As part of its US expansion strategy, catalyst specialist Umicore has entered into a long-term agreement to recycle cobalt-containing hard metals scrap from Global Tungsten and Powders Corp (GTP) to produce cobalt fine powders. GTP is a ...
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The wait is over! After making MYX Fusions Moscato the fastest growing wine beverage in the U.S., fans demanded more and the makers of the bubbly brand are giving consumers exactly what they asked for - MORE MYX. The new Mango flavor ...
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Back in 2010, the European Union's Ad-Hoc Working Group on Defining Critical Raw Materials published its first criticality analysis for raw materials. Its goal was fairly simple: to define the raw materials critical to the EU’s ...
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Global refined cobalt supply totaled 85,904 mt in 2013, up around 11% from 77,189 mt in 2012, the Cobalt Development Institute said Wednesday in the latest edition of its cobalt news publication. The report, based on the main sources ...
Tags: Refined Cobalt, Chinese production
The European Commission has published a revised and extended list of Critical Raw Materials, based on threatened supply coupled with economic importance. The 2014 list includes 13 of the 14 materials identified in the previous list of ...
Tags: Raw Materials, coking coal
American automaker General Motors has issued a voluntary recall on 2,191,014 vehicles due to a problem with the electrical systems. Vehicles affected under this recall include certain model year 2006-2011 Chevrolet HHR, 2006-2010 Pontiac ...
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BASF, the world's leading chemical company, and TODA KOGYO CORP., one of the industry leaders in the development and manufacture of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, have announced that they will enter exclusive negotiations to ...
Tags: Chemicals, Construction, Decoration
American automaker General Motors (GM) has issued a voluntary recall on 1,340,447 vehicles in the US due to problem with the electric power steering (EPS) assist. Vehicles affected under this recall include certain model year 2004-2006 ...
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China's Jinling Mining hiked its iron ore concentrate production in 2013 to 1.23 million mt, up 6.9% year on year in 2013, the Shenzhen-listed company said in its financial report released Tuesday. Jinling, one of the few Chinese iron ore ...
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The conflict mineral issue is providing a perfect storm for social change. It’s also leading electronics company CEOs to understand with great discomfort just how little they truly know about their supply chains. It’s a ...
As a fashion brand that is truly in step with the world, Lavie’s Spring Summer 2014 collection is a true reflection of the global trends. With the onset of the new season, Lavie offers a wide range of handbags, shoes and accessories ...
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General Motors (GM) has issued a voluntary recall on 619,122 vehicles of certain model year 2005-2007 Chevrolet Cobalt, and 2007 Pontiac G5 models in the US. In the affected vehicles, the ignition switch may move out of the run position ...
Tags: General Motors, Auto Parts
The technology of 3D 'bioprinting', the medical application of 3D printing to produce living tissue and organs, is advancing so quickly that it will spark a major ethical debate on its use by 2016, according to Gartner. At the same time, ...
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Set to the sounds of soulful electrified blues music, Kia Motors America (KMA) today hosted the global unveiling of the 2015 Soul EV at the Chicago Auto Show. Scheduled to go on sale in the third quarter of 2014, the Soul EV will be Kia's ...
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A breakthrough for the field of Spintronics, a new type of technology which it is widely believed could be the basis of a future revolution in computing, has been announced by scientists in Cambridge. The research, reported in Nature ...