Vale SA announced Tuesday that it has secured 6.2 billion reais (US$2.8 billion) in funding from Brazil’s state development bank in order to expand its Caraja mine, the world’s largest iron-ore complex. The funds will finance ...
Tags: Caraja mine, iron-ore
As metal prices plunged on the eve of the financial crisis in September 2008, Peru's billionaire Brescia family paid about $400 million to buy the world's largest tin deposit in the Amazon jungle. Now their mining company Minsur SA sits ...
Tags: Tin, metal, Metallurgy, Mineral
The recall process for therapeutic goods in the Australian healthcare sector is set to become streamlined with GS1 Recallnet Healthcare having gone live. Developed over four years by GS1 Australia in association with the National E-Health ...
Russia-based leading global iron ore and hot briquetted iron (HBI) producer Metalloinvest has announced the completion of the deal announced on March 19 for a pre-export finance facility (PXF) with a club of international banks in the ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel
Road transporters, truck maintenance personnel and drivers will appreciate HexChex, which assists routine wheel maintenance through visual monitoring. A simple walk-around inspection will quickly identify any loose nuts, focusing your ...
Tags: Multi-Size Truck, Wheel
Toshiba has said it plans to sign at least three partnerships over the next year to manufacture LED lighting fixtures in Europe. The move could bring a significant boost its presence in Europe. The manufacturer, which already makes ...
The increase in infrastructure and maintenance spending by the private and public sector in South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya is lending momentum to the industrial paints and coatings market in these countries. Nigeria presents the most ...
Tags: Industrial Paints, Coatings Market, coatings
Projected 2013/14 world wheat production is up 0.8 million tons this month to 712.7 million, further raising the historical record. In Australia, 2013/14 production is up 0.5 million tons to 27.0 million this month. The harvest in Australia ...
Tags: Wheat, cereal, Agriculture
Consistent improvements in technology and gradually lower costs will drive high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) systems to superior efficiencies, making HCPV an increasingly viable rival to conventional solar-generating solutions, ...
Tags: HCPV systems, lower costs, CPV pioneers
Consistent improvements in technology and gradually lower costs will drive high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) systems to superior efficiencies, making HCPV an increasingly viable rival to conventional solar-generating solutions, ...
Tags: Solar PV Systems, HCPV systems
The latest sex aids are no longer simple gadgets, with many now digitised and linked to smartphones—some manufacturers at a Tokyo fair even insist they are just like home appliances. Twenty-four manufacturers and brands of sex goods ...
Tags: Tokyo Fair, Sex Aids, Daily Use
Brazil-based steel producer Gerdau SA has reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2013. In the fourth quarter, the net profit of the company was R$492 million ($208.9 million), rising from R$143 million ...
Tags: steel producer, Mineral
The Tire Recycling Project, also known as TREC, is designed to develop two uses for used tires. The project is driven by Groupe Michelin. The first use, TREC Regeneration, involves regenerating rubber compounds to make new high ...
Tags: tire
The latest Arctic blast has culminated in rare winter snows across portions of the Southeast and Gulf Coast. National snow cover is now up to 42.1% (vs. 31.2% last month), with some areas as far south as northwestern Florida now with a ...
Tags: Weather, food, Market Factors
Driven by robust catalogue and web sales, French clothing company Damartex SA witnessed a decent increase in its sales revenue in the first half of FY 2013-14. The company, which is engaged in the manufacture and distribution of ...