Increasing coffee consumption may reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes Increasing coffee consumption by an average one-and-a-half cups per day (approximately 360mL) over a four-year period is associated with an 11 per cent ...
A national tribunal is to consider minimum safety standards for Australian petrol tankers, after nationwide research revealed 1 in 4 tanker drivers were pressured to speed and 1 in 2 drivers reported inadequate brake inspections. ...
In mid-April (April 11-20) this year, the average prices of 219 mm x 6 mm seamless pipe in China were recorded at RMB 4,271.8/mt ($696.87/mt), indicating a decline of RMB 1.7/mt compared to prices in early April (April. 1-10), as announced ...
Tags: Seamless Pipe, medium plate
Indian steelmaker JSW Steel Limited has announced that it has commissioned the phase 1 of the cold roll mill No. 2 facility at Vijayanagar Works, Karnataka, consisting of a 2.3 million mt per year pickling line coupled with a tandem cold ...
Tags: JSW Steel, Cold Rolling Mill
On April 28, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in mid-April (Apr. 11-20) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.749 million mt, up 0.1 ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel, Crude Steel, Iron
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. says it will establish an overseas subsidiary in Germany on May 1, 2014.It will be called Toyo Tire Deutschland GmbH (TTD). Previously, all tire sales for the German and Austrian markets were handled by the ...
Tags: tire, tyre, auto parts
Broadband wireless and wireline communications component maker Anadigics Inc of Warren, NJ, USA has begun high-volume production shipments of its AWT6530 quad-band ProVantage power amplifier (PA), which is compatible with chipsets from ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Researchers in Switzerland and Norway have used strain to alter the light-emitting properties of gallium arsenide (GaAs) nanowires [G. Signorello et al, Nature Communications, vol5, p3655, published online 10 Apr 2014]. The researchers from ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
BRC-Google Online Retail Monitor reports global results for Q1 2014 depicting increase in the total volume of overseas consumers searching for UK apparel retailers. BRC-Google Online Retail Monitor Q1 2014 results -Q1 2014 experienced a ...
Tags: UK Apparel, Apparel, Textile
As the global population expands, so will the demand for food and fresh water. The challenge becomes producing more food while using our resources efficiently. "Agriculture is at the intersection of many major challenges today – ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
ZJNAC, the most influential supplier and distributor of garments, fashion accessories, food, home textiles, and security products attended the 115th Canton Fair which kicked off on April 15. The company attended the three phases of the ...
Tags: Textile, Garments Products
The World Bank has called on Bangladesh to raise domestic natural gas prices after five years without an increase. "The administered price of domestically produced natural gas is fixed at a level considerably below that of the ...
Tags: Natural Gas, Domestic Prices
The Asian naphtha industry agreed Thursday that carbon disulfide, or CS2, levels in the light distillate have to be reported for cargoes originating from Sikka, India, and those from Western arbitrage flows into the region. Currently, ...
Tags: Naphtha Industry, Carbon Disulfide
State-owned China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, has hiked its ex-works price for benzene in East China by Yuan 100/mt ($16.23/mt), or 1.16%, to Yuan 8,700/mt effective Thursday, an industry source said Friday. The company could ...
Tags: Sinopec, China Petroleum
Initial nominations for US polymer-grade and chemical-grade May propylene contract prices are calling for a rollover at 71 cents/lb and 69.50 cents/lb, respectively, sources said Friday. ExxonMobil Chemical is the only producer with ...
Tags: Propylene, chemical-grade