The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) announced the launch of a set of pilot projects that will facilitate the development of joint Canada-U.S. standards in the electrotechnical sector ...
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Electro-Federation Canada (EFC) says it has—along with the Canadian Institute of Plumbing and Heating (CIPH)—engaged Canadian and American industry stakeholders to address concerns about "non-aligned regulator objectives, ...
US methanol contracts from Methanex are expected to roll over for June while Southern Chemical Corp is expected to decrease by 2-3 cents, market sources said Thursday. "SCC will probably come down so they are within a couple cents of the ...
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Vancouver-based methanol producer Methanex rolled over its US contract price at $1.60/gal ($532.80/mt) FOB US Gulf for June, it said Friday. The rollover marks the second consecutive month that the company's CP has been posted at that ...
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Speaking at the International Steel Trade Day organized by STSG-Eurometal in Milan on April 4, Cesare Viganò, general manager of Italy-based CLN, presented his outlook for the steel market in 2013. The global steel industry has ...
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March's average US spot methanol price of $1.3503/gal was the highest average monthly price since September 2008, when it was $1.40/gal FOB USG, according to Platts data. The average spot price for March was up 4.65 cents, or 3.4%, ...
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GaAs-based broadband wireless and wireline communications component maker Anadigics Inc of Warren, NJ, USA says that president & CEO Ron Michels has been appointed chairman of the board of directors. In conjunction, the firm has also ...
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The New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SCC) honoured scientists from Evonik’s Personal Care Business Line with the Shaw Mudge Award for best paper presented at SCC‘s annual scientific meeting and technology showcase. ...
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ASTM International announced today that it has been accredited by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC). With 1,400 members in Canada and 180 ASTM standards referenced in Canadian federal legislation, SCC accreditation further strengthens ...
A coffeemaker embedded with Swarovski crystals seems a little over the countertop but maybe it takes a little bling to make an everyday appliance seem less prosaic. Fortunately, the Cuisinart Crystal coffeemaker had other attributes ...
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UL has been accredited by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) as one of only two standards development organizations based outside of Canada. This credential enables UL to create standards exclusively for Canada along with fully ...
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Seeing a kitchen appliance gussied up as if for a formal dinner too easily suggests the old adage "All style, no substance." But the Cuisinart Crystal SCC-1000 Limited Edition Perfec Temp, one of five coffeemakers we've just tested, is a ...
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US based Southern Copper's Cuajone and Toquepala copper mines, and its Ilo smelter in Moquegua region are operating normally after workers ended a two day strike. The company said in a release that the company was able to maintain ...
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BNamericas reported that workers at US based Southern Copper's Cuajone and Toquepala copper mines and its Ilo smelter will begin an indefinite strike on December 24th 2012 to demand higher wages. Mr Ricardo Juárez Union ...
Tags: Southern Copper, copper mines, indefinite strike, higher wages, Peru
Fitch Ratings Director Jay Djemal said that Latin American Metals and Mining observed that higher operating costs remain entrenched. The report said that “Higher operating costs will continue in 2013 for metals and mining. Cost ...
Tags: metals, Mining, mining exports, copper miners