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Iron Ore, Coal Prices to Post First Fall This Year.
Coking coal and iron ore sold by BHP Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto Group, will post the first price decline in three quarters as steelmakers cut orders on weaker demand from automakers and builders in China.
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Meio Ambiente › Quando lixo é sinônimo de lucro.
Para o professor da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), o russo Vsévolod Mymrine, "resíduos e rejeitos [industriais] não são considerados lixo ou materiais descartáveis, mas sim matérias-primas de alto valor". Desde que chegou em Curitiba, em 2002, o professor Mymrine... Read more
Environment › AFS opposes EPA Greenhouse Regulation.
The American Foundry Society (AFS) sent a letter on May 19 in support of a congressional resolution which opposes regulation of greenhouse gases by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).Fifty-two of the society’s corporate members also signed the letter.
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Aluminum › Aluminum Association in China.
Aluminum Association works with industry to encourage PFC reductions in China.
More Chinese smelters and the aluminum industry in India are showing interest in PFC reductions, says Aluminum Association’s sustainability specialist Marshall Wang. Wang attended the Vancouver Task Force meetings on aluminium,... Read more
Foundry › Full of Eastern promise.
The Inductotherm Furnace Group has received an order for six 30 ton steel capacity coreless induction furnaces, each with an 18,500 kW VIP® power supply from a customer in the Middle East. When all the furnaces are on full power... Read more
Lost-Wax › An Overview of China’s Lost-wax Casting Sector.
At growth rate of 20％～25％ in more than one decade, the output of China’s lost-wax castings, with the exception of sodium silicate mold shell investment casting, accounts for 20% of the world market share, for RMB 28.8 billion ($4.23bn), next... Read more
