New Logic Research has commissioned a VSEP vibrating membrane system at the El Inga municipal landfill site in Quito,Ecuador. The RO system takes landfill leachate from storage ponds and filters it to create clean water that is recycled ...
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Desmet Ballestra has signed an agreement with a refinery in Ecuador to install oil refining and processing equipment developed by Cavitation Technologies (CTI). The NanoNeutralization equipment is expected to process 350 tons of soybean ...
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Lexington, N.C.-based textile finishing machinery manufacturer Navis TubeTex reports that Pinto, an apparel producer based in Ecuador, has installed a full open-width knit finishing range for its production needs. The range comprises a ...
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Hacktivist group Anonymous claims it brought down government websites in protest at the UK’s handling of the asylum case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The group targeted the websites of No. 10, the Home Office, the Ministry ...
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Tehran Times cited Mr Rostam Qasemi Oil minister of Iranian as saying that OPEC will hold an extraordinary meeting if oil prices come down below USD 100. Mr Qasemi said that''According to projections,oil prices will remain higher than ...
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China's crude imports from South America and the Caspian region rose by 18% and 20% year on year respectively in the first eleven months of 2012, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs. The imports from ...
Whistle-blowing site Wikileaks on Thursday released the Syria Files, a database of more than 2.4 million emails to and from Syrian political figures, ministries and associated companies, dating from August 2006 to March 2012. The ...
Resource nationalism is assuming more subtle forms as governments resort to measures outside of blatant asset expropriations to retain the benefits proffered by their geological bounties. In an interview with the Financial Times (paywall) ...
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The U.S. is trying to erect a national regime of secrecy and obfuscation where any government employee revealing sensitive information to a media organization can be sentenced to death, life imprisonment, or for espionage, and the ...
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Trade Arabia reported that crude oil output from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries declined 90,000 barrels per day to 31.08 million barrels per day in November. This follows October production of 31.17 million barrels per ...
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Railway Gazette The Inter-American Development Bank announced on December 5 that it had approved a USD 200 million loan to fund construction of Quito's first metro line,due to be completed in 2016. The mass transit system is expected to ...
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Mexican soft-drink bottler Arca Continental has agreed to acquire two snack food firms –US-based Wise Foods and Ecuador-based Alimenticias Ecuatorianas, for an undisclosed amount. Arca Continental will acquire Wise Foods from ...
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US steel exports increased in October compared to September 2012 by 12.1% according to government reporting. Mr David Phelps said "Exports to both NAFTA and the smaller steel export markets in Asia and the EU increased on a month-to-month ...
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Arca buys US firm Wise and Ecuador's Inalesca Mexican firm already owns domestic snacks business Arca also number two Coke bottler in Latin America Mexican food and drink group Arca Continental has bolstered its snacks business with ...
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TAGSYS RFID, the leading provider of item-level inventory management systems that streamline the supply chain, announced two new additions to its US-based organization in response to accelerating demand for smart inventory and loss ...
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