The National Security Agency (NSA) has tapped into the networks of Google, Brazilian oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA, and systems operated by France's foreign ministry, according to leaked US documents. The documents were aired by ...
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The US Energy Department has announced an investment of US$16 million in seventeen projects to capture energy from waves, tides and currents in a sustainably and efficient way. The projects are intended to increase the power production ...
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Reportedly, the Australian mining giant BHP Billiton has started the new Daunia mine in Queensland. Also, the Daunia mine is the company's ninth operating metallurgical coal mine in central Queensland. It's learned that BHP Billiton ...
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The imports of Indonesian laterite via Ganyu Port in Lianyungang grew substantially. From January to August, the imports of Indonesian laterite via Ganyu Port hit more than 2 million tons. The imported laterite are mainly used as raw ...
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The Thai government raised the reference price of biodiesel by Baht 1.22/liter from Friday to Baht 29.05/liter Monday, the fifth price change in a month, due to weaker local currency rates and higher methanol prices. A spokeswoman for the ...
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China's refined copper imports are expected to continue rising in the coming months as international sellers increasingly turn to China amid an overhang in global supply, a Chinese industry source said last Friday. "Global copper supply ...
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ShawCor Ltd. has appointed Steve Orr as president of ShawCor Ltd. William P. Buckley, formerly president and CEO, will continue as CEO. The company says these changes are part of ShawCor's ongoing management succession plan. Reporting to ...
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The British experts from the international metal analysis agencies point out that, global stainless steel production rose 2.9% in 2013, the output will reach 36.4 million tons. The expert points out, although stainless steel production ...
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According to customs data of Russian federation, Russian's aluminum, nickel, copper exports and sales are down between January and June in 2013. According to the federal customs service data, Russian's aluminum exports fell 6.2% year ...
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On August 21st, Baosteel officially signed strategic cooperation agreement with Jinneng Company Limited in Shanghai. Both sides expressed the willingness to further display respective strength in steel manufacturing and resource ...
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It's reported that Russia's TMK said that it has shipped around 3,500 tons of strength grade X60QS oil-and-gas pipes with outside diameters of 273.1mm and 323.9mm which are produced at Volzhsky Pipe Plant to India's Oil and Natural Gas ...
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Freight rates to ship coal from northern China's Qinhuangdao port to the other Chinese ports of Zhangjiagang, Shanghai and Guangzhou continued to move up in the week ended August 28, the sixth week in a row, a weekly report released by ...
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Coal of Africa Limited's run-of-mine production fell 23% to 3.78 million mt of (ROM) mt in its 2012/13 year, with activity hit by a blocked rail line, flooding at a colliery, and strike action. CoAL also said Friday it processed 3.37 ...
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State-owned Chinese oil giant Sinopec has taken its first step into Egypt's upstream sector with a $3.1 billion deal to buy a 33% stake in US-based Apache's assets there. The deal is the first under in a new global strategic partnership ...
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Iraq exported 79.9 million barrels of oil and gained 8.3 billion U.S. dollars in revenues in August, which marked the highest level in 2013, the Oil Ministry said on Sunday. An average of 2.579 million barrels were exported daily in the ...
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