A total of 311 U.S. and international environmental and clean energy groups said today that, while they respect the climate change work of Dr. James Hansen and three of his academic colleagues, they take strong exception to the notion that ...
Tags: climate change work, James Hansen, nuclear power, global warming
The elephant population in Tanzania, beset by poaching for ivory, has plummeted by two-thirds in the past three-and-a-half decades, the government said on Saturday. The findings are the result of a census carried out at the end of last ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Some of the oddest items on display this week at the International CES gadget show were edible, origami-like sculptures made of sugar, their shapes so convoluted as to baffle the eye. The treats are one of many signs that we'll all be ...
On January 10, Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, reported that in November last year the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the European Union member states (EU-28) was 10.9 percent, stable since May, and ...
Canadian contractors took out $6.8 billion worth of building permits in November, down 6.7 percent from October. This decline follows an 8.0 percent gain the previous month. Despite this monthly decrease, the total value of permits ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
In the first 11 months of last year, Japan's cold rolled sheet and strip output decreased by 0.66 percent year on year to 5.99 million metric tons, according to the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF) data. Meanwhile, in the given period ...
Tags: CR Sheet, Strip Shipments, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 1.2 percent in November from October, rebounding from a one-month decline to reach its highest all-time level, according to the US Department of Transportation's ...
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Hsin Kuang Steel, one of the major steel service centers in Taiwan, announced its combined sales revenue in last December totaled NT$829 million, increasing by 17.51% from November. Also, its combined sales revenue in the fourth quarter ...
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According to report of the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF), the country's steel exports totaled 3.39 million tons, rising by 2.5% from a month ago but falling by 4.3% year on year. The official of JISF said that the strong domestic ...
Tags: Construction, Steel
According to data released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, the country's exports of stainless steel products totaled 95,722 tons in November, down by 1.6% from 97,273 tons in a month ago. The country's export prices of stainless steel ...
Tags: Stainless Steel Product, Stainless Steel, Construction
Gadget lovers are slipping on fitness bands that track movement and buckling on smartwatches that let them check phone messages. Some brave souls are even donning Google's geeky-looking Glass eyewear. For the technology industry, this ...
Tags: smartwatches, technology industry, wearable computing devices, eyeglasses
The global service sector continued to expand at a solid clip during December. Although the J.P.Morgan Global Services Business Activity Index – a composite index produced by J.P.Morgan and Markit in association with ISM and IFPSM ...
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RPM International Inc. today reported record sales, net income and diluted earnings per share for its fiscal 2014 second quarter ended November 30, 2013, driven by volume increases in both its industrial and consumer segments and improved ...
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Textile exports from the south Central American country of Bolivia exported textiles worth US$ 26.3 million during the January to November 2013 period, indicating a fall of 50.47 percent year-on-year, as per the data released by National ...
Tags: Textile Exports, raw materials
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Thursday that for the month of November 2013, US steel mills shipped 7,604,428 net tons, a 9.0 percent decrease from the 8,287,553 net tons shipped in the previous month, October 2013, ...
Tags: Steel Mill, Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Iron