GE Lighting recently published in a blog entry Gary Allen, Principal Engineer and Physicist at GE Lighting’s views on future LED lighting trends. Though the upfront costs are currently high, the future of LED light bulbs is bright. ...
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Barge-delivered Central Appalachian coal for Cal 2014 fell 60 cents/st Tuesday as the contract was seen trading down through the session. Platts assessed the Cal 2014 price at $55.75/st, the lowest level for a front-year contract since ...
As reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in July this year the producer prices of industrial products in Germany decreased by just 0.1 percent compared to June this year and were up 0.5 percent compared to July 2012. ...
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The sun is finally rising on the global solar business, with growing demand in developing regions helping to ignite the first increase in industry-wide capital spending in three years in 2014, according to research firm IHS. Global ...
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Reportedly, the Korean blast furnace (BF) mills’ prices fell slightly in the second quarter of this year. It’s learned that Posco and Hyundai Steel’s domestic selling prices of hot rolled coils (HRC) averaged at ...
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A credit crisis in Shenmu, a bustling northwest China county that built its riches on coal, has stoked concerns regarding how quickly the country can complete its economic transition. Hundreds of underground banks that mushroomed in ...
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ArcelorMittal, the world's largest manufacturer of steel announced a huge second quarter loss. The Luxembourg based steelmaker reportedly recorded a second quarter loss of US$780 million, taking losses incurred by the company thus far ...
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The European Union's (EU) anti-dumping tariffs are spurring an increase in prices for China-made solar modules, marking the end of a period when available inexpensive photovoltaic (PV) devices enabled fast growth of installations in the ...
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Honda Australia has cut the prices and increased the specification of its petrol-electric Honda Civic Hybrid and Honda Insight. The Civic Hybrid sedan (below) is now $2000 cheaper at $33,990 before on-road costs. The cabin gains ...
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House prices, as measured by the House Price Index (HPI), fell by 2.2% in the euro area and by 1.4% in the EU3 in the first quarter of 2013 compared with the same quarter of the previous year, according to data published by Eurostat, the ...
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As reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in June of the current year the wholesale selling prices of industrial products in Germany were 0.7 percent higher compared to June 2012, following the 0.1 percent year-on-year ...
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In May 2013, compared with April 2013, the industrial producer price index1 fell by 0.3% in both the euro area (EA17) and the EU27, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In April prices ...
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According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in June this year the producer price index (PPI) for Turkish industry in general rose by 1.5 percent over May and was up 5.2 percent year on year, while an ...
According to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in May this year industrial producer prices decreased by 0.3 percent both in the euro area and in the European Union member states (EU-27), ...
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Global oil prices are unlikely to drop below $100/b until 2025, supported by OPEC's market management efforts and crude demand growth in Asia, Leonid Fedun, vice president of Lukoil said Tuesday, presenting key findings of the company's ...
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