The seaborne iron ore market reversed losses Thursday, as an influx of buying activity suddenly emerged in the spot market. Platts assessed the 62% Fe Iron Ore Index at $116.25/dry mt CFR North China Thursday, up $1.50/dmt from Wednesday. ...
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EPA Region 7 and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) have established an interagency agreement outlining four tasks under which the Corps will provide assistance to EPA as the Agency oversees the approaching construction of an ...
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Just weeks remain before companies registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) must disclose whether they are receiving tantalum, tungsten, tin and gold from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and, if so, ...
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Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, a subsidiary of Ukraine's largest vertically-integrated mining and steel group Metinvest, has announced that it will produce 10,000 mt of X70 rolled pipe plates with improved mechanical properties for an ...
The Land Rover Discovery has carved an enviable reputation for itself - from deserts, jungles and barren peaks, where its extraordinary capabilities have seen it through the harshest terrains. From 2015 onwards, the Discovery nameplate ...
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Group trading profit for the full year was down 6% to £3.3bn while profits in the UK business fell 3.6% to £2.1bn. Group sales, including VAT. UK like-for-like sales were down 3% in the fourth quarter. Clarke said: "Our ...
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) says that missions in remote, forward operating locations often suffer from a lack of connectivity to tactical operation centers and access to valuable intelligence, surveillance and ...
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The Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI), a U.S. Department of Energy-Energy Frontier Research Center led by the University of Delaware, has announced a two-year program with ExxonMobil to research renewable chemicals from biomass. ...
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Heinz has seen a lot of press lately following its acquisition in 2013 by Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital for $US28 billion – the largest food company acquisition to date. With Warren Buffet as an investor, it's likely the press ...
European coatings companies have been hoping that this year would bring a revival in their domestic markets as the European Union economies, particularly those in the eurozone, started to show signs of recovery around mid-2013. But the ...
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Gap Inc. reported net sales of $1.51 billion for the five-week period ended April 5, 2014. Gap Inc.’s comparable sales for March 2014 were down 6 percent versus a 1 percent decrease last year. “While March performance has ...
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CCA has announced it expects its earnings will decline Food and beverage company Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has announced it expects its group earnings before interest and tax for the first half of 2014 to decline by around 15 per cent ...
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The European Commission has opted to maintain antidumping duties on imports of ferrosilicon into the European Union from China and Russia following a market review, the EC said Thursday. In February last year, the EC initiated an expiry ...
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Flying a radio-controlled replica of the historic WWII P-51 Mustang red-tail aircraft—of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen—NRL researchers (l to r) Dr. Jeffrey Baldwin, Dr. Dennis Hardy, Dr. Heather Willauer, and Dr. David Drab ...
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Destination Maternity Corporation, the world's leading maternity apparel retailer, reported sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2014 ended March 31, 2014 and updated its earnings guidance for the second quarter of fiscal 2014. Net ...