The United Steelworkers (USW) union released the following statement today in response to the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) draft report on the August 6, 2012, explosion and fire at the Chevron refinery in Richmond, Calif., that sent at ...
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AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, will deliver a presentation entitled "Commercial vs. Hi-Rel Qualification Method Comparison" at the 2013 Microelectronics Reliability & Qualification ...
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The medical devices industry, already one of the most heavily regulated industries in the U.S., is confronting yet another complex rule – Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which requires SEC-listed companies to disclose the use of ...
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Platts – Oil production from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) fell to 29.7 million barrels per day (b/d) in November, the lowest volume since mid-2011 when the uprising in Libya significantly reduced the ...
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Trafigura's Mining Group announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its 98.68% stake in Compañia Minera Condestable SA ("CMC") to Southern Peaks Mining LP ("SPM"). Completion of the sale is subject to certain conditions ...
China's electricity consumption grew 7.5 percent year on year to 4.83 trillion kilowatt hours (kwh) between January and November, according to the China Electricity Council (CEC). Use by primary industry totaled 93.5 billion kwhs, up 0.1 ...
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Springs are elastic usually made from steel and used to store mechanical energy and have been used since long time in human history. In those days springs were used in string that acted as a spring using elasticity which was used in ...
LDI Corp. — a Portsmouth, N.H.-based manufacturer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC)-free, faux leathers — has introduced an EnviroLeather by LDI line of faux leather upholstery featuring design patterns from New York City fashion and ...
Metals are utilized to manufacture a range of commodities. It is highly valuable for its versatile use. So, it is very important to conserve this precious resource of earth as much as possible to maintain sustainable development of ...
Senegal hopes to find shale gas in its onshore Paleozoic Basin in the next two years having awarded exploration licenses to international companies, the head of state-owned Petrosen said Thursday. The west African nation, already a small ...
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China's Ministry of Commerce on Friday announced the first round of 2014 export quotas for non-ferrous metals including rare earth and a list of enterprises eligible for export. Apart from rare earth, the first round of export quotas ...
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The Shanghai benchmark copper contract for delivery in February declined by 0.78 percent on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) Friday compared to Thursday, ending at 51,160 yuan ($8,429.59) per ton. However, it still climbed by 0.49 ...
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Welded steel compressive corrosion can occur only in a specific environment, it also has the following characteristics: firstly, the presence of only the stress (tensile stress in particular) is to stress corrosion cracking. This stress can ...
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In November of the current year, the wholesale selling prices of industrial products in Germany were 2.2 percent lower compared to November 2012, following the 2.7 percent year-on-year price decrease recorded in October, as reported by ...
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Biomass briquette plant is the innovative energy conventional project that is environment friendly. The huge briquette plant produces the precious bio fuel briquettes that are renewable and pollution free in nature. The output of the ...
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