Japan-based Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Mitsui) have announced that Robe River Iron Associates, the joint venture company formed by Australian miner Rio Tinto, Mitsui and NSSMC, will invest in ...
Tags: Iron Ore Mine, Mineral
According to the Turkish Statistics Institute (TUIK), Turkey's monthly industrial turnover index in December last year increased by 17.3 percent compared to the same month of the previous year following the 15.9 percent year-on-year ...
Tags: Basic Metals, Mineral
Jiangsu Province-based Chinese steelmaker Shagang Group has announced that it plans to construct bonded warehouse facilities as well as shearing facilities in Jiulong Steel Logistics Park in Jiangsu. Accordingly, Shagang Group will invest ...
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Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest has announced that it has completed testing of high-strength and wearproof plates for lining the body of BelAZ dump trucks at its subsidiary Central GOK. Performance testing of ...
According to a report released by the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS), in January of the current year the producer price index (PPI) for the UK manufacturing industry increased by 0.3 percent compared to December, following the ...
Tags: Basic Metal, imported metals
A Dartmouth-University of Connecticut study of the northeast United States shows that methylmercury concentrations in estuary waters—not in sediment as commonly thought—are the best way to predict mercury contamination in the ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Chemicals
Fractals—patterns defined by their scale-invariance that makes them look the same on large scales as they do on small scales—are found in nature everywhere from snowflakes to broccoli to the beating of the heart. In a new study, ...
Global demand for refined lead metal exceeded supply by 22,000 mt in 2013, according to preliminary data compiled by the International Lead & Zinc Study Group. "Overall global demand for refined lead metal increased by 4.5%. This was ...
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One of the world's most common and costly chemical reactions, corrosion happens frequently at the boundaries between water and metal surfaces. In the past, the process of corrosion has mostly been studied from the metal side of the ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Upgrading Lighting in Two Small Warehouses Leads to Big Savings Personal Security Products has undergone a lighting retrofit in two of its warehouses,a combined 11,800 square feet of space,saving$3,410 per year in annual energy and ...
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Prices of copper – the bedrock industrial metal and a benchmark for gauging the strength of the global economy – are likely to soften further in the coming year as production growth is expected to exceed that of consumption. ...
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A research consortium being coordinated at Saarland University is developing a novel sensor system for monitoring airborne contaminants that will provide high-quality indoor air without the energy losses typically associated with ...
Tags: Health&Medicine
According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute(TUIK),in January this year the producer price index(PPI)for Turkish industry in general rose by 3.32 percent over December and was up 10.72 percent year on year,while ...
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In January this year,Ukrainian metallurgical company Dneprospetsstal(DSS)posted a 7.4 percent year-on-year increase in its crude steel production to 24,000 mt.The company's output of finished steel in the same month declined by 23.7 percent ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Steel, steelmaker
TEC's new Design FX grout is a stain-proof, ready-to-use grout inspired by the latest design trends. Design FX grout, available in crystal, silver and bronze, has a reflective effect and accentuates the natural beauty of glass, mosaic and ...
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