The South American mining industry will reach an estimated compound yearly growth rate of about 6.2% from 2012 to 2017, which will take the industry to a total value of $184.3-billion. Some of the world’s largest copper, bauxite, ...
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Tokyo, July 25, 2014 – (JCN Newswire) – Showa Denko (SDK) (Tokyo:4004) has decided to expand its capacity to produce high-purity aluminum foils for aluminum electrolyticA polarized capacitor exhibiting a very high ...
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PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed Pilbara Resources has raised A$2.6-million through a share purchase plan (SPP) to advance the Tabba Tabba tantalum project, in Western Australia. The junior miner said on Friday that the SPP, ...
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Kemet Corp. reported higher net sales and narrowing losses in preliminary results for the quarter ended June 30. The Greenville-based supplier of electronic components said net sales totaled $212.9 million for its fiscal first quarter, up ...
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CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND — The new IDTechEx report “Functional Materials for SupercapacitorsUnconventional internal design yields a larger capacitanceThat property of a system of conductors and dielectrics which permits the storage of ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has shaved its forecast for U.S. economic growth this year, mostly because of a sharp contraction in the first quarter. But the global lending organization still expects that growth ...
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WASHINGTON – President Obama signed bipartisan legislation Tuesday that includes five innovative skills-training provisions from the Senate’s Manufacturing Jobs for America campaign. U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), who ...
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As local and national governments struggle to deal with ever-growing piles of electronic waste (e-waste), scientists are now refining the picture of just how much there is and where it really ends up. Published in Environmental Science & ...
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IPC and Celestica announce that the IPC Pb-free Electronics Risk Management (PERM) Council is meeting in Toronto, Canada, July 22–24, to discuss lead-free conversion issues related to the safetyClass X capacitors are used in ...
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OLEAN — Industrial contamination from decades ago has been found in a small section of east Olean once thought to have been sufficiently cleansed of hazardous, cancer-causing substances. Late Wednesday afternoon, officials with the ...
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The rapid development of miniaturized portable electronic devices, such as micro-electromechanical systems, microrobots and implantable medical devices, has stimulated intense demand for micro-scale power sources. Although miniaturized ...
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On May 6, 2014, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) published final DFARS (Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations System) rules1 to eliminate counterfeit parts from the supply chain by shifting the burden of protection onto contractors. ...
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If it weren't so scary, it would be funny: two different U.S. appeals courts came to two different conclusions about subsidies associated with the Affordable Care Act. Interpreting the language of the law, it seems, is a bit tricky. ...
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Wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductor materials such as silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) are best positioned to address emerging power electronics performance needs in electric vehicles (EVs), with SiC displacing silicon as early ...
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“America’s dependence on foreign nations for minerals is a choice. Our solution to our dependence isn’t a lack of resource; it is a lack of courage and commitment to produce the resources here,” declared Rep. Doug ...
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