It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,33 commodities increased in prices, 22 fell and 44 remained unchanged on 17/12/2012.The largest rises were SBR (3.36%),Iron ore (2.61%),Adipic acid (2.27%),while the ...
Tags: SBR, Iron ore, Adipic acid, Dysprosium oxide, Acrylic acid, Polysilicon
The following have all combined to limit control of foreign minerals by US companies: In 2011, Resource nationalism became the number one risk for mining companies Nationalization Expropriation Increased taxation Constraints on the degree ...
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European Commission gave the green light to the US component manufacturer Precision Castparts Corporation's acquisition of the US titanium producer Timet. The Commission after an in depth investigation concluded that this transaction would ...
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Japan's FujiFilm is suing Google's Motorola Mobility subsidiary over four patents associated with digital camera and photo technology in cellphones. The lawsuit has its roots in April 2011, when FujiFilm says it first notified Motorola ...
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Bizjournals.com reported that Titanium Metals Corp stockholders have until 5 PM today to tender their shares as part of Precision Castparts Corp's bid to acquire the company. The original expiration date was December 20th 2012 at 5 PM EST ...
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USA-Iluminarc Ilumipod Logic 6 are the LED light source for a permanent interactive installation combining light and sound at Revel-an Atlantic City resort spanning over six million square feet of beachfront destination encompassing a ...
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Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has grown high-performance indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) metal–oxide–semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors (MOSHEMTs) directly on silicon [Xiuju Zhou et al, ...
High-power bursts of light from femtosecond system are being honed for new compact particle accelerators. An ultrafast laser system under development at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL) in California has delivered ...
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Sachtleben Pigments has been granted a patent for a method of preparing a well-dispersable,rutile-structured,microcrys-talline titanium dioxide product having a crystal size of less than 60 nm from a TiO2 starting material,the method is ...
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The market for pigments and dyes responds to the coloring needs of a wide range of end-use industries, ranging from paints and coatings to construction. With robust demand in key markets of paints and coatings, plastics, paper and printing ...
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Despite the booming profits of TiO2 producers in Europe, they still want to diversify their portfolio into speciality pigments to ensure higher profit margins in the long-term. This switch into specialities is causing concern among ...
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Europe's coatings companies, especially the multinational ones, are reasonably confident they can continue to increase their sales in the short- to medium-term, unless the world is plunged into a second recession. But they are much ...
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The Airtel Center at Gurgaon is the perfect example for a classic symphony in coloured glass. The interplay of light and glass in colour makes for a breathtaking view as the building shimmers against the night skyline. With building ...
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E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company has obtained a patent for a process comprised of digesting ilmenite ore with aqueous ammonium hydrogen oxalate to form a leachate and a precipitate comprised of FeC2O4.2H2O; separating the leachate from ...
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Apple's iOS mobile platform has amassed a substantial lead over Google's Android when it comes to which platform developers prefer for building enterprise mobile applications, according to survey results released Tuesday. The ...
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