SPARWOOD, BC, Nov. 29, 2013 /CNW/ - For its outstanding performance in the Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) initiative's three focus areas--environmental footprint, communities and people, and energy efficiency--Teck's Elkview Operations in ...
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Spurred by demand from the LED lighting and mobile device markets, sapphire substrate manufacturers have been actively expanding their production capacity, according to the report ‘Global Sapphire Substrate Market 2013’ from ...
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German automotive parts supplier ZF Friedrichshafen has opened a new passenger car axle production plant in Kulim, Malaysia. Currently having a workforce of 74, the new plant will produce axle sets and supply them to the nearby BMW ...
Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Group has announced that its Hebei-based subsidiary Chengde Iron and Steel Co. has dismantled its 40 mt converter, within the scope of efforts to eliminate backward or dated steel production ...
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EQUATE Petrochemical Company President & CEO Mohammad Husain said that the Gulf’s total production capacity of petrochemicals and chemicals will exceed 150 million metric tons. On the occasion of EQUATE’s sponsorship of the ...
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The international technology group SCHOTT announced the rebranding of its glass syringes, now known as syriQTM (previously forma 3s). The new name comes on the heels of growth in the field of prefillable syringes, and represents ...
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Russia's largest steelmaker NLMK Group and Russia's leading pipe manufacturer OMK Group have announced that they have signed a new agreement on long-term cooperation, renewing their contract for supply of slabs for the period up to 2016 ...
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The Environmental Protection Agency of the Chinese city of Tianjin has announced that it plans to eliminate 1.4 million mt and 2.29 million mt respectively of outdated steel and cement production capacities in the city before the end of the ...
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Russia-based leading global iron ore and hot briquetted iron (HBI) producer Metalloinvest has stated that it is implementing a program for increasing commercial pig iron production at Ural Steel, which includes modernisation of the pig iron ...
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MAN Latin America has secured contracts from two logistics and transportation companies in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to supply 100 trucks to each firm. The order was placed by JSL and Sindicarga, the Union of Logistics and Road ...
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In the first nine months of 2013, the order intake grew by 1.8% to CHF 3.0 billion. This level was reached despite a slow start to the year in some businesses, in particular, in the water market and in electromechanical services. For the ...
Asian demand, especially by China, is exploding, but benefits to the nation are years away The global liquefied natural gas war is heating up with an increasing number of companies adding to their production capacities, driven by the ...
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Nestlé has inaugurated a new CHF73m ($80.7m) manufacturing facility in Vyazniki, Vladimir, Russia, to produce and distribute Maggi products across the nation and other Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries. With ...
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Audi Hungaria, an arm of German automaker Audi, has commenced the production of its new Audi A3 Cabriolet in Gyr, Hungary on 17 October 2013. The new A3 Cabriolet will feature lightweight construction, latest engine technology, ...
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"We produce (Falken and Ohtsu) in three factories located in Japan, Thailand and Indonesia," says Sumitomo's Ii Sumitomo Rubber Industries Inc. (SRI) has multiple brands. Although it sells a brand that bears its name, Sumitomo's ...