Topaz and diamond pendant in palladium by Art Jewellery in Russia Treasure House palladium diamond jewellery from Russia-based Art Jeweller Want a spectacular piece of fine jewellery but find platinum and gold too expensive? Palladium is ...
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Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, has used nanocolumns of nitride semiconductor to produce different emission color LEDs in a single growth process for what is claimed to be the first time [Katsumi Kishino et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol6, ...
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Reuters reported that the departing chief executive of Norilsk Nickel, the Russian mining giant undergoing an ownership shakeup, will receive a USD 100 million severance deal. Two sources close to the company's shareholders said that ...
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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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Labor problems and low prices have platinum mines closing up shop in South Africa, and the potential for acquisitions is ripening. Senior Mining Analyst and Managing Director at Stifel Nicolaus in Toronto, George Topping believes that ...
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Scientists from France's Ecole Polytechnique have developed a remarkable new technology which extracts trace amounts of gold from industrial waste water. Fairfax reports that the new technology was first developed in 2007, and involves ...
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Power+Energy Inc(P+E)of Ivyland,PA,USA,which provides palladium-membrane-based hydrogen purifiers for the compound semiconductor and energy industries,for Gallium Nitride at the University of Cambridge.The micro-channel palladium purifier ...
Microsoft has dumped the Metro name for the tile-based interface used for both Windows 8 and Windows Phone. According to an internal Microsoft memo seen by technology news site TheVerge, a discussion with one of the firm's European ...
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Mexican soft-drink bottler Arca Continental has agreed to acquire two snack food firms –US-based Wise Foods and Ecuador-based Alimenticias Ecuatorianas, for an undisclosed amount. Arca Continental will acquire Wise Foods from ...
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Arca buys US firm Wise and Ecuador's Inalesca Mexican firm already owns domestic snacks business Arca also number two Coke bottler in Latin America Mexican food and drink group Arca Continental has bolstered its snacks business with ...
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K•Swiss Inc. announced results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012. The operations of FORM Athletics are accounted for as a discontinued operation in the Company's financial results and are excluded from futures orders data ...
Chicago-based Palladium Energy, a Marlin Equity Partners' portfolio company, has acquired MicroSun Technologies, a provider of customized power solutions for medical devices. Both the companies are involved in manufacturing lithium ...
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Researchers in the USA have achieved record transconductance and cut-off frequencies for indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) channel metal-oxide field effect transistors (MOSFETs) [D.-H. Kim et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol101, p223507, 2012]. ...
Marketwire reported that Russian aluminum producer United Co Rusal PLC along with billionaire Vladimir Potanin, agreed to sell their shares in Norilsk Nickel to tycoon Roman Abramovich for USD 1.49 billion. The latest announcement marks a ...
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ABN Amro expects gold prices to drop substantially over the next two years on a modest increase in supply and slightly lower demand. ABN Amro said that it sees gold averaging USD 1,400 per ounce in 2013 and USD 1,300 an ounce in 2014. The ...
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