Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company used around 450,000 kiloliters, or 91,000 b/d, of crude and fuel oil for power generation in October, up 50% from the 300,000 kl it had planned to consume earlier, a source close to the matter said ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, fuel oil
The UK government and France's Electricite de France reached an agreement, permitting the French power giant to build a nuclear power station in UK hand in hand with Chinese partners. It will be the first nuclear power station ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Nuclear Power
The mining giant Rio Tinto announced to pour nearly €80 million in its Dunkirk aluminum plant in the past 18 months. It's learned that the company plans to invest at least that much again over the next five years on energy saving and ...
Tags: Aluminum Plant, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
EGC Critical Components has selected Victrex® PEEK for a self-actuated abeyance seal system in one of the most performance-critical industries, nuclear energy generation. The material selection and design of this application was ...
The US government’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has built flexible solar cells out of Corning’s Willow Glass. These new solar cells are strong enough that they could eventually replace roofing shingles, which would ...
ClydeUnion Pumps and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) brought together five utility companies in February 2013 to witness the successful submergence tests of the CUP-TWL, a turbine driven safety pump that offers significant safety ...
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has spoken out about his dissatisfaction with the pace of innovation at the company he founded in the 1970s. Gates handed over the role of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000 and has been blamed for a number ...
Construction has begun at Oregon State University (OSU) on a $4.8-million facility to test a new nuclear energy technology that, says the university, “could be safer, more efficient and produce less waste than existing ...
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A power station in the south of Iran has been hit by a cyberattack, an Iranian news agency reported Tuesday, citing a local civil defense official. But now agency and official are in dispute over whether he really made the remarks. The ...
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There is no single rare earth element market. Instead, the rare earth universe is made up of four or five distinct "critical rare earth" markets that should be the focus for investors today. Even with new mine supply and refining capacity ...
Tags: Jack Lifton, rare earth element market, Metallurgy, Mineral
Canadian Business reported that a hit to electricity contracts with aluminum smelters reduced Hydro Quebec's profits in the Q3. Excluding a charge related to the planned closure of the Gentilly-2 nuclear reactor the public utility's ...
The Associated Press reported that construction workers assemble a gigantic steel arch to cover the remnants of the exploded reactor at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. It will replace a sarcophagus built after the 1986 blast. ...
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Taiwan’s LED-lighting manufacturers, including Delta Electronics Inc., Lextar Electronics Corp. and Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd., have received increased orders from Japan, which is estimated to see electricity shortage surge to ...
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Taiwan’s LED-lighting manufacturers, including Delta Electronics Inc., Lextar Electronics Corp. and Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd., have received increased orders from Japan, which is estimated to see electricity shortage surge to ...
As Japan closed its last nuclear reactor a few days ago,the country's electricity shortage is estimated to surge to 13%this summer.And industry executives estimated the power shortage may run up to 20%if the summer heat rises higher than ...
Tags: Japan, Taiwan, Taiwan Delta, electronics, Lextar