8India's largest recycling plant is going to build via a JV

8Actizone, Solvay’s innovative 24-hour antimicrobial sanitizing technology, is now fully approved in the United States.
8Find out how this technology works

8Amidst the flurry of deals tied up at the K2022 show, German machinery firm Coperion says it is supplying a complete system for the chemical recycling of PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate) to Renov8, a subsidiary of just right based in Jafza, Dubai, a manufacturer in plastics processing specialising in sustainable solutions

At the K2022 show, Thai BOPP film producer A.J. Plast bought another line from German film stretching equipment maker Brückner Maschinenbau, which is a part of the Brückner Group.
8This is its 15th film production line from Brückner, a five-layer, 10.4 m wide BOPP line with a line speed of 600 m/minute and an output of 7.5 tonnes/hour, cementing the longest partnerships in the BOPP industry

8Chinese recycling company Intco has become one of the largest recyclers and end users of waste-expanded polystyrene (EPS)

8Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery hands over its 80,000th model
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8Kraiburg TPE offers a new line of sustainable materials

Get here the cotton prices for today
8China Cotton Index : 26-10-2022: 15807 Yuan (Changed: -27)
8Karachi Cotton Association Spot Rate: 26-10-2022: Pak 16935 (37.324Kg) (Un-Changed)
8MCX - Cotton Future : 26-10-2022: Dec : 2022 : Rs. 28890 (Changed: +100)
8NYBOT- Cotton Future: 26-10-2022: Dec : 2022 : $ 77.82 (Changed: -0.65)

8What is the latest status of the global DAP market?
How are prices behaving?

8How long is it going to take before more bids are opened for the other units of CPCL's Nagapatinam refinery?
8There are quite a few projects for bids that have been submitted but they have not been opened, except for the DCU package

This website was always of the view that the direct transfer of subsidy to banks of LPG subsidies was an idea from some bright spark in Niti Aayog or the PMO
8Only to find now that it was this man from the World Bank

What is forcing this onland rig company to bid so aggressively to win bids?
8It has just won two 2000 HP rig contracts

The glass is either half-full or half empty
8Total Energy of France thinks it got a good deal by getting a low-price entry into the Indian gas market
8Other think it shelled out $600 million, far too high a price for the entry

The green hydrogen revolution provides an opportunity for the glass industry
8And here is an Indian EPC giant explaining how that is so

The gas price hike is narrowing the spread between CNG and diesel
8And eventually this will squeeze margins for CGD companies
8Here is an example

The Gujarat Pollution Board is responsible for monitoring and supervising over 30,964 industries, 42,563 health care units, 34 common effluent treatment plants, 21 common bio-medical waste treatment facilities, etc.
8And yet 223 posts in GPCB were scrapped despite a manifold increase in work and rising pollution
8The place is in a mess, says this scathing indictment

Ammonia Brownfield Project
8Cost: Rs 200 Cr.
8Project Event: Still discussion is ongoing, and RFQ for the Environmental Impact Assessment consultant is likely to be released at the end of November 2022
Ammonia Storage Tank Greenfield Project
8Cost: Rs 100 Cr.
8Project Event: The construction has started, erection work is ongoing for long lead items. Toyo engineering is the single bidder for the 10000 MT double-wall supply with associated facilities on an EPCC- LSTK basis. The project is likely to be commissioned in Q2 FY 2023-2024

Rs 2000 crore  greenfield hydroelectric Power project: Civil works package( lot-2) in January 2023
8EIA/EMP report has been approved by MoEF.
8Hydrology report has been approved by CWC
8Consent of PPA as per CERC tariff has been obtained.
8Pre-bid meetings are yet to be conducted for the civil works package(lot-1)
8RFQ for the civil works package (lot-2) is likely to be floated in January 2023.
Rs 5535 crore greenfield pumped storage project: S/S works in Q1 2023
8Forest clearance stages 1 and 2  have been accorded by the DFO.
8CEA has approved the DPR of the project
8Contractor have been selected for civil, HM and EM work.
8Site preparation has been completed for the P/S works.
8RFQ for the 400kV S/S works is likely to be floated in Q1 2023.
Rs 11350 crore brownfield super-critical thermal power project: Ball mill system package in December 2022
8The project got delayed due to the slow progress in design and drawing by the contractors.
8BOP works are in the advanced stage of completion
8Civil works for railway siding have been completed.
8RFQ for the ball mill system package is likely to be floated in December 2022.
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8India’s vision to adopt EV mobility can only be achieved if we can address range anxiety, safety and fast charging
8The growing EV market represents an opportunity for both OEMs and disruptors to completely reimagine their supply chain operating models
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8The cost of gas is too high, and gas-based power cannot compete with coal-based power in the merit order system
8But why is this company planning an expansion?

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8But the pricing models are different, though eventually all of them will end up with the price that the market can take
8Here is one more auction with a different pricing model

8This is a big decision by the PNGRB
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