Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Tire manufacturers may be looking at a looming rubber shortage as a result of flooding and leaf disease in natural rubber-producing countries like Thailand and Indonesia, according to Bloomberg. However, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NASDAQ:GT) (Akron, Ohio) Chief Executive Officer Rich Kramer told CNBC's Jim Cramer earlier this month that »

North America Arizona Public Service Company has rescheduled the restart of the 1,247-megawatt (MW) Palo Verde 03 unit at its Palo Verde Nuclear Power Station in Arizona. The restart is now expected May 18. Dominion Generation has rescheduled the restart of the 920-MW North Anna 01 unit at its North Anna Nuclear Power Station in Virginia. The restart is »

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Although Oman is a small country, it holds an important place in the Middle East with its significant natural resources, such as oil and gas. To boost its Chemical Processing Industry, the country recently integrated many of its major chemical companies into one entity, Oman Qaboos, which hopes to inaugurate soon the »

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--To date, Japan has seen more than 628,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, and more than 10,700 deaths. Although it has secured the largest amount of COVID-19 vaccines in Asia, Japan has inoculated only 2.2% of its population so far, the slowest among wealthy countries, according to Reuters. The government aims »

China's overall social power consumption reached 663.1 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in March, an increase of 19.4% year over year, according to China's National Energy Administration (NEA). From January to March, China's accumulative social power consumption reached 1,921.9 billion kWh, an increase of 21.2% year over year. In March, China's power consumption in the primary industries »