Australian iron ore development company BC Iron Limited has announced that in the quarter ended on March 31 it produced 1.20 million mt of iron ore, up 49 percent compared to the same quarter of the previous year, while its iron ore ...
Tags: BC Iron, Iron Ore Output
Brazil's national statistics agency, the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE), has reported that the producer price index (PPI) in Brazil was stable month on month in March this year, but recorded a rise of one percent ...
Tags: Metal Industry, Mineral
Russia-based steel pipe producer ChTPZ Group has announced its production results for the first quarter of this year. Accordingly, in the January-March period, ChTPZ shipped 382,100 mt of steel pipes to customers, representing an eight ...
Tags: ChTPZ, Steel Pipe Shipments
In April this year, the seasonally adjusted confidence index in the Italian construction sector decreased by two percent from 79.8 in March to 78.2, declining for the second month in a row, after the month-on-month increases witnessed in ...
Tags: Construction Sector, Mineral
According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japan's ferrous scrap exports totaled 865,536 metric tons in March this year, rising by 3.5 percent month on month and up 26.4 percent compared to March 2012. Meanwhile, in ...
Tags: Scrap Exports, Mineral
In the January-March period of this year, China's aggregate crude steel output totaled 191.89 million mt, up 9.1 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). Meanwhile, the country's ...
Tags: Finished Steel Output, Mineral
According to the latest data released by Statistics South Africa, in March this year the country's producer price index (PPI) for the basic iron and steel industry rose 1.6 percent compared to February and was up 5.6 percent compared to ...
Tags: Steelmaker, Mineral
In the week ended April 26, a mostly stable trend was observed in the London Metal Exchange (LME) billet market, after the falling prices recorded in the previous week. Strong declines had been recorded in the market since mid-March. The ...
Tags: LME Billet Market, Mineral
The combination of TIR lenses, a reflecting chamber, and a diffuser-like microlens array deliver greater light output, better beam control, and less glare in SSL street lights according to a team of researchers from Taiwan and Mexico. ...
Tags: LED Street Light, LED Light, LED
Heliospectra, specialists in smart LED lighting systems for plant science and horticulture applications, has been chosen by the Institute of Space Systems, the Bremen site of the German Centre for Aerospace, DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für ...
Tags: Light System, LED lighting
CompWest Insurance has signed an agreement with Phoenix Risk Management Insurance Services, to write California health care workers' compensation insurance program for specific classes in the health care industry. Under the terms of the ...
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight has own-brand LED lighting products and market observers believe the firm's 2013 LED lighting revenues may reach NT$2-3 billion (US$67-101 million). The firm plans to shift market focus to China in ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED, Lighting
The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB) has launched a new cyber risk insurance coverage to safeguard smaller commercial organizations from growing information security exposures threats. Providing broad coverage ...
Tags: HSB, Cyber Attacks
Amonix Inc of Seal Beach, CA, USA, which makes utility-scale concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solar power systems using III-V multi-junction solar cells, says that, during outdoor testing from late February to April, a module showcasing its ...
Tags: PV Module, Electronics
Co-Diagnostics has signed an agreement with DNA Logix, a molecular diagnostic assays developer, to buy certain technologies for genetic analysis in the clinical, industrial, and bio-threat segments. The technology to be gained is embodied ...
Tags: Suite of Technologies, Medicine