THE RUSSIAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

The Viability of Deregulation in the Russian Gas Industry

Russia, with total production of 581 bcm (billion of cubic meters), is the world’s leading producer of gas. Despite that, however, the problems currently faced by its gas industry are many and significant. On one hand, questions are still being asked on the capacity of Gazprom, the national company, to face up to the considerable financial needs to renew the major gas deposits developed under t...

Licensing in the chemical industry

Sustainable Modernization of the Russian Power Utilities Industry

Our paper analyzes the issue of managing structural and technological modernization of the Russian power utilities industry based on the basic criteria of sustainable development. We have chosen coal-fired generation and its defining technologies as the main subject for our analysis. Key points of the Russian power utilities development strategy that has been drawn up to 2030 are compared again...

The War and the Chemical Industry.

The only truie basis on whiPh the independence of ouir country can rest is agriculture and manufactures. To the promotion of these nothing tends in a higher degree than chemistry. It is this scienee which teaches ian lhow to correct the bad qualities of the land he cultivates bv a proper application of the variouis species of manure, and it is by means of a knowledge of this science that lhe is...

Commuting accidents in the German chemical industry.

Due to accident severity and the extent of claim payments commuting accidents are a significant expense factor in the German industry. Therefore the aim of the present study was the identification of risk factors for commuting accidents in a German chemical company. A retrospective analysis of commuting accidents recorded between 1990 and 2003 was conducted in a major chemical company in German...