of unmanned surface vehic...
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16 May 2019
Three days of briefings with armed forces, intelligence, and industry experts from around the world have revealed that electronic warfare is...
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16 May 2019
Boeing has confirmed it is to bid its AH-6i Little Bird light-attack and observation helicopter for Australia’s special forces requirement. Speak...
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16 May 2019
While the US Navy (USN) is investing more heavily in unmanned systems the service is seeking to develop operational concepts for how those systems...
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16 May 2019
South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has recorded a quarterly decline in profits amid growing concerns abo...
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16 May 2019
The Philippines and the Czech Republic have established a joint forum to support defence trade and related industrial collaboration. The agreement...
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16 May 2019
Iraq will receive 120 mm “high explosive with tracer tank ammunition cartridges” under a USD92.4 million contract announced by the US Departme...
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16 May 2019
Australian ammunition specialist NIOA has commenced manufacturing activity at the Australian state-owned munitions facility in Benalla, Victoria...
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16 May 2019
Italy’s DRASS Defence has entered the submarine market and aims to deliver compact and affordable solutions for smaller navies in particular. DRASS...
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16 May 2019
India’s military has initiated the formation of tri-service commands to manage space operations, cyber security, and special forces amid growi...
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16 May 2019
Tods Defence has commenced initial production of sonar domes for the UK Royal Navy’s (RN’s) Type 26 City-class frigates, the company told Jane’s...
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16 May 2019
Harris Corporation has taken the opportunity to showcase its pylon-mounted sonobuoy dispenser concept at the International Maritime Defence Exhibition...
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16 May 2019
Key Points Switzerland has split its aircraft procurement from the ground-based air-defence acquisition, with a cap of USD5.95 billion on the...
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16 May 2019
Newly appointed UK defence secretary Penny Mordaunt has promised to fight for a budget increase for her ministry in an ongoing review of government...
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16 May 2019
Key Points The Canadian Armed Forces awarded a contract for 10 MEOSAR search-and-rescue repeaters Hosted on the US GPS III satellites, the repeaters...
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16 May 2019
EU officials are downplaying US objections to European countries’ closer co-operation on defence capability development as “just more bombas...
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15 May 2019
Tata Chemicals will grow its specialties business post demerger.
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15 May 2019
Ascend Performance Materials today said it has applied for a permit with the Alabama Department of Environmental Management for a permit to increase...
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15 May 2019
Hexion says US Bankruptcy Court in Delaware has approved the company's restructuring support agreement (RSA), a deal with creditors that outlines...
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15 May 2019
For the year to date, chemical railcar traffic in North America is down 0.1%.
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15 May 2019
Chemical industry executives attending this year's Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference (APIC 2019) in Taipei, Taiwan, today outlined some...
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15 May 2019
As country is not likely to issue permits for big projects.
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15 May 2019
Production fell by 6% YOY in first quarter, or 2.5% neglecting pharmaceuticals.
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15 May 2019 Chris Williamson
Weak labour market survey data have contrasted with encouragingly buoyant official data in recent months, but behind robust headline numbers...
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15 May 2019
Capacity utilization rose to 84.1%.
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15 May 2019
Capacity increase part of company's plan to increase production of carboxylic acids in the short-term.
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15 May 2019 William May
Breakdown of trade negotiations pours cold water on commodity prices.
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15 May 2019
Volvo has announced that half of its sales will be for EVs by 2025.
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15 May 2019 Shane Norton
We expect travel to rise by 1.5 million from last year as 42.8 million travelers are expected to take to the rails, roads and skies during the...
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15 May 2019
The petchem profit was also impacted by stagnant markets for styrene monomer.
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15 May 2019
Company reports margin erosion for various products.
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15 May 2019 Carlos Caicedo
Argentine president’s plan of national unity rejected by opposition, election uncertainty continues to be key risk driver.
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15 May 2019 Jack Kennedy
Implementation of ceasefire conditions reduces immediate likelihood of resumed escalation between Israel and Gazan militant groups.
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15 May 2019
Increase in cost of raw materials and freight rates impacts operating profit of chemicals segment.
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15 May 2019
Decline in revenue reported in all the business units
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15 May 2019 Oscar Abbink, Ph.D. Judson Jacobs Carolyn Seto, Ph.D.
Is digitalization delivering the outcomes we’re expecting?
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15 May 2019
Operating income at several sectors were squeezed by an increase in raw material prices
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15 May 2019
Higher raw material prices also impacted the profit
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15 May 2019 Jamal Amir
New vehicle sales in Philippines remain flat in April
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15 May 2019
Operating profit decline at the semiconductor materials and high-performance plastics divisions
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15 May 2019
Product available in flake, pellet and fiber forms.
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15 May 2019
Inflation and the depreciating rupee resulted in lower gross margins
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15 May 2019
Shutdown maintenance of a styrene plant and investment made in healthcare impacts operating profit
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15 May 2019
Higher earnings in advanced plastics and carbon products
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15 May 2019
Spending close to $500 million on the project.
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15 May 2019
Completion due in 2021.
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15 May 2019 Chris Hawkins
Eco-nihilist group with Latin American roots presents a more indiscriminate threat than currently posed by existing eco-extremists
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15 May 2019
It is seeking $75 million plus interest.
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15 May 2019
Cameron LNG begins production, co-owners plan expansion.
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15 May 2019
Maintenance program expected to complete in June; Production issues at Böhlen had caused outage since February.
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15 May 2019
Lockheed Martin has reportedly promised that the F-21 will be exclusively operated by the Indian Air Force should the nation select it for its...
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15 May 2019
Two of the five Boeing 737NG airframes for the UK’s future E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) project will be second-ha...
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15 May 2019
The US Department of Commerce (DoC) announced on 13 May that it had added 12 foreign entities to the Bureau of Industry and Security’s (BIS’...
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15 May 2019
Key Points Armed forces can gain insights from open source threat intelligence, both from offline and online threats Intelligence can be gleaned...
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15 May 2019
Raytheon has announced on 13 May that its next-generation global positioning system operational control system (GPS OCX) has completed its final...
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15 May 2019
A majority of the European Defence Agency (EDA) member states have agreed to start work to align their administrative rules by 2020 to quickly...
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15 May 2019
Lockheed Martin’s Extensible Launcher System (ExLS) three-cell stand-alone launcher has been selected for two naval surface combatant programmes, the c...
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15 May 2019
Boeing is targeting current and future operators of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) as it looks to secure additional...
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15 May 2019
The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) published a request for information on 13 May for a 12.7 mm rapid-fire weapon system. The agency...
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15 May 2019
Boeing sees significant potential in securing light attack and Aggressor sales for the T-X trainer aircraft it has developed with Saab, having...
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15 May 2019
Sweden’s cross-party Defence Commission presented its final report, ‘Defensive power – Sweden’s Security Policy and the Development of its Mili...
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15 May 2019
European missile systems house MBDA has announced the appointment of a new chief executive to succeed Antoine Bouvier, who has moved to take...
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15 May 2019
Images have emerged on Chinese online forums showing that the hull of an eighth Type 071 (Yuzhao)-class landing platform dock (LPD) vessel for...
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15 May 2019
Boeing is offering to expedite deliveries of F-15EX Advanced Eagle combat aircraft to the US Air Force (USAF) by two years, should the service...
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15 May 2019
The US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has awarded BAE Systems Information and Electronics Systems a USD10.9 million contract to upgrade the...
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15 May 2019
The final three Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) JF-17 Thunder Block II multirole combat aircraft are set to be delivered to the Pakistan...
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15 May 2019
The US Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command has selected a Dynetics-led team to develop an experimental 100 kW laser weapon system for i...
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15 May 2019
Just as the first competitor completes participation in the ongoing Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor’s (LTAMDS’s) ‘sense off’, the US Army...
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15 May 2019
The Russian State Research and Production Enterprise Region ‘GNPP Region’, part of JSC Tactical Missiles Corporation, has completed trials and ...
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15 May 2019
India’s government-run Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested its Abhyas High-speed Expendable Aeria...
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15 May 2019
Long-running protests in Sudan have intensified since 6 April, when thousands began a sit-in outside the army headquarters in central Khartoum...
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15 May 2019
Perspecta has been awarded a contract to deliver cyber electronic warfare (EW) support to the US Army Program Executive Office (PEO) for Intelligence...
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15 May 2019
The United States armed services are seeking options for new stand-off loitering munition capabilities. In April the US Army Contracting Command...
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15 May 2019
The United Nations (UN) team in Yemen has verified the withdrawal of the Ansar Allah (Houthi) rebel group from the three Red Sea ports that it...
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15 May 2019
The Indian Army (IA) has expressed concern to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) over what it described as “faulty and poor quality” assorted ammunition ...
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15 May 2019
The Saudi Minister of Energy, Khalid al-Falih, stated on 14 May that two pumping stations on the East-West pipeline, in the Dawadmi and Afif...
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15 May 2019
Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) has recorded gains in revenue and profit in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, the company...
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15 May 2019
The Liberal–National Coalition government in Australia and its political opposition, the Labor Party, have both stated a commitment to resta...
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15 May 2019
Equatorial Guinea’s armed forces helped foil a pirate attack on 5 May, but account of the operation provided by the government’s press websi...