A mining company with a plan to do for emeralds what De Beers has done for diamonds has been delivered a blow by the government it is in partnership with. Seemingly out of the blue, the Zambia Ministry of Mines, Energy and Water ...
Activaero has reported the positive results from its phase II trial in children with mild to moderate asthma. The proof-of-concept trial was conducted with Activaero's drug-device combination consisting of budesonide in liquid formulation ...
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Martifer Solar, a subsidiary of Martifer SGPS, developed a cluster of utility scale photovoltaic plants totaling 28.1 MWp in the United Kingdom. This is one of the largest clusters of utility scale solar PV plants ever built ...
Tags: Solar, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Martifer Solar
Speaking at the International Steel Trade Day organized by STSG-Eurometal in Milan on April 4, Cesare Viganò, general manager of Italy-based CLN, presented his outlook for the steel market in 2013. The global steel industry has ...
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The Pakistani caretaker government March 26 announced a ban on tinted auto glass and motorcycle helmet visors as part of an effort to improve the law-and-order situation ahead of the May 11 election. "On March 19, Karachi police announced ...
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Furniture factories got off to a quick start this year as January orders were up 7% and shipments up 10% from the same month in 2012, Smith Leonard reported. The accounting and consulting firm said its monthly survey of residential ...
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Having originally ruled out installing LEDs in its older stores because the ceilings were too high for the lights to have any real effect, supermarket giant Morrisons has started to roll out LED retrofit projects in 80 other outlets of ...
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New commercial vehicle demand across the European Union (EU) in February this year was down for the 14th consecutive month, with a year-on-year decrease of 13.3 percent, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association ...
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The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has published the second round of the food industry’s own tests, which were carried out over the last three weeks. The tests revealed that a total of three samples contained horsemeat. A ...
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St. Jude Medical, a US-based provider of medical technologies, has presented positive results from RESPECT clinical study of its Amplatzer PFO occluder device. The double-disc transcatheter PFO closure device, which is comprised of ...
The latest declared glass recycling rate in South Africa is now, according to The Glass Recycling Company (TGRC), 40.1%; a 230% growth in annual volumes recycled since the inception of TGRC six years ago. Evidence of a shift in consumer ...
US-based biotechnology firm DART Therapeutics is developing a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) drug candidate for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). DMD is a pediatric rare disease that affects approximately one in 3,600 boys ...
In 2008 the company IMSA IMPEX SRL, leader in glass and glass equipment distribution in Central and East Europe, has reached its thirtieth year of operation through unwavering confidence, élan and transparent operations. IMSA could ...
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The launch of the ‘Everyday Wear’ programme by the Ghanaian Government will increase the demand for Made-in-Ghana garments, and thereby boost the domestic industry, textile and apparel industry stakeholders have said. At a ...
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Medtronic has gained CE mark approval for its Engager transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) system with transapical delivery catheter, from the European Union (EU). The new TAVI system, which is inserted in the apex (the lower, ...
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