AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, has recently made its high-reliability, military-qualified ceramic and tantalum capacitorsThe tantalum capacitor distinguishes itself from other ...
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China's Shandong Chiping Xinfa Group has raised the aluminum production capacity at its Xinjiang smelter by 550,000 mt/year, or 69%, to 1.35 million mt/year as planned in early April, a company source said Tuesday. The prevailing weak ...
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Nigeria is set to load 4.95 million barrels of Bonny Light in June, compared to 4.9 million barrels in May, according to a copy of the grade's loading schedule seen by Platts on Tuesday. There are currently five cargoes scheduled to load ...
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Australian exploration and production company Santos produced 12.2 million barrels of oil equivalent in the first quarter of 2014, up 1% year on year, the company said Thursday. Santos attributed the rise to increased oil output following ...
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Astomos Energy, Japan's top LPG supplier, said Wednesday it has concluded additional contracts with US' Enterprise Product Partners, including a deal to buy 500,000 mt/year of US LPG over 2019-21. Astomos will also increase its US LPG ...
BHP Billiton has lifted its production guidance for Western Australian iron ore to 217 million mt for the 12 months to June 30, up by 5 million mt from its earlier estimate, the Melbourne-based miner said Wednesday. The "relatively ...
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China's crude oil imports in March edged up 0.9% year on year to 23.25 million mt or an average 5.5 million b/d, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the General Administration of Customs. The imports were down 8.8% from ...
Honeywell has released the Granit 1280iFR industrial-grade full range laser bar code scanner, now available in Australia. The scanner was designed to perform in demanding mission-critical environments where accuracy and durability are ...
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The Dixie Group has completed the previously announced acquisition of Atlas Carpet Mills, a manufacturer and marketer of commercial floorcovering products located in Los Angeles. The acquisition was completed for an aggregate purchase ...
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Colombian coal exports in February fell 44% month on month to 4.067 million mt, which was 15.1% higher year on year, data from statistics agency DANE showed. The fall to the the lowest monthly level since March 2013 came amid a ban on ...
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US crude production rose 68,000 b/d to 7.939 million b/d in January, its highest monthly tally since December 1988, when production was 7.942 million b/d, according to monthly US Energy Information Administration oil data released Friday. ...
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China's Jinling Mining hiked its iron ore concentrate production in 2013 to 1.23 million mt, up 6.9% year on year in 2013, the Shenzhen-listed company said in its financial report released Tuesday. Jinling, one of the few Chinese iron ore ...
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The Philippines' Nickel Asia said Monday it shipped out a record high 14 million wet mt of nickel ore in 2013, up 19% from 2012. Of the total volume, 3.59 million wmt was saprolite ore, down 15.3% year on year, while 10.41 million wmt was ...
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Featuring a dual safetyClass X capacitors are used in "across-the-line" applications where their failure would not lead to electric shock. Class X safety caps are used between the "live" wires carrying the incoming AC current. In this ...
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China's refinery crude throughput over January and February dipped 1% year on year to 78.78 million mt, or an average of 9.79 million b/d, according to preliminary data from the country's National Bureau of Statistics released Thursday. ...