According to data released by the US Census Bureau, the country’s steel imports drop in November after hitting the highest level of 2013 in October. The imports of carbon, alloy and stainless steel totaled 2.34 million tons in ...
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Chung Hung Steel, one of the major carbon steel flat re-rolling mills in Taiwan, has announced to hike its new price for next January. The company will raise its new price by NT$300/ton for hot roll and cold roll coils and increased ...
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Taiwanese steel pipe makers expect to adjust their prices until January 3, 2014 due to postponed price release by Taiwanese Chung Hung Steel. They predict the latest steel pipe prices released by Chung Hung Steel would be steady but will ...
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Quintain Steel, one of the major carbon steel wire rod re-rolling mills in Taiwan, has calculated its net operating loss from this January to November totaled NT$129 million, the number of loss has narrowed down a lot from 2012. The ...
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In a maze of blindingly complex reactions that snap oxygen atoms off cellulose or other bio-sources to create energy-dense fuel, the starting molecule's size has a curious effect. If the oxygen-rich molecule is too short to comfortably ...
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Greece's government Wednesday ruled out reducing a tax on heating oil despite a sharp increase in smog resulting from extensive wood-burning. "Reducing the price is not the solution (to the smog problem)," Finance Minister Yannis ...
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China is leading the world in the mass production of graphene films used in production of cell phone and computer touch screens as a new production line began operation on Wednesday. The production line is in a graphene industrial park in ...
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Taiwanese steel pipe distributors and users have initiated to replenish their stocks since middle of December while the steel pipe prices are still steady. They expect the market prices released from Chung Hung Steel and China Steel ...
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Nucor Corporation announced Friday the successful start-up of production at its direct reduced iron (DRI) facility in St. James Parish, Louisiana. Production of DRI began on Tuesday, December 24, and has continued at planned ramp-up levels ...
This invention relates generally to capacitors comprising organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds. This invention further relates to methods of making such organized structures. It also relates to devices containing such ...
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Earlier in December, concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) system maker Soitec of Bernin, France was informed that the European Commission (EC) has approved financing for the five-year Gupard program, which was launched in May 2012 to develop a ...
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Scientists from across the world have "scanned the horizon" in order to identify potentially significant medium and long-term threats to conservation efforts. Resurrection of several extinct species, the increasingly accelerated loss of ...
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Nations that are considering nuclear energy must grapple with its high capital costs and Fukushima-scale risk. An energy-policy riptide along the English Channel shows how unpredictable the calculations can be: Both France and the United ...
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Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel (NSSC), the largest stainless steel producer has settled the import prices for high carbon ferrochrome with South African producers at 126 cent/lb. CIF for the first quarter of 2014, rising by 4.6% ...
One of the most widely known compounds on Earth is carbon dioxide, or CO2. We learn as children that CO2 is a key component of photosynthesis, the process by which plants, algae, and bacteria convert light into energy. This reaction is part ...
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