Hopefully as you are reading this, you are enjoying the holiday season and getting ready for 2014. It's been a chaotic, uneven 2013, and my wish is to see it over with as soon as possible and make a fresh start. Not all of 2013 has been ...
U.S. and European researchers say they may be able to explain the biological mechanism resulting in the therapeutic effects of meditation. Study author Richard J. Davidson, founder of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the ...
The lifetime of the Oseberg field has doubled thanks to the steady increase in recoverable resources. December marks the 25th anniversary of the Oseberg field centre. Current plans call for production up to around 2040. "The Oseberg ...
Tags: Oil and Gas News, Oseberg, 25th Anniversary, Going Strongv
International credit rating agency Moody's has said that the outlook for the European steel industry is stable and reflects the expectations for the fundamental business conditions in the industry over the next 12 to 18 months. Moody's ...
Tags: GDP Growth, Mineral
The annual production capacity in the bioplastics market is expected to increase from about 1.4 million tonnes in 2012 to almost 6.2 million tonnes in 2017, finds a study conducted by European Bioplastics, in collaboration with the ...
Tags: Bioplastics Market, Packaging
In excess of 100 senior representatives from the Irish dairy industry gathered in Dublin today for the launch of Bord Bia's national 'Sustainable Dairy Assurance Scheme' (SDAS). Delegates heard how the new dairy scheme is fundamental to ...
U.S. prices for polyvinyl chloride (PVC), the plastic most widely used in construction, are set to rise by five cents per pound in the first two months of 2014. This is a significant price increase in a market that will see producers end ...
Tags: PVC, construction
Wärtsilä, the marine industry's leading solutions and services provider, will provide a full propulsion package for a new passenger ferry being built for the Germany based Reederei Cassen Eils GmbH. The contract was signed in ...
Tags: service, transportation
Uranium Energy Corp (NYSE MKT: UEC, the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on its fully-permitted Goliad ISR Project. Construction continues as planned, and the previously ordered processing equipment has arrived on schedule. The ...
After a sharp downturn following the 2008 financial crisis, growth in coatings demand in the Gulf region of the Middle East is now surging forward again. This recovery was symbolized in late November by the announcement that Dubai, which ...
Tags: Middle East, construction, coatings market
International credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's has announced the lowering of its forecast for US GDP growth for 2014 to 2.6 percent from the previous estimate of 3.1 percent, "amid the increased risks of a government stalemate and ...
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According to the latest market forecast, the actual land used for sourcing renewable feedstock for bioplastics will amount only to approximately 0.02% of the global agricultural area. This is the conclusion of the latest market forecast ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Bioplastics Market
Wildcat Silver Corporation (TSX: WS) ("Wildcat") announces positive results from its pre-feasibility study for its Hermosa project located in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. The pre-feasibility study includes the contribution from the projects' ...
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Although the US coal industry's 2014 earnings are expected to decline modestly as more lucrative contracts roll off and metallurgical coal prices remain low, the outlook for producers remains stable, Moody's Investors Service said in a ...
Tags: Coal Industry, metallurgical coal
Salamander Energy provides an update on drilling, development and production operations at the Bualuang oil field in the B8/38 concession, offshore Gulf of Thailand. Salamander has a 100% interest in, and is operator of, the Bualuang field. ...
Tags: Salamander, energy, Bualuang oil field, drilling