Norilsk Nickel is to sell its Avalon and Cawse nickel assets in western Australia to Wingstar Investments, the Russian producer said Wednesday. "The assets encompass the Avalon (formerly Bulong) nickel laterite deposit and processing ...
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Europe is likely to remain a net importer of caustic soda as capacity is threatened by the EU's 2017 deadline to make the costly switch to greener technology, Michael Trager, CEO of German PVC producer Vestolit, said this week. "In the ...
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Peabody Energy has closed its Viking surface coal mine in Daviess County, Indiana, several months after the mine had been expected to cease operations because its reserves of high-sulfur steam coal were running out. "Production operations ...
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June US butadiene contract prices are expected to roll over or possibly fall slightly compared with May contract prices as spot levels have dropped throughout May, sources said Wednesday. Many sources expect a rollover in contract pricing ...
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China's gold demand fell 18 percent in the first quarter as investors bought fewer bars and coins, offsetting record interest in jewelry, the World Gold Council said. Purchases declined to 263.2 metric tons in the three months ending ...
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Taiwan-based solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer makers will give priority to second-hand unused crystal-growing furnaces supplied by China-based makers when securing equipment to expand production capacities, according to industry ...
The top 20 module suppliers to the solar PV industry are guiding an increase in annual shipments of more than 30% in 2014, according to Solarbuzz. Leading China module suppliers Trina Solar, Canadian Solar, ReneSola, and Jinko Solar are ...
Today, MicroStar Logistics and Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits are pleased to announce a multi-year extension of their on-going partnership. MicroStar's industry-leading keg management program delivers the efficiency and flexibility a ...
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North American custom and stock plastic packaging manufacturer Placon has launched new Crystal Seal reFresh PET packaging containers line. The new line of tamper-evident, recycled PET thermoformed food containers are suitable for fresh ...
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Imagine a future in which our electrical gadgets are no longer limited by plugs and external power sources. This intriguing prospect is one of the reasons for the current interest in building the capacity to store electrical energy ...
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A novel nanometre scale ruthenium oxide-based nanocarbon grapheneGraphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. foam ...
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Researchers at Vanderbilt University have developed a structural supercapacitor that stores and releases electrical chargeThe amount of electricity present upon the capacitor's plates. Also, the act of forcing of electrons onto the ...
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The Corporate Social Responsibility movement has many forms and one strand of it is the Behind the Bar Code campaign. The aim itself is an admirable one, the desire to stamp out slavery and worker maltreatment in the world’s economy. ...
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According to the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), Brazilian crude steel production in the first four months of the current year amounted to 11.13 million metric tons, 0.1 percent higher year on year. In the same period, Brazilian rolled steel ...
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According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in March this year new motor vehicle registrations in Turkey decreased by 27.2 percent year on year to 64,364 units, up 23.2 percent on month-on-month basis. ...