The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected the 2013 recipients of the Institute Honor Awards, the profession’s highest recognition of works that exemplify excellence in architecture, interior architecture and urban ...
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The Australian dollar was higher late in local trade after China's economy grew more quickly than expected in the fourth quarter, helping cement views that the world's second-largest economy is recovering from a more than two-year slowdown. ...
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The Lake Carriers' Association (LCA) said Friday that US-flag Great Lakes freighters carried 89.5 million tons of dry-bulk cargo in 2012, a decrease of 4.6 percent compared to 2011. The 2012 float was 1.5 percent off the five-year average ...
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Environmental reviews of TransCanada's controversial Keystone XL pipeline have so far ignored the pollution potential of petroleum coke, a byproduct of the diluted bitumen that would get carried by the system, a group opposed to fossil ...
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Combined coal stocks held by China's six major power generation companies, in eastern and southern China, averaged 14.653 million mt/day in the week ended Tuesday, down 3.2% from the previous week, Qinhuangdao Port said in a weekly report ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,15 commodities increased in prices, 27 fell and 57 remained unchanged on 17/01/2013.The largest rises were Hydrochloric acid (3.40%),Coking coal (0.71%),Calcium carbide ...
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As previously communicated, in the face of increasingly difficult domestic trading conditions for its soda ash business, Penrice Soda Holdings Limited has been conducting a strategic review of its entire chemicals business to improve its ...
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Renewable energy sources including solar accounted for 49.10% of all new US electrical generating capacity installed in 2012 for a total of 12,956MW, according to the latest Energy Infrastructure Update report from theFederal Energy ...
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Global Green USA released a video detailing the promising results of the 2012 pilots to test recyclable produce boxes that are designed to withstand wet cooling processes. For the pilots, Global Green USA teamed up with members of their ...
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US company FilterSense has introduced a continuous particulate emission monitor and baghouse leak detector. FilterSense adds that it incorporates Automatic Zero and Span Checks to eliminate manual calibration audits as required by the ...
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,21 commodities increased in prices, 23 fell and 55 remained unchanged on 16/01/2013.The largest rises were Metal Silicon (1.42%),Silver (1.33%),Propylene oxide ...
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BP on Wednesday raised its estimate of global energy demand in 2030 and predicted that shale natural gas, tight oil and biofuels will play an increasingly important role in meeting the world's energy needs. World energy demand will ...
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Panamax coal freight rates on established routes from South Africa's Richards Bay and Indonesia to India remained stable to higher on Wednesday, following a positive trend seen this week due to higher fixture activity, sources said. ...
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Membership in the Hydraulic Institute (HI) has been opened to pump and supplier companies that manufacture wholly outside of North America but who sell into the North American market. This change significantly expands HI membership ...
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Colombian Minas Paz del Río (PDR), a subsidiary of Brazilian steelmaker Votorantim Siderurgia, plans to make investments to increase met coal output. The company extended two contracts with Colombia's mining and energy ministry and ...
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