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Timminco Win Contract to Supply High Purity Silicon to Solar Cell Manufacturer

Timminco Limited, a leading producer of specialty and light metals, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Becancour Silicon Inc.(“BSI”), has reached agreement to sell high purity silicon to a sola...

5 Apr 2007

Smorgon Steel, OneSteel and BlueScope Finalise Merger Agreement

Smorgon Steel Group Ltd, OneSteel Limited and BlueScope Steel Limited announced today that the due diligence investigation and contractual negotiations referred to in their joint announcement of 20 March 2007 have been s...

From InfraBuild 5 Apr 2007

Connecting Offshore Wind to the UK's National Power Grid

The development of the UK's pioneering offshore wind energy sector continues apace as details were announced today of the licensing regime for would-be electricity transmission owners. After a joint consultation ...

4 Apr 2007

GT Solar Expands Presence in China

GT Solar Incorporated, a leader in photovoltaic technologies and equipment, has announced an expansion of its presence in China by the formation of a Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprise (WOFE), GT Solar (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. ...

4 Apr 2007

Cobasys Confirms Facility Expansion for Nickel Metal Hydride and Lithium Systems Development

Cobasys has confirmed the latest expansion of its headquarters to facilitate additional advanced battery system development. Already acknowledged as one of the world’s largest testing facilities for battery systems...

4 Apr 2007

Software Designed for Genetics Shows How Materials Behave Under Extreme Loading

Civil engineers by tradition are concerned with the big picture, but some are refocusing their vision, zooming in to solve minute problems we can't see with the naked eye, like tiny fractures in polymers, silicon or ...

4 Apr 2007

NREL Ranks Leading Utility Green Power Programs

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released its annual ranking of leading utility green power programs. Under these voluntary programs, consumers can choose to hel...

4 Apr 2007

Canada Evaluates Effectiveness of Using Biodiesel in Agriculture

Cleaner engines, cleaner air and more uses for local farm products were the focus of a just-completed study of biodiesel as an alternative fuel source on selected Ontario farms. This province-wide initiative is the only ...

4 Apr 2007

Nuclear Power May Not be Cost Effective

Enticed by the gleam of government subsidies, many companies are rushing to invest in nuclear power, expecting that new technology and safer reactors will make them as good an investment as other types of power plants. ...

4 Apr 2007

Making Paper Last Longer

Although there be great historical, artistic or archaeological interest in preserving them, paper documents have a limited life. Prolonging this life is the goal of the European Papertech project. Taking part in the c...

4 Apr 2007

Award Winning All-Composite Tank Technology for NAsA Well Suited for Superconductor Applications

Scorpius Space Launch Company, an aerospace manufacturing and launch services firm in Hawthorne, CA, announced that it had been selected by Microcosm, Inc. to build lightweight all-composite cryogenic tanks for a NASA Ph...

4 Apr 2007

Air Products to Build Hydrogen Plant to Supply Marathon Petroleum

Air Products, the leading global hydrogen provider, today announced it will add new capacity to its Louisiana pipeline system by building a new hydrogen production facility in Garyville, La. The facility will supply the ...

3 Apr 2007

Carlyle Group Invest $80m in Chinese Steel Pipe Manufacturer Yangzhou Chengde

Yangzhou Chengde Steel Tube Co., Ltd. (Yangzhou Chengde), China’s leading private large-diameter seamless steel pipe manufacturer, announced today that The Carlyle Group (Carlyle) has become a strategic shareholder...

3 Apr 2007

China Expected to Consume 12300 Tons of Rare Earths by 2010

Research and Markets has announced the addition of China Rare Earth Industry Report, 2006 to their offering. In 2005, China rare earth industry witnessed a healthy and rapid development. China's domestic applicat...

3 Apr 2007

Brightest Ever Synthesized Fluorescent Silica Particles

Clarkson University Physics Professor Igor Sokolov and his team have discovered a method of making the brightest ever synthesized fluorescent silica particles. These nanostructured macroscopic silica particles have p...

3 Apr 2007