Atmospheric and Specialty gases company, Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (APD) recently opened its new specialty amines plant in Nanjing, China. The facility complements its existing local capabilities to support customers in the growing polyurethane additives and epoxy markets. The new specialty amines plant is designed to manufacture many of the amine chemistries marketed by the business globally. Air Products already operates two large air separation plants. Air Products focuses on China for growth as the country seems to be having a strong and potential market as well as industries, such as construction, coatings and automobile production.   The new plant has significantly strengthened the supply chain capabilities of Air Products' Performance Materials business in China and throughout Asia. Other strategic capabilities that the company has built for its Performance Materials business include a technology center in Shanghai's Zhangjiang Industrial Park, a triethylenediamine manufacturing facility for polyurethane additives

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PowerSafe Technology Corporation (PSFT.PK) subsidiary Amplification Technologies Inc. (www.amplificationtechnologies.com) (ATI), is offering higher performance thermoelectrically cooled discrete amplification single photon counting solid state photodetectors. These photodetectors are mounted on a two stage thermoelectric cooler inside a hermetically sealed TO8 package and can be operated down to a temperature of -30oC.

Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASTM), a leading developer of autologous cell products for the treatment of chronic cardiovascular diseases, today reported financial results and operational updates

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Industrial gases and specialty chemical company, Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (APD) has forayed into the Chinese liquefied natural gas market (LNG) by signing an agreement with Technip to supply Air Products’ LNG process technology and equipment for an LNG project in Yinchuan, China. Technip is a world leader in project management, engineering and construction for the oil & gas industry.  Air Products’ technology will be vital for Technip’s two liquefaction trains each producing 400,000 tons of LNG per annum for Ningxia Hanas Natural Gas Company, Ltd. Ningxia Hanas, formerly known as Yinchuan Natural Gas Company, is mainly engaged in city gas, gas supply to industrial and commercial users, gas heating, gas-fired power generation, gas-fired cogeneration, and environment protection. The units are targeted to be completed in the second half of 2011.  Other terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Air Products has also signed a ...

Massey Energy Company (MEE), the fourth largest coal company in the US and the largest in Central Appalachia , has completed the acquisition of mining assets from its bankrupt rival, Appalachian Fuels LLC.  At more than $5.1 million, the assets include 23 million tons of coal reserves, permitted deep and surface mines, a permitted preparation plant and some mining equipment. These assets are located in Fayette County , West Virginia , close to Massey's existing Mammoth and Nicholas Energy resource groups.  Over half of the acquired reserves are metallurgical coal in the Powellton and Eagle Coal Seams. Massey plans to resume mining metallurgical coal in the Powellton Seam in the near term. However, it has no immediate plans to start the other idled deep and surface mines acquired in the transaction. The coal produced will be processed at Massey's Mammoth preparation plant. Massey expects the acquisition ...

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Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. (NASDAQ: OZRK) will be presenting at the Rodman & Renshaw Annual Global Investment Conference in New York, NY, on September 9, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. EDT. The Company will be represented by George Gleason, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Greg McKinney, Executive Vice President and Controller.

In today’s tough economic climate, the majority of U.S. hospitals are challenged to generate low single-digit profit margins given the impact of rising supply costs, variances in supply utilization, and reduced revenue due to changes in patient volumes and payor reimbursement. To address these existing challenges, MedAssets, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDAS) is

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RINO International Corp., a company that designs, manufactures, installs and services proprietary and patented wastewater treatment, desulphurization equipment, and high temperature anti-oxidation systems for iron and steel manufacturers in the People’s Republic of China, announced this morning that it has been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Global Market.

Mr. Zou Dejun, President and CEO of RINO International, stated, “We are very pleased to join the Nasdaq Capital Market with other top tier global companies. Meeting the stringent requirements to list on Nasdaq Global Market demonstrates our commitment to build a strong organization. We believe that this achievement will further enhance our profile in the US capital markets, increase the visibility and liquidity of our shares while enabling us to expand and diversify our shareholder base.”

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Crude oil inventories are 'bursting at the seams' as record amounts of unused oil are being put in storage around the world, threatening to flood the market; Goldman Sachs has predicted that storage capacity may be full by June.  Developing a 'southern corridor' for gas transit by increasing ties with Iraq and Turkey will be a priority at an EU European and Central Asian countries summit this week.  The ailing US steel industry has beseeched Washington to re-enforce trade laws concerning foreign dumping and also said that climate change laws will have a deleterious effect upon domestic steel manufacturers.  China will invest $293 billion in the alternative energy sector from now through to 2020 and is planning a 'stimulus package' to more than double the output of alternative energy target for 2020.  The world's second biggest energy consumer ...

Despite criticism from opposition politicians, Putin's anti-crisis plan has been lauded by the Duma.  Can the '1998 miracle' be matched by today's measures?  The Economic Development Ministry wants to postpone the increase in utility prices to spare industry higher costs.  The Ministry also predicts the unemployment rate to be between 10.4% and 10.7% this year.  The Education and Science Minister has warned that only 30% of economic school graduates will find a job in 2015, as the state prioritizes other sectors.  Risks of inflation reaching 13% in 2009 are minimal, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin has reportedly stated.  Steel manufacturers await the result of negotiations with Chinese iron ore producers, predicting a price cut of between 30% and 40% from last year.  Severstal has said that overdue repayments from domestic car manufacturers are at a '...

As the world works through how it is going to deal with cleaner energy needs, there is very little talk about where current energy is coming from. A light switch gets turned on and light is expected; the weather turns hot and people demand air conditioning. The power needs to come from somewhere, regardless of future considerations, and some are firmly positioned to profit handsomely.

Massey Energy Company, an Appalachian Mountain Basin coal supplier, provides high-quality/low-sulfur coal to utility companies, steel manufacturers and other customers requiring coal that, in certain instances, is considered meteorological grade. The company is currently experiencing the benefits of past strategic decisions. Some twenty years ago, the company committed to several long-term projects that have positioned the company as the fourth largest coal company in the U.S.

If one were to visualize a common perception of what a coal company might be, Massey Energy Company is that

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