Spiral steel pipe seam weld porosity affects not only dense, causing pipeline leak, which will become a point of corrosion-induced, severely reducing weld strength and toughness. Weld porosity factors are: the flux of water, dirt, iron ...
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Given the fast growing market demand for viscose staple fibre (VSF), a man-made, biodegradable fibre with characteristics akin to cotton, Hong Kong-listed specialty cellulose producer Sateria is trying to put the VSF fabric production ahead ...
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Any copper surplus next year is unlikely to emerge until the second half, with the price well supported in the first half, JP Morgan said Thursday. It raised its forecast for the average price in the first quarter by 2% to $7,210/mt, and ...
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China is the world's largest producer and consumer of machine tools, contributing 29.4% of the global output value and 45.1% of the global consumption of machine tools in 2012. Since H2 2011, affected by the severe domestic and ...
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Highway Two will become the exclusive distributor of Kask cycling helmets in the U.S. and Canada in January. Highway Two will serve North American retailers through its network of 11 inside and 40 outside sales reps and territory managers, ...
Afren plc (“Afren” or the “Company”) and Partners Optimum Petroleum Development Ltd and Lekoil Limited announce the suspension of current drilling operations at the Ogo prospect located on the OPL 310 licence ...
Annual paraxylene term negotiations for 2014 have gotten off to a slow start in Asia, and talks are expected to be protracted, as the supply/demand fundamentals are expected to change significantly halfway through next year, sources ...
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Chinese companies are aiming to cut costs and enhance efficiencies as they become more familiar with shale gas development in the country, delegates at an unconventional gas conference said in Beijing this week. State-owned Sinopec has ...
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Chinese companies are aiming to cut costs and enhance efficiencies as they become more familiar with shale gas development in the country, delegates at an unconventional gas conference said in Beijing this week. State-owned Sinopec has ...
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The race now on for recognition in water technology industry at next month's event in Amsterdam The day after the winner of last time's Aquatech innovation award was announced questions were asked in the Dutch parliament as to why the ...
Six partners, including Air Liquide, Daimler, Linde, OMV, Shell and Total, of the H2 Mobility initiative have signed an agreement to establish hydrogen refuelling network for fuel cell powered electric vehicles across Germany. The ...
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The Asian naphtha market may firm going into the last two months of this year on curtailed arbitrage flows which will likely tighten supply balances and year-end demand mopping up excess naphtha supply from the higher arbitrage arrivals in ...
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Car tyres are a complex assembly of materials with very different properties. The following are some of the key elements: 1. Tread The tread rubber compound determines how well the tyre grips dry roads. In the wet, the best car tyres ...
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c We've been talking to drivers* about the impending tyre labelling system and nine out of 10 we spoke to weren't aware of it at all. Given that more than eight out of 10 of them have purchased tyres in the last two years (and are ...
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Types of tyre seller There are three main ways of buying tyres: from a franchised dealer, from a 'fast fit' specialist tyre supplier or an online seller. If you choose to buy from a main dealer, it's likely they'll have the right tyres ...
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