More than half of Asia's gas needs will be supplied by LNG by 2030, Santos Ltd CEO David Knox said Thursday, adding that this will provide the Australian LNG exporter opportunities to grow. Speaking from the Brisbane Mining Club, Knox ...
Tags: Gas, Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Carbon fiber, a material that is one-quarter the weight of iron but 10 times as strong, currently has limited applications in part because of its hefty price tag. Toray Industries hopes to change that by creating various prototypes and ...
Tags: Carbon fiber, composite materials
Australia's peak body for rail has commended the Victorian Government on its budget commitment of up to $11 billion to construct the Melbourne Rail Link – a project it says will transform the city's entire transport network making it ...
Tags: Service
With the aim of providing protection to women, Colombian apparel firm Miguel Cabarello has unveiled its new 2014 collection of bulletproof clothing exclusively for women recently in the Mexican capital of Mexico City. The new collection ...
Russia-based leading global iron ore and hot briquetted iron (HBI) producer Metalloinvest has announced the completion of the deal announced on March 19 for a pre-export finance facility (PXF) with a club of international banks in the ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel
The price of glass is expected to surge this year amid growing demand, an industry leader said. Abdulaziz Bin Yagub Al Serkal, General Manager of Dubai Investments ( DI ) PJSC, anticipated an increase in the cost of glass in the midst of ...
Tags: Strong Demand, Glass
National CE distributor Capitol has added BenQ America's line of home and pro projectors to its product assortment. "BenQ is one of the leading innovators in visual displays, and the company's projectors are considered to be among the ...
Tags: BenQ, Consumer Electronics, Computer
Engineers intrigued by the toughness of mollusc shells, which are composed of brittle minerals, have found inspiration in their structure to make glass 200 times stronger than a standard pane. Counter-intuitively, the glass is ...
Tags: AFP, 3D, Nature Communication, brittleness
Designed to provide both contractors and the DIY market with a fast and easy way to install tile floors, Bullet Tools will launch the EZ Tile System at the International Surfaces Event in Las Vegas, Jan. 29-30, at booth B2526. The system ...
Tags: install tile floors, tile market
Last week at the 25th annual Joint Commodities Conference, Dr. Alan York, professor emeritus in the weed science department at NC State spoke on resistant weeds in cotton, and continuing the stewardship of the herbicides available that are ...
Tags: Cotton, aquatic herbicide, Break F2, Dicamba
With the release of new and revamping of several established video streaming services being undertaken in the coming months, 2014 appears like it could be ‘The Year of Streaming’. However, Australia might not be as supportive a ...
Tags: Curbing Piracy, Netflix, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad
FOR MANY years of his life, Ho Chong Choai watched his father Ho Kian Chuan labour over glass and frames in a small business with four workers in Kampung Pantai Malacca. Over 35 years, Chong Choai, now the managing director of SecuGlass ...
Tags: Ho Chong Choai, SecuGlass, glass factory, bullet resistant glass
Tis the season for analysts to look back at the nearly completed calendar year and to engage in speculation regarding the forthcoming year. In that spirit, I first encourage readers to make use of the growing list of available resources ...
Tags: Wrap-up, Look Forward
Best Quality Industrial Hardware Required for Caravans, Camper Trailers and Trucks Industries involved in the manufacture of caravans, camper trailers and trucks require large volumes of diverse industrial hardware. This hardware includes ...
Soybean producers and agribusiness representatives can download the results from 14 different on-farm research projects conducted by the SMaRT program in 2013. The 2013 SMaRT (Soybean Management and Research Technologies) on-farm research ...
Tags: Soybean, agribusiness