India emerges 3rd largest consumer of natural rubber: Rubber Board

India has emerged as the third largest consumer of natural rubber after China and the US, and exceeding Japan, according to the 2008 figures released by the Rubber Board. According to a report by the Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII), rubber prices have recorded a negative growth of 0.55% between 1980-81 and 2007-08. On … Read more India emerges 3rd largest consumer of natural rubber: Rubber Board

Tata Indicom Broadband + NEC India for education and hospitality verticals

Tata Indicom Broadband, internet service from Tata Communications has formed alliance with NEC India, a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Asia and NEC Corporation which aims to offer integrated solutions for education and hospitality verticals. The two companies will target a common customer base and bundle their products. NEC and Tata Indicom Broadband would explore … Read more Tata Indicom Broadband + NEC India for education and hospitality verticals

BGR Energy secures $80.5 mn worth of contract from SCOP

BGR Energy Systems has announced that the State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP), Ministry of Oil, Iraq, has increased the value of the contract it placed in the Oil and Gas Equipment division of the company from $76.6 million to $80.5 million. In October 2006, SCOP had awarded a lump-sum turnkey contract worth of $76.60 million to … Read more BGR Energy secures $80.5 mn worth of contract from SCOP

ONGC halts development of six discoveries

Owing to lack of proper infrastructure set up, state-run exploration and production (E&P) major Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has only shelved out development of six prospective discoveries made in recent years in the backward regions. ONGC has discoveries under its belt like Karjan, Linch and Mekrang lying in areas where no infrastructure is … Read more ONGC halts development of six discoveries