Imports will account for close to 80% of China's iron ore requirements by 2016 as deteriorating ore quality makes more domestic supply uncompetitive in a lower price environment, China Hanking chief executive Guocheng Pan told an industry ...
Tags: Iron Ore Supply, Iron, Steel
The conflict mineral issue is providing a perfect storm for social change. It’s also leading electronics company CEOs to understand with great discomfort just how little they truly know about their supply chains. It’s a ...
Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) nearly doubled in 2013, but most won't take you farther than 100 miles on one charge. To boost their range toward a tantalizing 300 miles or more, researchers are reporting new progress on a "breathing" ...
Tags: battery, air batteries, lithium-ion battery
NY futures resumed their uptrend this week, as May rallied 380 points to close at 91.61 cents, while December gained 171 points to close at 79.55 cents. After meandering sideways for the past six weeks, unable to generate much ...
Tags: Cotton Futures, Cotton market, Textile
Nokia's new Lumia Icon smartphone offers a lot of compelling features. But they don't make up for the fact that the device runs Windows Phone software, which has proved unpopular with both consumers and developers. The Icon is Nokia's new ...
Tags: Nokia, smartphone
Will your clothes and accessories change how you live your daily life? Wearable devices like smart watches, glasses and activity monitors were a big topic of conversation at South By Southwest Interactive this week - specifically their ...
Tags: Wearable Tech, Consumer Electronics, fashion
Northampton based production company Stage Right has been using LED specialist EMTO's new LED screens on a number of recent theatre productions including an ever popular 'Jack & The Beanstalk' staged at the 1000 seater Deco Theatre in ...
Tags: LED, LED screens, Lights, Lighting
Nissan (China) Investment Co., Ltd. (NCIC), in cooperation with Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company (DFL-PV) and Zhengzhou Nissan Automobile Co., Ltd. (ZNA), will present an exciting line-up of more than 20 vehicles at Auto China 2014 ...
Tags: BladeGlider Concept, Autonomous Drive Car, transmission
Response to Bostik's new worldwide branding program has been excellent. The new branding features a new corporate logo, which includes a multi-colored gecko. The rationale for using this image, is that a gecko is capable of sticking to ...
Tags: worldwide branding program, produce the glass mural, mosaic gecko
A week of talking about ambitious plans for the Chinese economy was followed by a weekend of reality as key economic data were released. Journalists in Beijing flocked around a beleaguered spokesman whilst analysts elsewhere were cursing ...
Tags: Chinese economy, export data
Young people interested in dairy will learn about showmanship, nutrition, how to network and related topics at Purdue Extension's 10th annual Indiana Dairy Youth Conference on April 12. The conference will start at 10 a.m. and go to 4 ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Pie Face has a new 'low gluten' pie Australian pie restaurant Pie Face has added a new ‘low gluten’ pie to its range. The pie, which Pie Face said contains “only gluten-free ingredients”, is a chunky steak ...
Tags: "Low Gluten"Pies, Food
With the growing age, the usage of Stainless steel bolts and nuts is moving faster for many purposes either for manufacturing or for water related projects. Merging of at least a ten percent compound of chromium with other metals, ...
Tags: Stainless Steel Bolts, Nuts
Collaboration between retailers, brands, their manufacturing partners and suppliers is starting to drive a recovery in the UK’s garment making sector. This was the optimistic and overwhelming conclusion of speakers at the recent ASBCI ...
Tags: Garment Sector, Textile
As reported by the Credit Union Times, the National Retail Federation has deepened its opposition to deploying payment cards with embedded smart chips that do not also require cardholders to use a PIN to validate transactions. ...
Tags: Security, Protection, Credit Chips