China's output of secondary non-ferrous metals, those recycled from scrap metals, rose 3.67 percent year on year in 2012 to exceed 10 million tonnes, almost one-third of its output of primary non-ferrous metals, an industry association said ...
Tags: Non-ferrous Metals, Scrap Metals
China's primary offshore oil company on Tuesday invited foreign companies to bid on an unprecedented number of deep-water blocks off Chinese shores as the country attempts to firm up domestic oil output, which has grown slowly over the past ...
Tags: Domestic Oil Output, Crude-Oil
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. announced that Stephen I. Sadove, a highly respected leader and innovator in the retail industry, has been elected to its Board of Directors. Sadove is currently chairman and chief executive officer of Saks ...
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The Swiss Krono group intends to locate a Russian OSB investment project announced this spring at a site in Krasnokamsk in the region of Perm, which is on the western edge of the Urals. Ines Kaindl, the chairwoman of the group's supervisory ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Revenue for the integrated-motors market is projected to reach $553 million by 2017, up from less than $400 million in 2012. Brushless motors currently lead the way in growth, as shown in the attached figure, with more than 70 percent of ...
Tags: Integrated-Motor, Electrical, Electronics
In the bike-loving Netherlands, electric bicycles now account for one-third of bicycle spending. The e-bike is encroaching on the Vespa in Rome, and multiplying on the steep roads of Lausanne. Globally, the production of electric bicycles ...
Tags: Electric Bikes, Bicycles
Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corporation (MBC), a wholesale open-access network transport provider, has expanded its network in the mid-Atlantic region with connections in Washington and Richmond, Virginia. MBC has expanded the ...
PUMA announced it has signed a renewed endorsement contract with the World's Fastest Man, Usain Bolt. Having partnered with the Jamaican World and Olympic Champion since he was sixteen years old, this new deal will see PUMA work with ...
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U.S. Secretary of Energy Dr. Ernest Moniz speaks about clean energy revolution in the U.S. in an article recently posted on Department of Energy website. For decades, America has chased after the promise of clean, domestic energy. But even ...
Tags: Clean Energy Trends, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
China has rich waste heat resources. Especially in steel, nonferrous, chemical, cement, building materials, oil & petrochemical, light industry, coal and other sectors, waste heat resources approximately occupy 17%-67% of the total fuel ...
Tags: Waste Heat Utilization Equipment, Industrial Equipment, Components
USI Insurance Services (USI) has completed the acquisition of Alliance Benefit Solutions, an independent insurance company located in Shelton, Connecticut, for an undisclosed sum. Established in 2002, Alliance Benefit Solutions designs ...
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. held an investor meeting today when CEO and President Rich Kramer discussed strategies and goals for the next three years, plus the company's capital allocation plan. "We haven't lost sight of where our ...
Tags: Goodyear, tyre, Auto Parts
A grand NHS patient record system that was intended to computerise every patient record - before being abandoned - has cost UK taxpayers £10bn so far. Furthermore, hundreds of millions of pounds more in costs are expected to emerge ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Russia (TMMR) has announced plans to start the production of its current generation Toyota RAV4 model at its manufacturing facility in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from 2016. The production of this new model will ...
Filigree inlaid metal art is one of the eight traditional arts and crafts of Beijing. Use of the filigree-inlay process began during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476BC), and the process flourished during the Ming Dynasty ...
Tags: Metal Art, filigree-inlay