U.S. manufacturers have grown more competitive over the past decade compared with factories in China, Brazil, and most of the world’s other major economies. So says a new private study, which found that rising wages and higher ...
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Australian miner BHP Billiton today celebrated the official opening of its new Jimblebar iron ore mine, which is located at 40 kilometres east of Newman in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Jimblebar delivered first production in ...
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LEED certified buildings are intended to use resources more efficiently when compared to conventional buildings simply built to code. However, analysis of energy and water use data from New York City shows that LEED certification does not ...
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The U.S. livestock sector is slowly recovering from high feed prices and drought in the Southern Plains of the United States over the last few years. Improving returns have provided incentives for increased production in the livestock ...
GE (NYSE: GE) announced today it has completed the acquisition of API Healthcare, a healthcare workforce management solutions provider, headquartered in Hartford, WI. API Healthcare's complementary offerings will expand GE Healthcare's ...
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Barry Callebaut has purchased the remaining 51% stake in Tanzanian-based Biolands Group, its long-time supplier of certified cocoa beans from East and West Africa. With this development, 143 full-time employees at Biolands have joined the ...
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Anglo American's thermal coal division produced 67.6 million mt in the 2013 financial year, slipping 2% on the year due to lower-than-expected production at Colombia's Cerrejon and South Africa's New Vaal mines. The miner said in its ...
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Mouvex is pleased to announce that its SLC Series Eccentric Disc Pumps feature a design that is ideal for demanding liquid-transfer applications found in the pulp-and-paper industry, including the handling of numerous chemical-based ...
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DuPont announced fourth quarter 2013 operating earnings of $.59 per share compared to $.20 per share in the prior year. GAAP earnings from continuing operations were $183 million or $.19 per share, versus $4 million or zero per share last ...
GOLDCORP INC. (TSX: G, NYSE: GG) today announced gold production and preliminary cash costs for 2013, and provided production and cash cost guidance for 2014 and the five-year period ending 2018. Goldcorp's year-end financial statements ...
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It will come as little surprise to motor carriers that shippers have been the biggest benefactors of deregulation. A new Conference Board of Canada report, comparing a highly regulated environment (taxicabs) to a deregulated one (for-hire ...
Tags: deregulation, motor carriers, trucking industry, productivity gains
GE (NYSE:GE) today announced the selection of a site in Downtown Oklahoma City for the company's first-ever Global Research Center dedicated to Oil & Gas technology. GE's new Center will create 130 high-tech jobs and is expected to have a ...
Rio Tinto has set out its breakthrough plan to optimise the growth of its world-class iron ore business in Western Australia. Mine production capacity will rapidly increase towards 360 million tonnes a year (Mt/a) at a significantly lower ...
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Australia-based mining giant Rio Tinto has set out its breakthrough plan to optimize the growth of its iron ore business in Western Australia. Accordingly, mine production capacity will rapidly increase towards 360 million mt per year at a ...
In lean economic times, organizations look for new ways to streamline operations, improve productivity, and gain a competitive edge. Typically, the first thing they might look at is the price of goods, materials, and supplies used. They ...
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