The rally in the gold price lost some steam on Wednesday, after traders booked profits from the metal's strong showing in February and a stronger dollar curbed demand. In lunchtime trade on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile ...
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BASF increased its energy efficiency by 20 percent compared with baseline 2002 and reduced its greenhouse gas emissions per metric ton of sales product by 34 percent. The number of work-related accidents dropped in the same period by 58 ...
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Ethylene producers in Northwest Europe have fixed two cargoes to Asia for March loading driven by length in domestic market, the turnaround season in Asia and port congestion in the Middle East, sources said this week. Europe, a net ...
As we have seen in recent months, energy storage is becoming a pretty big deal. California has the country's first energy storage mandate in place, and plants like Solana in Arizona have started trying to incorporate storage in from the ...
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Foster Wheeler AG announced that its board of directors has recommended the payment of a cash dividend of $0.40 per registered share, subject to approval by the company's shareholders at the company's annual general meeting, to be held on ...
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Early Earth's accidental deluge via water-carrying comets has long been a stumbling block for those interested in life on other planets. Scientists agree that life needs water to evolve. But if water only arrives through chance impacts ...
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Southern Coal plans to produce an additional 900,000 st of steam and metallurgical coal this year from two surface mines in eastern Kentucky that have been reopened and/or expanded, according to a senior company official. The Beech Creek ...
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It's been a busy week for Panasonic Australia.Last Friday the company announced the impending retirement of managing director Steve Rust and the appointment of new MD Paul Reid,effective from April.Today,the appointment announcements ...
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Caustic soda or sodium hydroxide or lye is that chemical from which it is impossible to get rid of. May be only heard the name in your chemistry classes during experiments with bases, but just have a look on the labels of cleaning agents ...
Tags: Caustic soda, chlorine production, needs more precautions
Wind turbines, like any machine with moving parts, can fail. They have a useful life span, after which the loading on the various pieces including turbine blades and tower could cause decreases in efficiency or, in very rare cases, outright ...
Tags: CeBIT, Monitor Oscillation, Fraunhofer Institute, laser
Two Indiana coal companies have received state regulatory approval for new or extended mining operations that could produce an additional several million short tons of high-sulfur steam coal annually for the US electric utility market, a ...
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PC resource Digital Storm said it is one of the first PC makers to offer Nvidia's GTX 750 and GTX 750Ti mainstream graphics cards and Nvidia's new speed burner and flagship — the Titan Black — in its made-to-order desktop gaming ...
The Great Gathering collection was limited to only 510 sets across the globe. Hornby Hobbies is auctioning a limited edition collection of models and hobby collectables in order to raise money for the BTHA's Toy Trust. The firm will be ...
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In the past half century, power plants in the United States have made considerable strides in water use, but there is still a long way to go, according to new figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). More than 70 ...
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