Vietnam's economy grew more than analysts estimated as exports climbed,even as banks struggled to meet the government's lending target. Gross domestic product rose 6.04 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier,according to data ...
HM Treasury is inviting suppliers to tender for a place on a new framework worth up to £255 million, which will help the department move away from a single-supplier outsourcing model for its IT and towards a ...
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Chinese rare earth miners are being forced to phase out excessive production capacity as rising overseas suppliers chip away at their dominance in the global market. Russia announced in April its plan to invest $1 billion in rare earth ...
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The early morning highlights from the major news organizations examine today's deadline for enrolling for health insurance that would begin Jan. 1, as well as a variety of other health law stories and several articles on mental health ...
Asset management of ageing switchgear equipment continues to be a thorny issue for both utility companies and industry. For utilities, with Ofgem's updated 'RIIO-ED1' price control regime due in 2015, transmission and distribution network ...
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Ageing infrastructure is a major problem for almost every power utility in the developed world, and it's a problem that becomes particularly acute when the original manufacturer gives notice that support will soon be withdrawn for an asset ...
Russia-based leading global iron ore and hot briquetted iron (HBI) producer Metalloinvest has announced that its integrated iron and steel plant Ural Steel has completed the upgrade of its sintering plant No. 4. The project was the part of ...
Wood Group Mustang has been awarded the contract to provide front-end engineering design (FEED) services for Hess Corporation's Stampede tension leg platform (TLP) to be located in 3,500 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico, Green Canyon ...
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Transport for London is introducing Harvard's LeafNut system as part of a massive overhaul of its street lighting. TfL says it's the largest ever single investment in London's street lighting history. There are two main parts of the ...
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China's crude steel output rose 8.3 percent year-on-year to 652.48 million tons in the first ten months of 2013, faster than the 2.1-percent increase seen in the same period last year, the country's top economic planner said Thursday. ...
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As part of Network Rails five year plan to overhaul Britain’s railway stations, an investment of £130m was outlined to improve Scotland’s Waverley Station. As part of the work, the station concourse was resurfaced, ...
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With the order of " Ignition of N0.3 Blast Furnace" at 10:30 on Nov. 16, 18 blast furnace workers re ignited the fire of N0.3 Blast Furnace. With the indication of success in overhauling and putting into operation of N0.3 Blast Furnace ...
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Zamakona Yards Pasaia finishes the repairs done in dry dock on the ship Juan de la Cosa Wednesday, Nov 20, 2013 Last August, the Social Marine Institute awarded our shipyard in Pasaia the repair, maintenance and commissioning of the ship ...
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Scaffolding in Sydney basically refers to a protective structure which universally helps workmen to do their job at construction sites. With the advent of high rise buildings in city, the requirement of scaffolding set-up has also moved up ...
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The LEED rating system recently experienced a significant overhaul. Specifiers and applicators are looking for coatings that meet the new LEED v4 requirements while delivering optimal performance. Sherwin-Williams manufactures coatings that ...
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