Customers are using less cash than ever as retailers make it easier and more convenient to shop and pay. New data reveals that a growing proportion of smaller payments previously made in cash are now being made in other ways. The ...
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The US sheet steel market might be in for another stretch of relative stability, as new upcoming outages balance import pressure and drab demand, market sources said Thursday. One industry consultant said manufacturing -- and thus steel ...
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Brazil-based iron and steel maker Gerdau said Tuesday its proposed logistics and mining investments will enable the company to more than double iron ore production within the next six years, to 24 million mt/yr, from the current 11.5 ...
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China and EU launched a three-year cooperation on a Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme during the China-EU bilateral dialogue on climate change held on May 20. EU will contribute 5 million euros to the project. Carbon Emissions Trading ...
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The outcome of proposals for 215 ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) farms in the UK, with capacities in excess of 5MW, are now being re-evaluated, according to Solarbuzz. This re-evaluation follows new, and unexpected, proposals from ...
GMC, a subsidiary of the American vehicle manufacturer General Motors (GM), has introduced the 2015 Sierra All Terrain HD pickup truck in the US with a four wheel drive (4WD) option. Launched in 2500HD and 3500HD in double cab and crew ...
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The likely impact of LNG exports from North America on wholesale gas prices around the world may put a cap on US exports at roughly 6 Bcf/d, Mike Fulwood, a principal in Nexant's Global Gas practice, said Tuesday. During a briefing on LNG ...
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Illinois Capacitor has introduced four new lines of surface mount electrolytic capacitors, with maximum temperature ratings of 105°C to 125°C.? These cost-effective products are designed to handle a wide range of applications in ...
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Overall, 2014 is expected to be a great year for the supercapacitor industry. This is the prediction of technology market analyst IDTechEx which looked at last year's industry results and estimated a 30% CAGR for the supercapacitor market ...
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LNG volumes coming on stream from countries including the US and Australia in the next few years could lead to a progressive convergence of global gas prices and more LNG imports into Europe as well as the Far East, US Energy Secretary ...
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Researchers based in USA and South Korea have developed a gate stack for III-V quantum well metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (QW MOSFETs) based on a bilayer dielectric of beryllium oxide (BeO) and hafnium dioxide (HfO2) ...
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Switzerland-based producer of high barrier tubes Neopac has designed new 19mm diameter tube for Skincode’s Cellular Line & Wrinkle Filler. Said to be a combination of aluminum and PE, the new Neopac Polyfoil tube avoids penetration ...
With surgeA transient variation in the current and/or potential at a point in the circuit. pricing creating a stir in the marketplace, some are weighing the viability of dynamic pricing as a way to build customer loyalty. That's the ...
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REGAL-BELOIT CORPORATION (NYSE:RBC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday. The company reported $1.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.03 by $0.01, American Banking and Market News ...
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The bottler eeded a new PET production line to capitalise on a growing domestic market for cola carbonates – total annual sales in the country recently reached 1,800 million litres, with further growth expected. Sidel, global PET ...
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