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Brookhaven Researchers Find that

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered another possible clue to the causes of high-temperature superconductivity, a phenomenon in which the electrical resistance o...

1 Nov 2004

Hydro Aluminium to Deliver First Engine Blocks and Cylinder Heads from Gyor Plant in Hungary

Hydro will deliver 110,000 aluminium cylinder heads and an equal number of engine blocks to the Chinese company Brilliance Automotive. The Hydro Aluminium foundry in Gyor, Hungary, started its first shipment ever to Chin...

30 Oct 2004

BHP Billiton and Alcoa to Sell Integris Metals for Approximately $660m

Alcoa Inc. and BHP Billiton today announced they have agreed to sell 100% of their respective equity interests in Integris Metals to Ryerson Tull for US$410 million in cash plus assumption of Integris’ debt, which ...

27 Oct 2004

Arch Chemicals Agrees to Sell Its Microelectronic Materials Business to Fuji Film for $160m

Arch Chemicals, Inc. announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell the majority of the operations of its Microelectronic Materials business to Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. for approximately $160 million....

27 Oct 2004

Showa Denko to Produce High Power Blue LEDs in Commercial Quantities

Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has developed a blue light-emitting diode (LED) based on gallium nitride (GaN) having brightness at the highest level on the market. SDK will start marketing the product next year for such growing ...

26 Oct 2004

Alcoa Announces Reorganisation and Formation of a New Global Extruded Aluminium Products Business

Alcoa today announced a reorganization of its management structure to better align itself with global markets. Alcoa will create a new global primary business, serving the aluminum and alumina markets, and a new global e...

25 Oct 2004

BHP Billiton Approved $990m Copper Project in Chile

BHP Billiton today announced the approval of the US$990 million Spence Copper Project in northern Chile. The project will have a designed capacity to produce 200,000 tonnes of copper cathode per annum and will have a min...

25 Oct 2004

Borealis Develop Polypropylene with Improved Properties for Hot and Cold Water Pressure Pipes

Borealis has brought a major raw material innovation to the hot and cold water pressure pipe sector with the development of Beta-PPR™ RA7050. It delivers a clear improvement in the long term strength compared to cu...

22 Oct 2004

UC Irvine Researchers Grow World’s Longest Conducting Carbon Nanotube

UC Irvine today announced that scientists at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering have synthesized the world's longest electrically conducting nanotubes. These 0.4 cm nanotubes are 10 times longer than previously ...

19 Oct 2004

JGC Corp Complete Construction of $150m Nickel-Cobalt Processing Plant

JGC Corporation has successfully achieved on August 31, 2004 mechanical completion of a USD 150 million nickel-cobalt processing plant at Rio Tuba on Palawan Island, Philippines, for Coral Bay Nickel Corporation of Phili...

18 Oct 2004

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