BASF is building a new Ultramid polymerization plant with a capacity of 100,000 metric tons per year in Shanghai, China. The new plant is planned to start up in 2015. "As part of our long-term strategy, we aim to locate production close ...
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It’s been a long time but finally it appears that consumers in the United States are returning to gold jewellery. The World Gold Council said last week that for the first time in nearly seven years, there was a year-over-year ...
Tags: Gold Jewellery, US, Arts&Crafts
A BRIGHTER end to what was a torrid week for mining stocks helped carry the sharemarket to a modest 0.2 per cent gain yesterday. After making a bold start, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index drifted lower throughout the trading session, only ...
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The dramatic sell-off in resources stocks accelerated yesterday and the Australian dollar fell as investors focused on plunging gold and commodity prices and concerns about slowing growth in China. Goldminers again led the local ...
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Goldmining stocks are sharply lower in early trading after the precious metal tumbled to a 21-month low at the end of last week, officially entering a bear market. Friday's sell-off in the yellow metal was triggered as prices broke below ...
The US Census Bureau and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced Thursday that total January exports of $184.5 billion and imports of $228.9 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $44.4 ...
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The mining company Primero Mining Corp. ordered two new piston pumps from Putzmeister in 2012 for its San Dimas gold and silver mine in Tayoltita, Mexico. One of the two pumps has already been delivered to the job site, the second one is on ...
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Gold is still trading at more than US$1,600 an ounce, a figure far too high to make a profit selling gold jewellery. But according to the latest World Gold Council report, a change in the price of the precious metal may be on the horizon. ...
Tags: WGC, Comeback, Gold Jewellery Demand
Topaz and diamond pendant in palladium by Art Jewellery in Russia Treasure House palladium diamond jewellery from Russia-based Art Jeweller Want a spectacular piece of fine jewellery but find platinum and gold too expensive? Palladium is ...
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By John Lee. Iraq made its first major move in years to boost its gold reserves, joining central banks from emerging market economies such as Brazil and Russia in diversifying its foreign reserves. According to a report from the ...
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In a move to curb the rampant domestic illegal mining of rare earth, as well as regulate its rare earths players, China is launching an industry association for the precious metal commodity on April 8. According to The China Post, the ...
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Scientists from France's Ecole Polytechnique have developed a remarkable new technology which extracts trace amounts of gold from industrial waste water. Fairfax reports that the new technology was first developed in 2007, and involves ...
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In a move to curb the rampant domestic illegal mining of rare earth, as well as to regulate its rare earths players, China launched on Sunday its industry association for the precious metal commodity, as MINING.com anticipated last week. ...
Heraeus Noblelight, business group of the German based precious metal and technology group Heraeus, is acquiring the Fusion UV business group, headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, from British manufacturer Spectris. The acquisition is ...
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WIELAND Dental + Technik, a manufacturer of dental technology, has entered into a collaboration agreement to license 3M's processed zirconia coloring technology for dental use. With the coloring technology, WIELAND can shade uncolored, ...
Tags: 3M's processed zirconia coloring technology, tooth-shaped zirconia