Russia will supply an additional 10 million metric tons of crude oil to China a year over the next decade, visiting Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said during an online chat with netizens on Tuesday. The deal, to be done by ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Oil
The Remodeling Market Index (RMI) continued to climb at a modest pace in the third quarter of 2013 rising two points to 57, the highest reading since the first quarter of 2004, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). ...
Tags: Remodeling Market, Construction, Decoration
Adjusted net income for the third quarter of 2013 excludes after-tax severance charges of $17 million ($0.04 per diluted share) related to restructuring in Latin America, but includes an after-tax charge of $42 million ($0.09 per diluted ...
Producing Clean Water for the Dead Sea Region Low humidity and high temperatures contribute to limited water supplies in the Dead Sea region, where local industries must often rely on expensive deliveries by water trucks. Desalitech, a ...
Tags: Industrial Equipment, Components
Leviton announced today the expansion of its revenue-grade line of VerifEye™ submetering solutions with the launch of its line of Series 8000 Multi-Point Meters. Featuring universal voltage capabilities, the compactly-engineered ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, Smart Meters
"2013 has been a good year although not as good as expected, because of the difficulties in the European steel markets and the extra cost in some projects in North Africa and the Middle East" stated Gianpietro Benedetti, chairman and CEO of ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki has issued its financial results for the third quarter and the first nine months of 2013, reporting an operating profit of €10 million in the third quarter, compared to an operating loss of 15 million in ...
Tags: steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
China's manufacturing hits 7-month high in October, according to HSBC's preliminary purchasing managers' index on Tuesday. China's PMI of October rose to 50.9, which is the highest since April. The reading compared with a final recording ...
Tags: China's PMI, economy
According to a report released Tuesday by the Associated General Contractors of America, US construction employment rose by 20,000 in September and the industry's unemployment rate fell to a six-year low of 8.5 percent, while construction ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Intel Capital, Intel's global investment and M&A organization, has announced investments in 16 new technology companies totaling US$65 million. Spanning nine countries, the investments will help drive innovations in the cloud, datacenter, ...
Tags: Intel Capital, mobile technologies
The exports of textiles and apparel from Indonesia is targeted to reach US$ 13 billion this year, Indonesian Textile Association (API) chairman Ade Sudrajat said while speaking to reporters recently at the Jakarta International (JI) Expo. ...
Tags: Textile Exports
It’s been a good few weeks for China’s economic decision-makers. Official data showed exports in August rose 7.2% from a year earlier, surpassing all forecasts. The official purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for ...
Tags: Wrong Growth Path
The Ontario Trucking Association is urging the provincial Ministry of Transportation (MTO) to reestablish a special committee dedicated to finding ways to encourage faster clean-up of highway collisions and get traffic in vital GTA ...
Tags: Truck, Transportation, Auto
A new performance evaluation method is proposed for microbial electrolysis cells, with acclimation to domestic wastewater improving the treatability of an industrial wastewater. Microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) are potential candidates ...
Tags: Wastewater Treatment, Microbial electrolysis cells, Electrical
With Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are a Changin" booming into the Marriott World Centre conference hall, American Trucking Associations president Bill Graves took to the stage this morning and addressed how change will transform the US ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto, truck