Columbia Sportswear Company said its joint venture with Swire Resources Ltd. commenced operation as planned on Jan. 1, 2014. Also, as previously planned and announced, 29-year Swire Resources veteran Samson Wong was appointed president of ...
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Japan made landmark progress in 2013 in methane hydrate development -- carrying out the world's maiden offshore production test and later confirming the existence of "substantial" structures containing shallow methane in the Sea of Japan in ...
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The number and intensity of storms and other extreme weather events are on the increase all over the world. The latest study by the Medical University of Vienna in cooperation with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...
Tags: risk of injury, certain media, extreme weather events, social media
Azione Unlimited (AU), the education and buying group for custom retailers and integrators, has selected the term "Elevate" as its theme for 2014. According to AU founder Richard Glikes, elevate reflects four goals for the organization: ...
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As part of a working visit to Armenia Rosneft President Igor Sechin met with the President of the Republic of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan. A number of documents, pointed at extending cooperation with the republic, were signed in presence of the ...
San’an Opto has announced on Dec. 25th that the company has signed the “Cooperation Framework Agreement” on Dec. 24th with Zijin Mining Group and Fujian Anxin Contract Energy Management Co. The company will gain an LED ...
In October this year, the price, calendar and seasonally adjusted industrial production in Germany decreased 1.1 percent compared to the previous month, according to the preliminary data released by the German Federal Ministry for Economic ...
Tags: Industrial Output, Mineral
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee and Rovnag Abdullayev, President of the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR). The meeting ...
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee and Almazbek Atambayev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic. The parties addressed the status of cooperation in the ...
Tags: Gazprom, Alexey Miller, Almazbek Atambayev, hydrocarbon exploration
Esrey Energy Ltd. ("Esrey" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:EEL) announces the Company has entered into a binding agreement to add to its holdings in Poland's Baltic Basin through the acquisition of additional interest in Saponis Investments ...
Russian mining and steel producing company Evraz has announced that VUZ, the European certificating authority for rail transport, has issued Evraz with a Compliance Certificate (TSI) for all the rolled railway wheels with a diameter of 920 ...
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey, and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif have agreed to conclude Pakistan-Turkey Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) by the first half of 2014. This was announced after the end of the ...
The initial phase of Healthy Seas has focused mainly on activities in the North Sea pilot region and resulted in recovering 20 tons of fishing nets. In 2014, Healthy Seas is still looking to cooperate with other ongoing initiatives. ...
Tags: Koru Swimwear, Fabric, Recycled Fishing Net
Investments in ICT are expect to increase in 2014 in Africa as both public and private spending rises and local content businesses partner with larger operators and tech companies, according to IDC. Adoption of data analytics and cloud ...
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Despite of a depressed Chinese commercial vehicle market, Foton remains leading the industry ahead. It is estimated Foton will receive a rewarding year by over 660,000 units of production and sales. It is worthy of noticing that Foton, the ...
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