Italian steel producer Lucchini is expected to shut down its blast furnace in Piombino on Wednesday, April 23, after trying to postpone the inevitable end by halting production on Friday, April 18 and using limited raw materials, according ...
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Southeast Asian ethanol producers face a short window for exporting biofuel to the Philippines as the previously high US prices that created an arbitrage for them in February and March are expected to fall, ethanol traders said Monday. ...
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US-based coal producer Walter Energy, Inc. has announced that it will begin idling its Canadian operations, including the Wolverine and Brazion coal mines in British Columbia, this month, due to the unfavorable coal pricing environment. ...
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Improving Energy Efficiency and ROI for Forge Presses Creating 7 million lb of pressure to bear on heated metal billets is noisy and hot. For the customer, powerful hydraulic pressure comes with high electrical energy cost and wear and ...
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Deyu Agriculture Corp. (the "Company"), a Shanxi Province, China-based vertically integrated producer, processor, marketer and distributor of organic and other agricultural products made from corn and grains, today announced its financial ...
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CRC Industries Inc. has introduced the GDI IVD Intake Valve Cleaner designed to remove harmful deposits from all types of gasoline powered engines. The GDI IVD Intake Valve Cleaner achieves this by delivering CRC’s advanced ...
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Machinery represents a major portion of capital costs, second only to land in farming operations. A well-kept fleet of machinery lets you respond to changing field conditions and other seasonal needs. Surveys of tractor owners indicate most ...
A while back we did an introduction to our Crown Boiler project. We had an older boiler from the 60′s that was over-sized and it was time to replace the boiler. After doing some research, I went with a Crown. Mainly because they ...
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With Predictive Powertrain Control being introduced in 2014, Daimler Buses is taking a further step towards improving economy while at the same time reducing the burden on the driver. The "predictive" cruise control system is familiar ...
Idle Smart, maker of an automatic engine start/stop system it says can reduce overnight idling by 70%, has added a Battery Protect feature. The new feature monitors battery voltage and starts up the engine to charge the batteries when ...
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The Chicago Rule 11 ethanol assessment soared Tuesday to a Platts record high amid mounting logistics issues with rail delivery, sources said. Chicago R11 ethanol was assessed at $3.16/gal, up 10 cents from Monday and $1.07/gal from one ...
Iron ore blast furnace pellet premiums rose further in March as some steelmakers were said to have agreed quarterly pricing for Q1 around the low $40s/dry mt, and leave open the opportunity to renegotiate for lower pricing later this year. ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA - which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services - has reported full-year net sales of $3.309bn for ...
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Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, semiconductor and optical industries) has reported revenue of $41.5m for full-year 2013, down 38% on $67.2m for 2012. ...
Tags: optical products, increasing utilization, competitive landscape
Generators are one of those expenses that put a huge dent in your wallet. Of course you can go cheap, but we all know how that ends up. One of our top pick generators is Pramac. One reason is they just work, they are tough and reliable. ...
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