Underperforming open industrial waste water treatment lagoons are on the way out after more than a century, as industry counts the cost of their pollution, odours, leakage, energy wastage and relative inefficiency in fixing the problems ...
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According to a study by Chile's state copper comission Cochilco, iron ore prices will fall to an average of USD 120 per tonne in 2013 before rising again to USD 125 per tonne in 2014. The commission is estimating an average price of USD 125 ...
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Reuters reported that Nickel prices may see a short term lift over the next several months due to a seasonal rise in demand for stainless steel, but next year's outlook is burdened by another market surplus. Nickel, a component in ...
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According to the World Bureau of Metal Statistics' most recent report, the market surplus for primary aluminum between January and September 2012 was 488,000 tonnes which follows a surplus of 1,871,000 tonnes recorded for the whole of 2011. ...
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Reuters cited Mr Thomas Keller CEO of Codelco as saying that company expects the global copper market to swing into a slight surplus in 2013 after several years of deficit but the small excess will have little impact on prices. ...
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While solar power,wind power and tidal power grab the daily headlines,a vastly different green energy technology is quietly making real progress across the globe. Anaerobic waste water digestion technologies respond not only to industry's ...
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An employee works in a ferronickel smelter owned by state miner Aneka Tambang in the Pomala district in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province. The country accounts for roughly 7% of the world's total nickel mine output. Picture: REUTERS ...
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