On a pound-per-pound basis, carbon nanotube-based fibers invented at Rice University have greater capacity to carry electrical current than copper cables of the same mass, according to new research. While individual nanotubes are ...
Two trades for mid-calorific value imported thermal coal for delivery to ports in South China were heard in the seaborne market during Friday's Asia trading session, supporting prices, said market sources. The Platts/Fenwei CFR South ...
Tags: thermal coal, Mineral
State-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corp has submitted a formal request to the National Board of Revenue seeking a waiver from local taxes, value added taxes and other duties imposed on refined oil product imports, in order to borrow less from ...
Tags: Petroleum, Tax Waivers, Oil Product
The US economy will be slightly stronger this year than last, but freight growth will weaken. That’s the prediction of industry forecaster FTR, which today held a Webinar entitled State of Freight: Trucking Outlook for an Uncertain ...
Tags: truck pricing, Transportation
Scientists at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have suggested a method that could significantly increase the efficiency of green-blue-ultraviolet LEDs based on GaInN/GaN, AlGaN/GaN and AlInN/GaN quantum wells. It is reckoned that ...
The global market for power discrete devices will rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.43% over 2013-2018, forecasts a new report from TechNavio (the market research platform of Infiniti Research Ltd). According to the ...
Peers voted in favour of an amendment to the Children and Families Bill which would allow the quick introduction of plain packs if it became government policy. James Lowman, ACS chief executive, said: “If the government becomes ...
Tags: Tobacco Industry, Plain Packaging
The Nicaraguan government has granted a concession to a mysterious Chinese company owned by Jing Wang, a little-known Hong-Kong based businessman, to build an inter-oceanic canal. This would provide an alternative to the Panama Canal that, ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Construction
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue for full-year 2013 of $331.7m, down 36% on 2012's $516m, with all of the firm's businesses experiencing down cycles. LED & ...
Tags: Veeco MOCVD MBE ALD, Epitaxial deposition, process equipment, Electrical
An international team of researchers have discovered a 'microbial Pompeii' preserved on the teeth of skeletons around 1,000 years old. The key to the discovery is the dental calculus (plaque) which preserves bacteria and microscopic ...
Demand for polysilicon used in solar and semiconductor applications is expected to rise to 282,000 metric tons in 2014, up 25% on year. According to Solarbuzz, the growth in demand for polysilicon is being driven by the rapid increase in ...
Tags: Polysilicon, Lighting
Pluristem Therapeutics, a developer of placenta-based cell therapies, has been granted a new patent by the Australian Patent Office. Patent #2007228341 covers the method and composition of matter for three-dimensional (3D) expansion of ...
Tags: 3D Cell Expansion, Pluristem
Gansu Province-based Chinese steelmaker Jiuquan Iron and Steel Group (JISCO) has announced that in 2013 its Gansu-based subsidiary Hongxing Steel recorded an estimated net loss of RMB 2.35 billion ($385.2 million), as compared with a net ...
Tags: Hongxing Steel, Mineral, steelmaker
Finland-based stainless steel producer Outokumpu has announced that it has completed the strategic review of its thin and precision strip operations in Kloster and Nyby, Sweden and in Dahlerbrück, Germany, launched in June 2013 with ...
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Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki has issued its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2013, reporting an operating profit of €8 million in the fourth quarter, compared to an operating loss of €34 million in ...
Tags: steelmaker, Ruukki