The denim industry is typically a guzzler of water. It also uses a significant quantity of chemicals in its processes and consumes a vast amount of energy in its operations. Denim and green, therefore, have long been mutually contradictory ...
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High initial price: LEDs are currently more expensive, price per lumen, on an initial capital cost basis, than most conventional lighting technologies. As of 2010, the cost per thousand lumens (kilolumen) was about $18. The price is ...
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Taipei, Dec. 27, 2012 (CENS)--Some local residents and council representatives showed up Dec. 26 at a meeting to protest against Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s plan to build its first 450mm wafer fab plant at the Central Taiwan ...
Tags: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Central Taiwan Science Park, TSMC
Business Line quoted a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India as saying that illegal mining during the period 2006 to 2011 in 3 districts of Karnataka has resulted in a loss of INR 3,414.45 crore in revenue, of which the ...
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Almost every house in the vicinity of an iron ore mine in Goa's Sanguem, Sattari and Bicholim talukas is likely to have a 10 tonne tipper truck parked in its backyard. Some have 2, 3 or even 4 trucks parked. In all, there were about 25,000 ...
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Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has started procurement of Kappas from Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Karnataka in addition to Andhra Pradesh where they have already procured approximately 7 lakh bales of 170 kgs bls. As per reports, they ...
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Material ConneXion named Netherlands-based DyeCoo Textile Systems as the winner of the third annual MEDIUM Award for Material of the Year. Material ConneXion has cited the company for the development of revolutionary commercial dyeing ...
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The FINANCIAL -- The EBRD is providing loans worth 110 million to Turkish glass manufacturer Trakya Cam A.?. that will expand its product range at home and in Bulgaria and also establish a presence on the Russian market, setting new ...
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Taipei,Taiwan–GlacialLight,a division of experienced global technology leader,GlacialTech Inc.,has added the GL-FL30S,a 28W AC-input LED Flood Light with an infra red motion sensor,to it's popular range of LED lighting products. The ...
China is looking to allocate a value-added tax (VAT) permit to all rare earth companies in a desperate effort to curb resource plundering, dangerous artisanal mining and widespread pollution, as well as collecting revenue. By forcing rare ...
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This month China will start forcing rare earth producers out of business if they don’t qualify for new value-added tax permits being allocated. It’s China’s latest bid to curb resource plundering, dangerous artisanal ...
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The Critical Metals Report: John, a recent Brookings Institution report suggested that greater collaboration between U.S. and Chinese companies would alleviate tensions over tightening rare earth markets. Is the proposed merger between the ...
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Business Insider has the story about Greenland and global warming, which is peeling back thick ice and uncovering vast mineral wealth: Latest satellite data reveal that 97% of the surface of the Greenland ice sheet underwent surface ...
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China is restricting the export of rare earths to protect its environment, said Su Bo, vice-minister of industry and information technology at a news conference in Beijing on Wednesday. Su released a white paper, Situation and Policies of ...
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TATA Power, India's largest integrated power player has proposed modernization of its 500 MW Unit 6 at Trombay Thermal Power Station. Currently, Unit 6 at Trombay can operate only on oil and gas. The modernization plan includes addition ...
Tags: TATA Power, oil and gas, coal firing equipment, continued power supply