Economics

The Eurozone is in crisis – again. Or at least it is until the latest economic recovery plan from the European Central Bank (ECB) has been declared a success.

As reported in last month’s issue of gasworld magazine, the slide of the brent crude oil price (per barrel) continues to dominate the news headlines of the new year.

Following its September 2011 bond issue in Hong Kong (Dim Sum Bond), Air Liquide Finance innovates yet again with the issue on 9th January, 2015 of its first Chinese renminbi-denominated bond on the Taiwanese market...

Plug Power Inc., has executed a multi-year contract with SouthernLINC Wireless, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southern Company, for its ReliOn integrated fuel cell solution and GenFuel hydrogen services.

The Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) and the Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage (SCCS) group have both welcomed the announcement from the Department of Energy and Climate Change of £2.5m funding for the North...

NASA has awarded an agency-wide multiple award contracts to Air Products and Chemicals and Linde consolidating the agency’s requirements for 10.2 million litres of liquid helium and 128.6 million cubic feet of gaseous helium to...

The economic situation in China seems to be reflected by the interim results of the largest air separation plant manufacturer Hangzhou Hangyang who recently announced their interim results for 2014.

The fifth-largest economy by nominal figures, and the second-largest in Europe, France is at the forefront of one of the most mature regional industrial gas markets.

Kaimeite Gases in China has recently released its interim results of 2014. Total revenue has increased by 39.71% from RMB 89.37m in first half of 2013 to RMB 124.86m in first half of 2014.

Results for the first half of 2014 were influenced by a challenging trading environment and spill-over effects of Afrox’s own strike in the first quarter.