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Ceradyne Gear up to Produce Nuclear Waste Containment Materials

Ceradyne, Inc. reported that it has completed two transactions related to its recently announced plans to enter into the manufacture and marketing of structural neutron absorbing materials. The Company completed the acqu...

14 Jul 2006

Corus Expands Presence in Gulf

Corus International is investing in a new facility to produce metal decking profiles at its Middle East base in Dubai. The move enables the business to continue with its growth plan by enhancing its packaging of steel pr...

13 Jul 2006

Average Petrol Price Reaches Highest Level This Year

Rising global tension has pushed gasoline prices in the United States to their highest level of the year, and near their all-time high reached in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina last September. The nation's la...

13 Jul 2006

New UN Model Transport Regulations to Include Millennium Cell Fuel Cartridges

Millennium Cell Inc. has announced that new regulations for the commercial transport of sodium borohydride-based fuel cartridges for fuel cells were approved by the United Nations Subcommittee of Experts on the Transport...

13 Jul 2006

Ferrotec Unveils Fluid Improvements for Semiconductor Manufacturing

Ferrotec Corporation has announced significant improvements to the standard ferrofluid magnetic liquids which provide the core sealing function in Ferrotec's Ferrofluidic(R) vacuum rotary feedthroughs. Ferrotec vacuu...

13 Jul 2006

Metalico to Acquire Niles Iron and Metal

Metalico announced today that it has entered into an agreement to purchase substantially all of the operating assets (other than real property interests) of Niles Iron & Metal Company, Inc., a major scrap metal recyc...

13 Jul 2006

Alcan Announces Plans to Restructure and Sell its Affimet Aluminum Recycling Business in France

Alcan has announced that it has begun consultations with unions and employee representatives for a proposed sale of selected assets at the Company’s Affimet aluminum recycling plant in Compiègne, France. The C...

13 Jul 2006

Scientists Build Brain Box

The aim is to build a computer which mimics how nerve cells in the brain interact in a bid to engineer more 'fault tolerant' electronics. The computer will be the first of its kind and will be used to try and ...

13 Jul 2006

Volvo Creates Car that Can Run on Five Different Fuels

Volvo Car Corporation has developed a system for a multitude of fuels. The Volvo Multi-Fuel is a prototype car, optimized for running on five different fuel types; hythane, biomethane, natural gas, bioethanol E85 and pet...

13 Jul 2006

Boeing Forecasts $2.6 Trillion Market for New Passenger Jets

Boeing forecasts a $2.6 trillion market for new commercial airplanes over the next 20 years. Strong market demand for new airplanes will lead to a world fleet with significantly improved environmental performance. The...

13 Jul 2006

Alcan Plans Closure of Two U.K. Sites

Alcan has announced that it has begun consultations with unions and employee representatives for a proposed closure of two U.K. sites, one in each of its Engineered Products and Alcan Packaging groups. The Company expect...

13 Jul 2006

Industrial Biotechnology Reaches a Tipping Point for Economic Growth

Thomas C. Dorr, Under Secretary for Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture, today welcomed attendees to the third annual World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing. In his remarks, Dorr discu...

13 Jul 2006

SiFusion Poly Silicon Furnace Liners Available to Semiconductor Industry through Integrated Materials

Integrated Materials announces the global introduction of its pure poly silicon SiFusion(TM) liner for semiconductor furnace processes. This innovative new product is now available in limited quantities for "beta&qu...

13 Jul 2006

Magnesium International to Slow Development of Egyptian Plant to Reduce Cash Burn Rate

The Directors of Magnesium International Limited advise that they have decided to slow expenditures on the Sokhna primary magnesium project to reduce the cash burn rate. The Sokhna project is being developed by MIL&rsquo...

13 Jul 2006

Nucor to Build A State-of-the-Art Steel Mill in Southern USA

Nucor Corporation announced today that it plans to construct a "Special Bar Quality Products" steel mill in the Southern United States with an estimated capacity of 850,000 tons. This state-of-the-art facility ...

13 Jul 2006