The sharemarket has opened more than1 per cent higher after strong US jobs numbers pushed American stocks to a record high and helped miners outperform the market. At 10.30am AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 54.5 points, or 1.06 ...
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Office 365 users will increasingly be able to import contacts from external applications after the suite's initial rollout of this capability for Facebook and LinkedIn. Microsoft recently implemented a feature in Office 365 called Connect ...
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Shandong Province-based Rizhao Baoxin Mining Resources Co. and Hunan Province-based Baosteel Steel Process and Distribution Co., both subsidiaries of Shanghai-based Baoshan Iron and Steel Co. Ltd (Baosteel), plan to sell 51 percent and 49 ...
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Canadian Natural Resources' production averaged 489,157 barrels a day in first-quarter 2013, up nearly 24% from 395,461 b/d in the same period a year ago on record output from both its heavy oil and oil sands assets in Alberta, the company ...
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Magnetic separators are an industrial process where ferromagnetic contaminants are obtained from the production line. In layman language, it is a device to separate magnetic material from the mixture. These are used in many industries ...
A new research report backs the call for greater scrutiny of the impacts of mine-induced subsidence on prime agricultural land. The report, The Risks and Impacts of Coal Mine Subsidence on Irrigation Areas, was launched. It was prepared ...
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Total supply of land for state-owned construction reached 123,000 hectares in China in the first quarter of 2013, growing 7.6% over a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Land and Resources. Supply of land for mining warehouses, ...
Tags: Estate Land, construction
Katie Wallace, sustainability specialist, New Belgium BrewingEarlier this year, New Belgium Brewing pledged a one-time donation of $10,000 to support a cost-benefit analysis of extended producer responsibility (EPR). The research is being ...
Going green campaign is gaining momentum worldwide and so is the objective of many companies to recycle used products. From paper to various metals, companies are seen paying increased attention to recycling secondary items. The process of ...
Australia-based miner BC Iron has announced that, together with its strategic partner Australia's Cleveland Mining Company Ltd, it has signed a memorandum of understanding to earn the right to acquire 80 percent of three iron ore ...
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Shares were punished yesterday as investors worried about resources stocks being hit by global economic concerns, and the dollar was also sharply lower on the increased likelihood of an imminent cut in the official cash rate. The ...
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Signs that a nascent recovery in the housing sector stumbled in March pushed the Australian dollar to its lowest since mid-April. The number of house-building permits fell 5.5 per cent in March, the most since July, curbing optimism that ...
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Russian mining and steel group Mechel has announced the signing a three-year contract with South Korean steel producer POSCO for supply of coking coal. The agreement, signed on April 30, stipulates that Mechel Carbon (Singapore) will ...
Tags: Mechel Inks, Coking Coal Supply
Pentair Ltd. announced first quarter 2013 sales of $1.8 billion. Sales were flat compared to pro forma sales for the same period last year excluding the unfavorable impact from foreign exchange. Adjusted first quarter 2013 earnings per ...
Tags: Pentair, Processing Machinery
Safety at your workplace is of utmost Importance, especially if you are dealing with a huge human work force and if your facilities have a large investment on machineries involved. Like many other technologies, electrical engineering ...