China's sudden cuts to rare earth export quotas and domestic production marked the beginning of a Rare Earth Economic War, proposes Jacob Securities' Senior Mining and Metals Analyst Luisa Moreno. The good news is that partnerships between ...
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US agribusiness giant Cargill is to invest US$15.8m in the expansion of its case-ready meat facility in Marshall, Missouri. The investment will include the addition of a new production line for its value-added food products. The move ...
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In a bid to support the local textile firms seeking relief from Government duties, the Textile, Garment & Leather Employees Union (TGLEU) of Ghana has declared that this month onwards it would start negotiations with the Government to earn ...
Tags: TGLEU, Employees Union, Tax Waiver, Ghana Textile Firms
Meet Modern’s team of editors covering ProMat 2013. Bob Trebilcock Bob Trebilcock, Modern’s executive editor, has covered materials handling, technology and supply chain topics for Modern Materials Handling since 1984. A ...
Tags: ProMat, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery
Furniture manufacturers in China are showing lots of problems, such as miscellaneous brand, low-end grade, unguaranteed quality, unpractical techniques, small-scale enterprises and substandard industry. Moreover, there are quite a small ...
VNS reported that prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung called on northwestern Son La province to use all available resources to stabilise the lives of the 20,000 residents who were relocated to build the Son La hydro power project. The PM was ...
Tags: national grid, prevent flooding, socio-economic, relocating
The Internet Society today sends the message around the world that it is time to embrace IPv6. A number of high-profile technology companies will turn on the protocol and make the permanent transition from IPv4. "Major internet ...
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The second phase of the major iron processing factory in Herat has been inaugurated.The project,costing USD 11mn,was inaugurated by local officials and the Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industries branch in Herat. Speaking at the ...
Apple and Facebook this month each filed plans to expand data center operations in Prineville, Ore., a small community that's on its way to becoming one of the top data center locations in the U.S. Once the latest projects are completed, ...
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House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner's"Plan B"to limit income-tax increases to the wealthiest sliver of the population appeared likely to pass the House on Thursday evening after it narrowly cleared a procedural hurdle in the ...
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Baltimore Business Journal reported that Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz officially declared steelmaking at Sparrows Point dead on Thursday and said the plant would be dismantled. Gov Martin O'Malley released the following ...
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During the FS 2012-13, GSI has made significant augmentation/discoveries in Gold, Platinum, Rare Earth Element, Basemetal, Iron ore, Manganese, Phosporite, Limestone in the states of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha ...
Tags: GSI, Iron ore, lignite, metal industry, India
Mr Ryan Barry executive director of the NIRB said that the Nunavut Impact Review Board’s project certificate workshop for the Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation Mary River iron ore project held in Iqaluit December 18th and 19th, proved ...
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Golden Shovel Agency partners with a newly formed economic development group in Southeastern South Dakota. Together, they created a valuable online tool that will benefit businesses, site selectors, and industry professionals. LITTLE ...
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Mr Li Shijun chief analyst of China Iron and Steel Association pointed out that"The development of China's steel industry should innovate more than reducing capacity and output in the late stage of industrialization." China's steel output ...
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