Two-thirds of the world’s largest companies are reporting exposure to water risks, some of which have potential to limit growth. The news comes amid mounting shareholder concern around the business impacts from water scarcity, ...
Tags: Water Risk, water management data
China's environmental degradation has become a growing source of public consternation and a potential political liability. Premier Li Keqiang declared a "war on pollution" in March 2014, vowing to reduce emissions from power generation and ...
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Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), Ministry of Finance, Financial Supervisory Commission and National Development Council on September 29 jointly held the 2014 International Green Energy and Finance Forum in Taipei. The event ...
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Russia aims to increase its coking coal exports, given the decrease in demand for raw materials in its domestic market, Russia's Metal Supply and Sales magazine has reported. In 2013, the consumption of coking coal in the country grew by ...
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According to the report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in July this year industrial producer prices declined by 0.1 percent in the euro area and 0.2 percent in the European Union member states ...
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Transphorm Inc of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA, which designs and provides gallium nitride (GaN)-based power conversion devices and modules for power supplies and adapters, motor drives, solar inverters and electric vehicles, is ...
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According to the report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in June this year industrial producer prices increased by 0.1 percent both in the euro area and in the European Union member states (EU-28) ...
Tags: overall industry, energy sector
Turkey continues to take steps toward increasing its own security of supply, as energy use is expected to double by 2023, triggering a requirement for around 100 GW of capacity, although market participants said the current "crisis" in the ...
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The British government is "very much looking forward" to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit next week and hopes to deepen cooperation with China in the energy sector as well as on climate change, Britain's energy secretary said here on ...
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According to the report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in April this year industrial producer prices decreased by 0.1 percent both in the euro area and in the European Union member states (EU-28) ...
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BASF increased spending on research and development to €1.8 billion (2012: €1.7 billion) in 2013. "In absolute terms, we lead the field in the chemical industry with our research and development expenditures," said Dr. Andreas ...
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In the January-April period of the current year, coal production in Russia decreased by 1.8 percent year on year to 113.085 million mt, including 26.8 million mt of coal produced in April, down 9.8 percent compared to April 2013, according ...
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According to the report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in March this year industrial producer prices decreased by 0.2 percent in the euro area and by 0.3 percent in the European Union member states ...
A growing economy, pent-up demand, competitive mortgage rates and affordable home prices will keep housing on an upward trajectory through 2015. However, several obstacles including tight consumer credit, shortages of lots and labor and ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Technologies that will increase the low rate of ultimate recoveries in shale plays are the next disruptive forces in US oil and gas production, experts said Tuesday in Washington. "The revolutionary change will be breaking out of the ...
Tags: Shale Technology, Schlumberger