China's independent teapot refineries in eastern Shandong province have significantly expanded their capacities in the last few years ahead of an end-2013 deadline set by the government to eliminate smaller plants. In an effort to cool ...
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Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Toshimitsu Motegi, Thursday asked visiting US energy secretary Ernest Moniz to move forward the two countries' bilateral agreement on methane hydrate cooperation, a METI source said. The ...
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Toll Holdings (Toll Group) has negotiated its second issuance of US Private Placement (USPP) notes for the equivalent of US$250 million, which is anticipated to be drawn down on 4 December 2013. Toll Group chief financial officer Grant ...
The long-rumoured Toyota 86 sedan is claimed to debut at tomorrow’s Dubai motor show, though uncertainty surrounds the car’s supposed unveiling. According to what purports to be the official Facebook page of the Dubai motor ...
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The National Lighting Product Information Program (NLPIP) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lighting Research Center (LRC) recently released its latest publication, Lighting Answers: Plasma Lighting Systems. Plasma lighting ...
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Although Yieh United Steel Corp. (Yusco), one of the major upstream stainless steel producers in Taiwan has announced to keep its November stainless steel flat product prices unchanged, Walsin Lihwa, the major stainless steel wire rod ...
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China on Tuesday bought around 54,000 mt of Ribbed Smoked Sheet grade natural rubber from local suppliers for government stockpiles, end-users and industry sources said Wednesday. The rubber was purchased from either three or four ...
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The price range for 75%-Si ferrosilicon in Asia widened this week as competition for a buy tender in Japan pulled down spot prices. The spot import price into Japan was assessed at $1,360-1,410/mt CIF Japan Thursday, compared with ...
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Zurich Insurance, a Switzerland-based multi-line insurance provider, is in advanced stages of negotiations to take over Australian firm Wesfarmers' A$2bn insurance business. The Swiss firm has commenced due diligence on the Aussie's ...
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The judging day for the product innovation section of the?Lighting Design Awards is either hotly anticipated or the?cause of a creeping sense of dread, depending on which side?of the table you're standing. For the judging panel, the ...
The updated Audi A8 and S8 range feature the German company’s latest in light technology, the Audi matrix LED headlights. Audi says it’s the first electronically controlled glare free high-beam system in the world and that the ...
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On October 29th, French OLED lighting company BLACKBODY opened its New York City showroom in SoHo, making remarkable new OLED technology accessible to American architects and the interior design communities. OLED Lighting showroom in ...
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Now that Halloween is (almost) behind us, many people's attention will turn to Christmas shopping. How can packaging push shoppers' hot buttons? Will behaviors of early shoppers for the 2013 holiday season presage future holiday shopping ...
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It's reported that the transaction prices of China Steel Corp. (CSC)'s electric furnace (EF) Al-killed wire rods have dropped further in the Taiwanese market. At present, the transaction prices for CSC's EF Al-killed wire rods are at ...
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US-based packaging firm International Paper has signed a long-term deal with recycling services provider Balcones Resources to recover additional old corrugated containers (OCC) or used cardboard boxes. International Paper will use the ...
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