Swedish high-technology engineering and steelmaking group Sandvik has issued its financial results for the first quarter of 2013, stating that global demand for Sandvik's products displayed a mixed trend during the first quarter. Some ...
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From January to March 2013, the investment in fixed assets (excluding rural households) reached 5,809.2 billion yuan, up by 20.9 percent year-on-year in nominal terms (actual increase was 20.7 percent after deducting price factors), the ...
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Industrial pump purchases in China will rise from $7.4 billion this year to over $8 billion in 2014 for an increase of eight percent. This is the latest forecast in Pumps World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company. Municipal water ...
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Recently, a mine lift with the highest travelling height in China is finished manufacturing and testing and will put into use by Anshan Iron Steel Group Corporation, which is designed by Sicher Elevator Co., Ltd. It is a big step both for ...
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Flowserve Corporation announced that it has received orders totaling more than $9 million for a range of valves serving a new nickel ore processing facility located in Long Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada. Booked in 2012, the Flowserve ...
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The time spread for gasoil swaps in Singapore narrowed 15 cents/barrel day on day to a seven-week low of plus 3 cents/b for April/May Wednesday, because of low regional gasoil demand and concerns over increased exports from China and India, ...
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Despite inroads from cross-flow membrane technology, granular media filtration remains popular. Purchases of granular media filters will exceed $1.6 billion in 2014. They will constitute 25% of the $6.5 billion liquid macrofiltration ...
This week’s sale saw prices rising slightly on the back of a weaker rand and the Cape Wools Merino indicator gained 1.3% on last week to close the day at R112.13/kg (clean). The rand has weakened over the last few days, falling to ...
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Ecosphere Technologies Inc subsidiary Ecosphere Exploration and Mining Services LLC (EEMS) has signed a Letter of Intent with Colorado’s Dominion Water LLC to deploy its patented Ozonix technology to mine sites in Colorado state. Both ...
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The mining company Primero Mining Corp. ordered two new piston pumps from Putzmeister in 2012 for its San Dimas gold and silver mine in Tayoltita, Mexico. One of the two pumps has already been delivered to the job site, the second one is on ...
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Switzerland-based chemicals group Clariant said Friday it has started up a new specialty polymers plant at its Tarragona production site in Spain. The plant, which cost Eur16 million ($21 million) and took two years to build, produces ...
The sharemarket partially reversed its big sell-off with a solid finish after the Reserve Bank's positive comments about the economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed up 38 points, or 0.76 per cent, at 5018.1 points today, while the ...
Pentair Ltd. announced fourth quarter 2012 sales of $1.8 billion, an increase of 103 percent from the prior year quarter excluding 1 point of foreign exchange impact, reflecting the Flow Control acquisition. Adjusted fourth quarter 2012 ...
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According to the report released by Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals (Sinferbase), the Brazilian mining industry (mining and mineral processing) recorded a surplus of $27.4 billion in 2012. ...
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-base Vale S.A. announced Friday that iron ore production reached the highest level for a fourth quarter, at 85.5 million metric tons, allowing for a larger exposure to the price rally of the final months of last year. ...
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