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NLMK Successfully Passed Certification Audits Confirming

Feb 20, 2014

Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) has stated that it has successfully passed certification audits confirming that its production of special-size slabs from high-strength and corrosion-resistant steel grades is compliant with the ...

Tags: Steel Slabs, High-Strength Slabs

Metinvest Completed Testing of High-Strength and Wearproof Plates

Feb 20, 2014

Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest has announced that it has completed testing of high-strength and wearproof plates for lining the body of BelAZ dump trucks at its subsidiary Central GOK. Performance testing of ...

Tags: Wearproof Plates, High-Strength Plates

New Car Registrations Totaled 935,640 Units in The European Union

Feb 20, 2014

In January of the current year, new car registrations totaled 935,640 units in the European Union (EU), with an increase of 5.5 percent year on year and up 3.24 percent month on month, according to the latest figures issued by the European ...

Tags: Car Registrations, EU markets

BHP Billiton Announced Its Financial Results for The Half Year Ended December 31, 2013

Feb 20, 2014

Australian mining company BHP Billiton has announced its financial results for the half year ended December 31, 2013. According to its financial statement, BHP Billiton posted a net profit of US$8.1 billion for the first half of the ...

Tags: BHP Billiton, mining

PPI for The UK Manufacturing Industry Increased by 0.3 Percent

Feb 20, 2014

According to a report released by the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS), in January of the current year the producer price index (PPI) for the UK manufacturing industry increased by 0.3 percent compared to December, following the ...

Tags: Basic Metal, imported metals

Motor Vehicle Sales in Turkey Totaled 34,288 Units

Feb 20, 2014

In January of the current year, motor vehicle sales in Turkey totaled 34,288 units, decreasing by 7.68 percent year on year, according to the Turkish Automotive Manufacturers Association (OSD). In the given month, passenger car sales in ...

Tags: Motor Vehicle, Automotive

In January,The Value of Taiwan's Iron and Steel Exports Increased by 0.58% Year on Year

Feb 20, 2014

In January of the current year, the value of Taiwan's iron and steel exports increased by 0.58 percent year on year and by 5.25 compared to the previous month to $1.56 billion, according to the preliminary statistics issued by the Taiwanese ...

Tags: Iron, Steel Export

S.Africa's Primary Carbon and Alloy Steel Product Imports Amounted to 58,107 Mt in DEC

Feb 20, 2014

South Africa's primary carbon and alloy steel product imports (excluding semi-finished steel, stainless steel and drawn wire) amounted to 58,107 mt in December last year, decreasing by 52.8 percent compared to November and down 0.9 percent ...

Tags: Carbon, Alloy Steel

A UK-Based Company Is Developing Solar-Cell Technology

Feb 20, 2014

A UK-based company is developing solar-cell technology that could help advance the market for integrating solar energy-harvesting glass into commercial buildings. Oxford Photovoltaics (PV) -- co-founded by Oxford University physicist ...

Tags: Solar Research, Energy-Harvesting Glass

Methylmercury Concentrations in Estuary Waters Are Way to Predict Mercury Contamination

Feb 19, 2014

A Dartmouth-University of Connecticut study of the northeast United States shows that methylmercury concentrations in estuary waters—not in sediment as commonly thought—are the best way to predict mercury contamination in the ...

Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Chemicals

Metal Wires Integrated Into Elastic Materials,Enable Highly Stretchable Electronic Devices

Feb 19, 2014

Fractals—patterns defined by their scale-invariance that makes them look the same on large scales as they do on small scales—are found in nature everywhere from snowflakes to broccoli to the beating of the heart. In a new study, ...

Tags: Wire, Electronic Devices, Consumer Electronics

There Is a Big Effort in Industry to Produce Electrical Devices

Feb 19, 2014

There is a big effort in industry to produce electrical devices with more and faster memory and logic. Magnetic memory elements, such as in a hard drive, and in the future in what is called MRAM (magnetic random access memory), use ...

Tags: Electric, electrical devices

NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory Has Seen a Fast-Moving Pulsar Escaping

Feb 19, 2014

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has seen a fast-moving pulsar escaping from a supernova remnant while spewing out a record-breaking jet—the longest of any object in the Milky Way galaxy—of high-energy particles. The pulsar, a ...

Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Jet

Smart Auto Glass' Opportunities and Key Trends

Feb 19, 2014

Introduction A glass material becomes smart glass when it is coated or laminated with some smart material or when sensors or other electronics are embedded into it. Smart glass has found used in buildings as well as in vehicles. This ...

Tags: Smart Auto Glass, Key Trends

MPS and Chesapeake Services Have Formally Completed The Merging of Their Businesses

Feb 19, 2014

Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) and consumer packaging manufacturer Chesapeake Services have formally completed the merging of their businesses. The merger has led to the creation of a new firm in the print and packaging industry with ...

Tags: Multi Packaging, Packaging

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