China’s wetlands have shrunk by nearly 9 percent in recent years, and the loss could continue if the government doesn't intervene. Officials from China's State Forestry Administration (SFA) told reporters on Monday that 340 000 square ...
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Mexican authorities announced last week that they will defend steelmaker exports from restrictions in the Colombian market. In a document prepared for the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Mexican Ministry of Economy (SE) argue that ...
The record-shattering cold weather that's gripping much of the United States can pose extreme health risks, doctors warned Monday. "It's best to limit your outdoor activity as much as possible, since prolonged exposure can lead to ...
Tags: Bitter Winter Weather, Cold, Hard Truth
As per Annex-IX of the EU Regulation-978, the entire textiles and clothing products i.e. HS chapter 50 to 63 are included in GSP Plus Scheme and will be exported duty free from January 1, 2014 although the official Notification will be ...
Tags: Textile Exports, EU
Recently, Shahe Zhengke Glass Company signed a big float glass and patterned glass order from China Glass Network. It is said that they got the inquiry from Service Department of China Glass Network; and then they followed up with the ...
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FCI, a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect systems, today announced that it has strengthened the portfolio of its MezzoStak Mezzanine connectors with the addition of 80 and 90 position offerings. These new variations’ ...
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Allspeeds Ltd, designers and manufacturers of the Webtool? range of products, have nominated the Webtool? HP690 intensifier panel for the Subsea UK Innovation for Safety Award. Safety concerns were being expressed from those working ...
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The price of bitcoins may be soaring, but China isn’t too thrilled with the virtual currency. On Thursday, it moved to regulate use of bitcoins, stating that its financial institutions could not deal in the virtual currency. ...
Tags: bitcoins, usage, investment
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has reached an interim agreement that will shield public stockpiling programs for food security in developing countries from the usual limitations on governments buying food from domestic farmers at ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Coperion GmbH, recently supplied and successfully commissioned a wear-protected rotary valve for the RWE Power AG Ville / Berrenrath coal refinery. The rotary valve type ZXQ with a diameter of 600 mm, feeds dry lignite into a pneumatic ...
Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, pneumatic conveying system
Over 3,000 firms have signed up to the Safe Harbor deal. The European Union (EU) has confirmed plans not to withdraw from the 'Safe Harbor' deal on data protection, which allows the US firms to access European data, snubbing demands for a ...
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today announced that it recovered high-activity radioactive materials from an oncology clinic in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. NNSA's Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) and the Mexican ...
Tags: High-activity, radioactive, material, remove, Mexico
Twitter has implemented new security measures that should reduce eavesdropping on communications between its servers and users, and is calling on other Internet companies to follow its lead. The company has implemented “perfect ...
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) and the oil companies in the Diskos group have awarded contracts for software and operation of the Diskos databases to CGG. The contracts apply for the period 2015 to 2020. The contract award is ...
Today we have the announcement by DECC that EdF will construct the first of the new generation of nuclear plants in the UK. Should we welcome this decision? The contract for this project will provide an electricity price of ...
Tags: Nuclear Power, Energy