Archive for April, 2010
Japan’s Idemitsu Kosan to reduce refining capacity
Japanese refiner Idemitsu Kosan Co., eyeing reduced demand for refined products, plans to cut 100,000 b/d of crude refining capacity by the fiscal year ending in March 2014. [...]
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Otto Energy Limited (ASX:OEL)service contract 55, Philippines revisions granted
Otto Energy Limited (ASX:OEL) (PINK:OTTEF) through its wholly owned subsidiary NorAsian Energy Limited is pleased to advise that the Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) [...]
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ConocoPhillips to start Singapore naphtha trade desk
ConocoPhillips (COP.N) is starting a naphtha trading desk in its Singapore office for the first time, joining the likes of Mercuria and Noble (NOBG.SI) which have set up the [...]
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Malaysia power report Q2 2010 – New Market Report Published
The new Malaysia Power Report forecasts that the country will account for 1.34 percent of Asia Pacific regional power generation by 2014, with a broadly balanced domestic [...]
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Kangaroo signs initial offtake deal for Indonesia coal
Australian coal company Kangaroo Resources has secured an initial exports sale contract with Chinese energy company Guandong Yudean Farnon Investment, from its East [...]
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Indonesia’s PGN Q1 net profit soars 45pct
Indonesia’s state gas operator PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGAS.JK: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday that its first quarter net profit jumped 45 percent to 1.77 [...]
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Flex LNG plans FLNG terminal for Thailand’s PTTEP
Japanese shipping line Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (K-Line), on behalf of Flex LNG Ltd., plans to launch the world’s first floating LNG (FLNG) production platform in [...]
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Finders Resources copper production up in Q1, Wetar demo plant exceeds nameplate capacity
Finders Resources (AIM, ASX: FND) called its performance during the first quarter “exceptional”, with the Wetar copper project in Indonesia benefiting from strong [...]
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Zijin’s stake in target Indophil falls from March
Zijin Mining Group Co., China’s largest gold producer, said its effective stake in takeover target Indophil Resources NL declined to 38.9 percent. Zijin, which agreed [...]
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Mine siege lifted after payoff
A GROUP of armed men lifted a siege of a gold mine in Indonesia after receiving a payoff of a kilogram of gold and 11,000 dollars, police said on Thursday. About 30 [...]
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Shanghai ready to welcome world to Expo
Shanghai is set to open the World Expo Friday by setting the skies along its riverfront ablaze with fireworks, welcoming the huge showcase of culture and technology with a [...]
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China’s alarming spate of school knifing
China is reeling from the fourth attack on schoolchildren in just over a month. The series of stabbings, which have left 10 dead and dozens injured, has prompted questions [...]
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Repression continues, humanitarian space narrowing in Burma – report
Almost two years after Cyclone Nargis killed nearly 140,000 people in Myanmar, the repression of rights in areas hit by the cyclone continues and the humanitarian space in [...]
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Tobacco firms take aim at Bangladeshi, Asian women
Bangladeshi chest doctor Kazi Saifuddin Bennoor has seen many misleading cigarette advertisements, but the one that suggested smoking could make childbirth easier plumbed new [...]
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URA survey shows Singaporeans satisfied with life in Singapore
More Singaporeans are satisfied with the living, working and leisure environment, according to an Urban Redevelopment Authority Survey. Data collected from the Lifestyle [...]
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