Buying interest for imported cargoes of thermal coal was restricted to South African higher calorific coal in the Chinese spot market Thursday, market sources said. Seaborne-traded thermal coal with a calorific value of 5,500 kcal/kg on a ...
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Russia's export of ESPO Blend crude loading from Kozmino port is fixed at 19 cargoes in May, the highest monthly figure since exports of the grade began in December 2009 and up from 17 in April. The increase is in line with the completion ...
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Over the past two weeks, glass manufacturing workers at CSR Viridian’s plants in Sydney and Melbourne have spoken to World S ocialist W eb S ite correspondents about the closure and merger of facilities that will cost more than 200 ...
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Flintshire County Council has announced a series of measures targeting the way the area uses its street and sign lighting in order to slash £50,000 from its energy bill over the current financial year. The move comes at a time when ...
The High Point Market Authority would face a significant cut in state funding in the coming years under a budget proposal submitted by North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory. McCrory, a Republican who was elected to the top job last November, ...
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BlackBerry chief executive Thorsten Heins has taken a swipe at rival Apple's iPhone, claiming that its user interface is five years old and suggesting that it is in need of a refresh. "Apple did a fantastic job in bringing touch devices ...
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Leeds City Council is asking residents to take part in a consultation concerning their feelings about switching off certain streetlights in a bid to save money. This move is very typical of city and county councils across the country, ...
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Stephen Kelly (pictured), the government's chief operating officer, has abolished the role of government CIO, currently held on an interim basis by Andy Nelson, who is also CIO at the Department for Work and Pensions, as part of the ...
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The Samsung Galaxy S4 smart phone will debut this evening at a press event at Radio City Hall in New York City, much to the excitement of gadget hounds. The Galaxy S4 will undoubtedly offer dazzling new features and will probably cost $200 ...
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North Lanarkshire Council in Scotland is taking the plunge by investing in a retrofit project of its street lighting in order to help the council slash more than £228,000 annually from its electricity bill. MacLean Electrical Group ...
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Lime Microsystems has launched an open-source RF initiative to support the wireless design community. Dubbed Myriad-RF, the non-profit initiative, aims to attract the interest of hobbyists and design engineers with low-cost RF boards and ...
Heating systems are generally trouble-free and easy to sustain. Efficient procedure is a function of good regular upkeep. No matter what kind of furnace you have, there are some things you can do to hold your heating system in top status. ...
Diversified insurance conglomerate Liberty Mutual Insurance is planning to reduce nearly 425 positions in Ireland, due to demand from extra employees for voluntary redundancy. A Liberty spokesman was quoted by Irish Times as saying that ...
Moshcam, creators of the world's largest online catalog of originally-produced live music videos, today announced a new global Channel partnership with YouTube, the world's largest online video community. The new channel will boast more ...
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More companies are complaining of unfair competition from Amazon Web Services (AWS), suggesting that Amazon has created AWS-based services similar to their own, pricing them aggressively in a bid to win market share. The claims come less ...
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