No one is laughing now. Once considered only a cut above remote-controlled toys, drones have proven their potency in Afghanistan and the Middle East, and manufacturers are eyeing U.S. agriculture as a tremendous market opportunity. ...
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Washington lawyer Gary Baise, who devotes much of his time to defending U.S. agriculture in venues all the way to the Supreme Court, has an unusual item on his résumé: He was one of the team that helped found what has become a ...
Scientists at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid’s (UC3M) Applied Artificial Intelligence Group (GIAA) and the Systems Intelligence Laboratory (LSI) have jointly developed a new technology, which is aimed at enhancing car GPS accuracy ...
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The world's second biggest steelmaker Japan-based Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC) has announced its financial results for the third quarter ending December 31 of the financial year 2012-13, posting a net profit of JPY 24.7 ...
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According to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), Indian motor vehicle production in January this year increased eight percent as compared to January 2012 and was up 8.4 percent month on month with 1,850,848 vehicles ...
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ConTech Lighting is proud to introduce their new iPhone and iPhone App, now available in iTunes! ConTech Lighting’s iPad and iPhone app places over 600 pages of specification grade lighting product information at your fingertips. It ...
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According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa, in 2012 the country's manufacturing output rose by two percent compared to 2011, while the seasonally adjusted manufacturing production in the fourth quarter of the year ...
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According to the amendment on government support for investments published in Turkey's Official Gazette, automotive production investments of at least TRY 300 million ($170 million) will benefit from ‘fifth region' status which offers ...
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Global steel giant ArcelorMittal has announced that it has completed a €7 million investment to produce a lightweight steel product called Usibor at the galvanizing line at its Florange steel plant located in France. It is the first ...
UK-based mining giant Anglo American has issued its financial results for the full year 2012, reporting a net loss amounting to $1.5 billion, compared to a net profit of $6.17 billion in the previous year. Revenues for the period decreased ...
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based TMS International Corp., the parent company of Tube City IMS and a global industrial service provider to steel mills, announced Thursday its earnings for its Q4 and fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. ...
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In Sweden, seasonally adjusted industrial production increased by 1.3 percent in December last year compared to November, and was down 2.2 percent year on year in working day-adjusted figures, according to Statistics Sweden (SCB). According ...
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The finished and semi-finished products of Taranto-based Italian steelmaker Ilva which had been impounded by court order in late November last year are finally to be released for sale after investigating judge Patrizia Todisco gave her ...
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The European Commission (EC) has terminated the antidumping (AD) investigation regarding certain welded tubes, pipes and hollow profiles of square or rectangular cross-section, of iron other than cast iron or steel other than stainless, ...
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According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japan's cold rolled steel coil and sheet exports totaled 277,662 metric tons in December last year, rising by 18.85 percent month on month and up 15.5 percent compared to ...
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