Tantalum carbide (TaC) is an extremely hard (Mohs hardness 9-10) refractory ceramic material commercially used in cutting tool tips. It is a heavy brown powder, usually processed by sintering, and is an important cermet material.…
OPEC+, an oil producers' alliance led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, stuck to its original plan to increase output by just 432,000 b/d in June, continuing to defy calls from major consumers led by the United States to pump more oil to keep prices down.…
Analysts at JPMorgan recommended selling or "underweight" emerging market local currency sovereign debt because of the global impact of the Ukraine-Russia crisis.JPMorgan estimated that fixed-income assets in emerging markets have lost 6-9 percent of…
Gazprom recently said it had completely suspended gas supplies to Bulgarian Gas company and Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG) because it was not being paid in rubles. Russia said it would resume gas supplies after it agreed to pay for them in ruble…