8Gautam Adani-led Adani New Industries (ANIL) and Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) are planning to set up two compressed biogas (CBG) plants each, senior executives aware of the development said. ANIL plans to set up a 40-million tonne per annum (mtpa) plant in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, while RIL is still formalising the location for two similar capacity units.

8The government has once again revised the newly-introduced windfall tax levied on crude, diesel and jet fuel (ATF), according to a government notification issued on Tuesday.

8Fertilisers shares closed higher in the Tuesday's session.

8India is now having unsustainable level of import dependence on crude oil and natural gas, with the domestic production remaining virtually stagnant and  growth rate in demand and import level of crude oil and natural gas steadily increasing at 6 to 7% per annum.

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8Cosmo Specialty Chemicals, a subsidiary of Cosmo First Ltd, announced it has appointed a new head of sales in the textile division

8Pricing is volatile, however, raw materials and finished goods (inventory loss) have curtailed profitability

8NextChem has been awarded a Front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by a market leader in plastics and chemicals for an advanced mechanical recycling plant for municipal plastic waste in Europe

8INEOS and SINOPEC have signed three back-to-back deals worth a combined value of US$7 billion
8These landmark agreements are expected to generate a combined turnover of around US$10 billion from 7 million tons of capacity

8The requirement of submission of the Bill of Export for supplies made to SEZ in case of Advance Authorization has been relaxed

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8Revenue increased by 108% backed by volume expansion and realization gains in the previous quarter

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8The Coca-Cola Co. announced changes to its plastic bottles. Dasani bottles will be made from 100% recycled PET, and Sprite bottles will transition from green to clear plastic, which is more likely to be recycled into new bottles

8The market was hit by reduced demand in China combined with upstream capacity additions

8Japanese group also targeting further development of liquid rubber made from biomass-derived materials

8VF Corp. has started the world's first 'regenerative rubber' pilot via a collaboration between its The North Face, Timberland and Vans brands, with consultancy Terra Genesis International

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8IOCL has major capex plans over the last five years
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Under-recoveries -- as the entire cost of crude is still not allowed to be passed on -- may have wrecked the refinery sector but refining companies are still doing well.
8What explains this dichotomy?

8Here is an oil company with a Rs 100 crore loan from Russia
8And sanctions have meant that the loan is temporarily unserviced

8There are two private CBM companies which are making progress in drilling new wells in their areas

Coal based Ammonia Greenfield Project
8Cost: 200 Cr.
8Project Event: The company is planning to re- release the BOQ for the contractor at the end of August 2022, due to lack of bidder. The modification on BOQ is ongoing.
SSP/NPK Greenfield Project
8Cost: 70 Cr.
8Project Event: The feasibility studies have been completed, and international discussion is ongoing, RFQ for the Contractor is likely to be released in September 2022

8What is it that existing CGD entities fear most from expiry of exclusivity period?