The Melbourne man who won an ultra-rare Nissan GT-R in an international auction late last year has just taken delivery of his Usain Bolt-inspired supercar. Nissan handed over the keys to winning bidder Rod Maher, who parted with a little ...
Tags: Nissan GT-R, Transportation
Ohio State University is proposing the use of a newly developed tunnel junction as a means to ameliorate the effects of efficiency droop in nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and other optoelectronic devices [Fatih Akyol et ...
Tags: LED, Electrical, Electronics
The first official images of the all-new BMW X5 M50d have been released, revealing the diesel flagship’s unique styling ahead of its local arrival later this year. Sitting above the new rear-wheel-drive X5 sDrive25d, the xDrive30d ...
Tags: Diesel SUV, Transportation
The boss of Ford’s European operations says it could take until the end of the decade for the continent’s new car market to recover. Ford of Europe CEO Stephen Odell told German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung the ...
Tags: Car Market, Ford Boss
SEMI-GAS Systems, a division of Applied Energy Systems Inc of Malvern, PA, USA and a manufacturer of ultra-high-purity gas handling and distribution systems, offers a simplified line of semi-automatic valve manifold boxes that facilitate ...
Tags: SEMI-GAS Gas delivery systems, Electrical, Electronics
German auto parts supplier Bosch has developed a new system it says closes the gap between manual and automatic transmissions. Dubbed eClutch, the system is based on an electronically controlled clutch that works to decouple the ...
Tags: Manual Hybrids, Bosch
The Mitsubishi ASX has been updated for the 2014 model year, gaining extra equipment, mechanical tweaks and revised prices. Four of the six available ASX variants are now cheaper than before, with the entry-level front-wheel-drive petrol ...
Tags: Mechanical Tweaks, Mitsubishi
US iron ore production in the second quarter of this year amounted to 11.7 million mt, decreasing by 900,000 mt as compared to the same period last year and down 800,000 mt from the first quarter of this year, according to figures from the ...
Tags: Iron Ore Output, Mineral
On August 29, Chongqing-based Chinese steelmaker Chongqing Iron and Steel Co. (Chongqing Steel) announced that in the first half of this year, its operating revenue totaled RMB 9.29 billion ($1.52 billion), down 9.6 percent year on year. ...
Tags: Chongqing Steel, Mineral
Cleveland, Ohio-based Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. announced Thursday that the United Steelworkers Union local membership have ratified a three-year labor contract agreement for its Bloom Lake Mine in Fermont, Quebec. The new labor ...
On August 30, Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, announced that in July this year the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the European Union member states (EU-28) was 11 percent, stable compared to June ...
Tags: Unemployment Rate, Mineral
South Korea based shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries announced on August 30, that it won a $1.4 billion order to build five 18,000 TEU class and five 14,000 TEU class container ships from the United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) on August ...
Tags: Hyundai Heavy, Container Ships
Japanese automobile production in July this year totaled 910,114 units, decreasing by 13,405 units or 1.45 percent compared to the same month of the previous year. Japan's auto output indicated a year-on-year decline for the 11th ...
Tags: Auto Output, Mineral
Diode laser maker DILAS of Mainz, Germany has expanded its conduction-cooled, fiber-coupled diode laser modules at 1470nm and 1530nm to include 200μm, NA0.22. With 12W output power, these sealed modules are ideal for the medical market, ...
Tags: DILAS Diode laser, Electrical, Electronics
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based L.B. Foster Company announced Thursday that it has begun delivery of their largest contract for steel grid bridge decking with the rehabilitation of the New York State Bridge Authority's Newburgh-Beacon span. ...
Tags: Steel Decking, Mineral, New York Bridge