Solvay, world leader in Soda Ash, announced its decision to proceed with the optimization of its global industrial footprint. The Group’s strategic intent is to reinforce its positioning by adjusting its production capacities in line ...
Tags: soda ash business, Solvay, Essential Chemicals, industrial assets
The 2012 Lighting Year began with the historic phase-out of the incandescent light bulb. The year continued with the 50th anniversary of the light-emitting diode (LED) in October and ended in December with yet another Greatest LED. ...
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The 2012 Lighting Year began with the historic phase-out of the incandescent light bulb. The year continued with the 50th anniversary of the light-emitting diode (LED) in October and ended in December with yet another Greatest LED. ...
Tags: Philips LED, LED lamp, LED Lighting, OsramNXP Cree
Reportedly, BaoSteel announced prices policy for January 2013 on December 11, 2012 and up revised the prices by CNY 50 per tonne to CNY 150 per tonne except that for hot galvanized and electrogalvanizing products remaining unchanged. On ...
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As Japan, the world's number one importer of rare earths, cuts purchases from China in half and producers outside the country ramp up to production the outlook for prices of the 17 elements looks increasingly bleak. China Daily reports ...
Tags: Rare earth, rare earths, rare earth magnet, REEs, scarcer REEs
While growth in the LED industry came initially from small display applications and was furthered by LCD display applications, lower-than-expected adoption of LEDs in the TV market and the entry of several new players (mostly from Asia) in ...
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A glut of manufacturing capacity and near-collapse in rare earth metal prices is driving down the cost and hence encouraging the rapid take-up of light-emitting diode (LED) lighting. LED lights are based on semiconductors and therefore do ...
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Lux Research’s ‘Module Cost Structure Update: Path to Profitability’ report says that the solar industry is reeling from overcapacity and supply outstrips demand by two to one. The industry needs to drive costs lower in ...
China Economic Monitoring and Analysis Center (CEMAC): National Business Climate Survey results showed that the business climate index (BCI) was 122.8 in the third quarter, dropped 4.1 points quarter-on-quarter, and 22.8 points higher than ...
Mr Zhang Changfu secretary general of the China Iron and Steel Association at an annual meeting about China's steel market outlook Saturday said that China is expected to witness 723 million tonnes of crude steel output this year, only a 3% ...
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On the face of it the outlook in Europe for OEM automobile coatings looks grim at the moment. The region is estimated to have a 20 percent overcapacity in car manufacturing so that plant closures are seen to be sooner or later ...
According to IHS, the global solar market will achieve double-digit installation growth in 2013, but market revenue will fall to US$75 billion. Industry revenues-measured as system prices multiplied by total gigawatts installed-peaked at ...
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Analysts see LED market hitting peak within three years 18 Dec 2012 Long-lived nature of solid-state lighting technology means LED lamp sales could be flat from 2015 onwards. Osram's "Parathom Classic" While Philips reports surging ...
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China PV industry has witnessed the rapid development of PV enterprises.it was the largest production base in the world.But now,the China glass industry is in the cold winter.The production value and sale are falling sharply.Some ...
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Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co is relocating output to deal with rising power costs in the wake of last year's nuclear disaster. The company's president, Mr Toshikazu Nishimoto, said that higher electricity tariffs will push up costs for an ...
Tags: Steel shifts output, power costs, Steel Manufacturing, Steel