Seaborne iron ore prices reached a new historic low Tuesday as the Platts 62% Fe Iron Ore Index, or IODEX, lost $0.75/dmt on the day to reach $44/dmt CFR North China. It is the lowest point the IODEX has been since Platts' began spot ...
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Fossil fuel companies risk wasting up to $2.2 trillion in the next decade by pursuing projects that could be uneconomic in the face of international action to limit climate change, UK-based financial think-tank Carbon Tracker Initiative ...
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US-based packaged foods company ConAgra Foods plans to split the company into two independent public companies – with one handling the consumer portfolio of various brands and the other managing its foodservice portfolio of frozen ...
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The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has released new rules for food processors to control allergens. The new guidelines by FSIS aim to help poultry, meat and processed egg product ...
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The Energy-saving LED UV drying technology option supplied with the ROLAND 700 Evolution offers many benefits for printers, enabling more vibrant color and higher levels of productivity on a wide range of substrates, along with significant ...
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Dick's Sporting Goods reported adjusted earnings per share rose 10 percent in the third quarter, coming in at the lower end of its guidance. Same-store sales inched up 0.4 percent. The retailer also lowered its EPS and same-store guidance ...
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European Union regulators have concluded that the widely used herbicide glyphosate is unlikely to cause cancer, a ruling that runs counter to a controversial assessment issued recently by an arm of the World Health Organization. The ...
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Museums around the world are swapping conventional lights in favor of LEDs to protect famous paintings from being damaged by light exposure, according to a Wired report. Light can cause pigments in paintings to darken over a period of ...
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Wael Ayyoub, Senior Project Manager at the diversified global manufacturing company Emerson, is delighted with the reaction from employees and staff in the company’s two new buildings forming part of its regional headquarters in ...
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Globalized competition is inevitable in the LED industry with an increasing number of overseas LED companies entering Chinese market and vice versa. Chinese LED companies acquire renowned international manufacturers, fewer companies ...
When Chris Carlen developed an enthusiasm for flashlights containing high-power LEDs, he didn’t anticipate that his hobby interest would lead to the creation of a new, high-speed LED driver delivering lighting performance that exceeds ...
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Pocket projector; mini projector; pico-projector; nano-projector. The muddle of names that has sprung up around these miniature display products succeeds at least in dragging our thoughts away from the projectors that we are more familiar ...
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The factory in Mesa, Arizona, had never been intended to house the manufacture of a gemstone. Ahead of the photovoltaics industry’s 2011-2012 meltdown, First Solar had built it with the aim of producing 280 MW worth of solar panels ...
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The global market for laser materials processing systems reached a volume of US$ 11.6 billion in 2014. According to a preliminary analysis of 2014 data produced by Optech Consulting, based in Taegerwilen, Switzerland, that figure is up 8% ...
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Texas-based alcoholic beverage marketer International Spirit & Beverage Group (ISBG) has launched its latest offering Besado Tequila, which features handcrafted blue agave Platinum Tequila permeated with a herbal mix of Maca, Damania and ...
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