Related Media Defense of biotechnology is personal Biggest wine hoax in history reveals trade secrets Whiskey is for drinking; agriculture water is for fighting Eating lunch while catching up on the news, the headline “Monsanto ...
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When specialty frozen food retailer M&M Meat Shops began developing a new strategy to become more competitive, it explored various store improvement projects that would enhance shopper experience, build the bottom line, and could be ...
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US polyethylene contracts for HDPE film, LDPE and LLDPE rose in March, market sources said Tuesday. Producers initially planned to increase prices for those grades in February, but delayed the hikes for film-grade PE resins to match ...
Vancouver, Washington-based Wilkinson Steel and Metals Inc. announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement to sell its assets to Samuel, Son & Co., Limited. The transaction is expected to close late next month following regulatory ...
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Sulzer Pumps has opened a new service center in Nova Lima, Brazil for configured pumps, mixers, agitators and aeration systems. With this new service facility, Sulzer Pumps is well positioned to serve customers in the growing markets of ...
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Canada's Morien Resources is heading up a group of investors and coal buyers in talks with Xstrata Coal about buying its 75% stake in the $500 million Donkin coal project in Nova Scotia, a source close to the situation said Monday. The ...
A just-released forecast of labour supply and demand says construction will need to recruit more than 250,000 workers—including the traditional number of new entrants to the workforce—to meet building needs from now until 2021. ...
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Sulzer Pumps has added a new service centre for configured pumps, mixers, agitators and aeration systems in Nova Lima, Brazil. Located in Brazil's Minas Gerais region, where mining is prevalent, the new service facility will serve Sulzer ...
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Russian steelmaker Severstal has stated that its affiliate International Iron Beneficiation Group Limited (IIBG) has launched a preliminary feasibility study to consider the viability of building a granulated iron facility in Sydney, Nova ...
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Falling natural gas liquids production in the US Midwest and Rockies has resulted in a return of the regional frac spread to positive territory and a drop-off in ethane rejection since mid-January, a Platts analysis shows. Platts ...
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Finland - LumenRadio's wireless CRMX products was for the second year in a row used in not only one, but three new lighting projects called Little Spirits, Emergence and Pink Caravan during the city event Lux Helsinki. Lux Helsinki is ...
Innovative Electrical Sales has signed on with Universal Lighting Technologies to represent the lighting ballast and controls manufacturer in Atlantic Canada, which includes Newfoundland & Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince ...
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Canadian dairy cooperatives Agropur and Farmers Co-operative Dairy plan to merge their operations. Announcing the move, the dairies said it would benefit their farmer-owners by providing national scale and accelerating a process of ...
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Andritz Hydro has received an order from Nalcor Energy to supply four 209 megawatt (MW) Kaplan turbines and four synchronous generators for the new Muskrat Falls hydropower plant in Labrador, Canada. Commissioning is scheduled for 2017. ...
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Beginning with the 2014 cruise season, the Port of Halifax says it will be the first port in Atlantic Canada to implement shore power for cruise ships. Shore power enables ships to shut down their engines and connect to the grid to get the ...
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