German plantmaker SMS Siemag has announced that it will revamp one of the converters at the Salzgitter steelworks of German-based steel producer Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH. Through the modernization works, the specific volume of converter ...
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According to a report released by the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS), in April of the current year the producer price index (PPI) for the UK manufacturing industry remained unchanged compared to March, following the 0.2 percent ...
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As of May 26, inventory of iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports amounted to 114.82 million mt, up 1.95 million mt or 1.73 percent compared to the inventory level recorded on May 19, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency. As of the same ...
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Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced that it has launched trial deliveries of rolled steel for the manufacturing of several Nissan car models in Russia. Severstal has also signed a further contract to supply rolled steel to the ...
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Chinese aluminum stocks at Shanghai Futures Exchange warehouses fell for the second consecutive week, slipping below 400,000 mt. Aluminum inventories slipped to 398,854 mt Friday, down 1.8% week on week, the latest weekly data from the ...
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Argentine oil production fell 0.4% in March compared with the year-ago period, while natural gas output rose 0.5% over the same period, an industry report showed Friday. Crude production declined to an average of 533,651 b/d in March from ...
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The Jurassic shales of southern England's Weald basin could hold between 2.2 billion and 8.5 billion barrels of oil resource but no gas, the UK government said Friday in a new report. The Department of Energy and Climate Change also ...
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China and EU launched a three-year cooperation on a Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme during the China-EU bilateral dialogue on climate change held on May 20. EU will contribute 5 million euros to the project. Carbon Emissions Trading ...
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China's top economic planner announced on Friday a rise in the retail price of gasoline and diesel, both by 70 yuan (11.35 U.S. dollars) per tonne as of Saturday. The move means that the benchmark retail prices of gasoline and diesel will ...
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The recently announced 400 billion-dollar gas deal between Russia and China will not affect gas deliveries to the EU, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Thursday. "The gas that has been determined for export to China would have ...
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Toyota Motor Corporation, in collaboration with Denso Corp and Toyota Central R&D Labs Inc (CRDL), has developed a silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductor for use in automotive power control units (PCUs). Toyota will begin test driving ...
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Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical network systems incorporating its own indium phosphide-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs), has announced the completion of a multi-terabit ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has introduced the XLamp XP-L, which is claimed to be the first commercially available single-die LED to achieve efficacy of up to 200 lumens per watt (LPW) at 350mA. ...
The California State Senate’s Appropriations Committee has approved a bill that mandates sugary soft drinks to feature labels that warn of obesity, diabetes and tooth decay. Under the new measure, which was approved on a 5-2 ...
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Performance and passion are two key concepts that play a starring role on the Eurojersey booth. This display area has a circular architectural structure with an exciting innovation - an entry area entirely taken up by an LED wall that will ...
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