ISO 14001 sets out the criteria for an environmental management system. It does not state requirements for environmental performance, but maps out a framework that a company or organization can follow to set up an effective environmental ...
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In an historic action that will protect people's health and the environment, and benefit riverfront communities, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed a plan to remove 4.3 million cubic yards of highly contaminated ...
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Cargill today reported net earnings of $319 million in the fiscal 2014 third quarter ended Feb. 28, down 28 percent from $445 million in the year-ago period. Nine-month earnings were $1.45 billion, down 21 percent from $1.83 billion a year ...
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Deyu Agriculture Corp. (the "Company"), a Shanxi Province, China-based vertically integrated producer, processor, marketer and distributor of organic and other agricultural products made from corn and grains, today announced its financial ...
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H&M publishes its twelfth Conscious Actions Sustainability Report. Some of the highlights during 2013 are the launch of H&M´s roadmap for fair living wages, the first closed loop collection made with recycled material from collected ...
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Pakistan's biggest oil and gas explorer, Oil and Gas Development Co., has increased the price of gas sold to twin distributors -- Sui Northern Gas and Sui Southern Gas -- by almost 8%, the company said in a statement Wednesday. The Oil ...
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Hiwin leads Taiwan's machine tool makers in 2013 earnings. (Photo of company chairman and chief executive officer, Eric Chuo, courtesy of Hiwin) Hiwin Technologies Corp.,?a Taiwan-based maker of?precision components for machinery, has ...
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Global leaders in the sapphire industry, in attempts to return to profits from losses incurred in 2012-2013, will focus on increasing utilization rates rather than expand capacities in 2014. Therefore, the global sapphire capacity in 2014 ...
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An expected surplus of gasoil in Asia from greenfield and upgraded refineries might flow into the marine fuel market in late 2014 or early 2015, trade sources said Wednesday. Asia's maritime industry is looking to the possible supply as ...
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Russian mining and steel producing company Evraz Group has announced its financial results for 2013, registering a net loss of $572 million, widening from a net loss of $425 million in 2012. The company's sales revenues decreased by 2.1 ...
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ACE Group today advised that companies in the food and drink industry could face more claims from consumers as a result of new European food labeling regulations that come into force later this year. The purpose of the new regulation is ...
While the Chinese government has committed to eliminating 80 million mt/year of steel capacity nationwide by 2017, the reduction will be gradual which will see demand for raw material ferrosilicon remain steady in 2014 as compared with ...
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The US will export 101 million st of coal this year and 96 million st in 2015, the US Energy Information Administration said Tuesday, down from March projections of 103 million st and 99 million mt, respectively. Continued economic ...
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The first vessels of 2014 carrying iron ore to the US Steel Gary sheet mill in Indiana arrived this week, but the mill is still operating at limited capacity, the company said Tuesday. A spokeswoman for US Steel said four boats carrying ...
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The first shipment of iron ore from Goa has made its way onto the spot market Tuesday, weeks after the February 17 auction held by the Indian state, following an extended ban on ore exports. Singapore-based trader Unicore Resources ...
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