Photo courtesy of Sydney Ports Corporation. Opinion – Greg Cameron Selling a 99-year lease to Port Botany Container Terminal for $2 billion is bad economics. The deal requires Australian taxpayers to pay $4 billion for upgrading ...
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The Union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles Shri Anand Sharma, in a bilateral meeting with Ms. Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister of Foreign Trade, UAE, in Dubai, said that despite of the fact that UAE is India’s ...
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The Pigments division of Huntsman Corporation announced global price increases for all its titanium dioxide pigments. The following increases are effective 15 March, 2013 or as contracts allow: -Europe: €230 (Euros) per tonne ...
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Qantas CEO Alan Joyce. Photo courtesy of the ABC. The Qantas Group has announced statutory profit after tax of $111 million and underlying profit before tax of $223 million for the six months ended 31 December 2012. This includes $125 ...
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Switzerland is one of the smallest countries in Europe and has very high living costs compared to other nations around the world. Yet, the country is not a member of the European Union (EU). Switzerland has no direct access to the sea, and ...
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In 2012, Baosteel Co., Ltd. Exported quite a lot of high end products. Double high product export has accounted for 48% of total export volume, with average export price remained relatively high. It is estimated that the average price of ...
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Scientists at the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) have created the strongest, lightest weight silica nanofibres – ‘nanowires’- that are 15 times stronger than steel and can be ...
Applications for domestic drone licenses are increasing steadily, even as privacy concerns related to the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the U.S. continue to mount. Government documents obtained by the Electronic Frontier ...
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MaRS Discovery District—an innovation centre located in Toronto, Ont.—has appointed Elyse Allan, president and CEO of GE Canada to its board of directors. (Also appointed was Elaine Campbell, president of AstraZeneca Canada ...
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Sulzer achieved order intake and sales of over CHF 4 billion in 2012. Profitability remained stable in the double-digit range. The company continued to focus on customer partnership and profitable growth. Driven by the major pump ...
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Specialty Coating Systems has achieved AS9100 Revision C certification for its Parylene coating service centers in Austin, Texas, and Singapore. SCS received AS9100C certification for their coating facilities in California, Indiana, New ...
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Hawkesbury River rail bridge – WikiPedia photo. Opinion – Greg Cameron Work can start immediately to design and build outer Western Sydney’s dedicated freight rail line between Glenfield, Eastern Creek and Newcastle. ...
Picanol of America Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Belgium-based weaving machinery manufacturer Picanol NV, has announced that on March 21, 2013, it will inaugurate its new, 18,500-square-foot headquarters in the South Carolina Technology & ...
No one is laughing now. Once considered only a cut above remote-controlled toys, drones have proven their potency in Afghanistan and the Middle East, and manufacturers are eyeing U.S. agriculture as a tremendous market opportunity. ...
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Boeing Corp. has asked the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States (the "FAA") for Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" aircraft flight test application. Boeing's move shows that it has made progress in resolving the failure of the 787 ...
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