Canada's leading light oil producer Penn West will invest C$900 million ($815 million) in 2014 on its assets in Western Canada, targeting an annual average output of 101,000-106,000 b/d of oil equivalent, CEO Dave Roberts said Friday. ...
Tags: Light Oil Producer, Mineral
Accuride has introduced a new aluminum wheel it claims to be the lightest in the market. The new 14-inch Accu-Lite Duplex aluminum wheel weighs just 56 lbs, about four pounds less than its predecessors. Rick Dauch, president and CEO of ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
IT spending by oil and gas companies across the Middle East and Africa in 2014 will primarily be driven by ambitious infrastructure investment plans, the modernisation of operational processes, and the quest to add more value to the ...
Tags: Oil, Gas, Computer Products, IT
An alliance that helps developing nations said it will support vaccination of 1.5 million girls in Rwanda, Uganda and Uzbekistan against cervical cancer. The GAVI Alliance, which brings together developing country and donor governments, ...
Flawed but colorful diamonds are among the most sensitive detectors of magnetic fields known today, allowing physicists to explore the minuscule magnetic fields in metals, exotic materials and even human tissue. University of California, ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Electronics, Colored Diamonds
Skullcandy Inc., which has been terminating off-price dealers in bid to protect its brand, reported sharp declines in net sales and operating income in the fourth quarter. The Park City, UT maker of audio accessories said net sales fell ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Navistar announced it will be adding selective catalytic reduction (SCR) aftertreatment to its MaxxForce 9 and 10 engines, completing its mid-range engine transition to SCR. The company already offered the Cummins ISB 6.7 engine in its ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
Over the past three years, solar photovoltaic (PV) installed system prices, module prices, and module production costs have all fallen by more than 50%, while a shakeout of uncompetitive PV cell makers has caused the number of suppliers to ...
Tags: PV Industry, Solar PV
An international team of scientists led by physicists from the University of York has paved the way for a new class of magnetic materials and devices with improved performance and power efficiency. Magnetic materials are currently used to ...
The Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd. (Chalco), the listed arm of the country's largest maker of lightweight metal, said it made net profits of 948 million yuan ($154.87 million) in 2013, reversing heavy losses in 2012. Total revenues ...
With the development of electric business online , e-commerce has gotten rid of the extensive development model. Instead , it is turnning into detailed development model period.In this case , brand influence is expanding rapidly no ...
Tags: Stationery
In 2013, despite the complex and competitive market environment, the major business of FAW Wuxi Diesel Engine Factory experienced steady growth with its diesel engines sales up by 9%, the main business income increased by over 15% year on ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Transportation
Kohl’s Corporation. Kohl’s Corporation reported results for the quarter and fiscal year ended February 1, 2014. Impact of 53rd Week in Fiscal 2013 The retail calendar for fiscal January 2013 included a fifth week, ...
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory are revealing the mysteries of new materials using ultra-fast laser spectroscopy, similar to high-speed photography where many quick images reveal subtle movements and changes ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
In our daily lives we tend to think of electrical conductivity as largely static: Copper is a good choice for conduction; clay is not. But heat up that copper wire, and electron conduction slows. Give a flake of that ceramic a good squeeze, ...