PPG Industries and Walker Glass Co., Ltd., have combined proprietary technologies to create AviProtek with SOLARBAN® glass, an advanced architectural glass that unites bird-friendly, acid-etched patterns by Walker TEXTURES™ glass ...
Tags: PPG Industries, Low-E Coating
December is normally associated with celebrating achievements and chalking out action plans for the year ahead. But for Andrew Mackenzie, the chief executive officer of mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd, December was the culmination of an ...
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Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis inched up as the import-related loss has turned into a profit, while the import interest has generally stayed thin after the New Year ...
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Australian miner Sundance Resources has announced that it has undertaken a number of cost reduction measures to ensure the management of its cash position while retaining the ability to move its Mbalam-Nabeba iron ore project into ...
Tags: cash position, Metallurgy
PPG Industries and Pleotint, LLC, have renewed their agreement to jointly market a commercial window glass system that combines self-tinting SUNTUITIVE glass by Pleotint with SOLARBAN low-emissivity (low-e) glass by PPG to increase occupant ...
Tags: Solarban Glasses, energy costs, Construction
Although dwindling domestic demand and excess capacity have shrunk profit margins for most Chinese steelmakers, it has inspired some to tap overseas markets for sustained, long-term growth. Hebei Iron &Steel Co, China's second-largest ...
Tags: Chinese Steelmakers, Iron, Steel
Central Europe-based miner New World Resources Plc (NWR) has announced that it has reached agreements with its customers for coking coal sales for the fourth quarter of the current year. Accordingly, NWR has set the average agreed price ...
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Brazil-based miner Vale has announced its operational results for the third quarter of the current year, reporting iron ore production of 85.7 million mt, rising 3.1 percent year on year, achieving the highest output for a single quarter in ...
Australian iron ore miner Atlas Iron has announced that it shipped 3.1 million wet metric tons of iron ore in the quarter ended on September 30, remaining unchanged compared to the previous quarter. In the given quarter, the company's iron ...
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Australian miner BHP Billiton has announced its production results for the first quarter ended September 30, 2014 of the financial year 2014-15, achieving a new quarterly record from its Western Australian iron ore operations with an iron ...
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De Beers is talking about change, urging the trade to be proactive in dealing with a persistently uncertain and volatile market environment. While the company has directed its message to the diamond industry at large, and specifically to ...
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Australia-based Ausenco Limited has announced that its Brazilian subsidiary has been awarded the contract to deliver engineering, procurement and construction services for Brazilian miner Ferrous Resources' US$1.28 billion expansion of the ...
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In August this year, Brazilian miner Vale's iron ore export volume totaled 24.82 million mt, increasing by 0.27 percent year on year and by 9.03 percent compared to July, according to Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of ...
Tags: Iron Ore, domestic market
Australia-based miner Northern Iron has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Sydvaranger Gruve AS has amended its offtake agreement with its largest customer regarding the supply of iron ore concentrate from its mining operation in ...
Brazilian miner and iron ore producer Vale has awarded ABB a $103 million contract for systems at a Vale's iron ore mine in northern Brazil. According to ABB, the deal is part of a project by Vale to expand its capacity. ABB's contract ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, iron ore