Alumina

JSW seeks partners for alumina, cement plans

Hit by the economic slowdown and a shortage of funds, the $3.7-billion JSW Group is now looking for partners for its greenfield projects in alumina and cement. The company has taken the first step in its endeavour of...

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Bargain Hunting Boosts European Shares

By ISHAQ SIDDIQI LONDON -- European stocks rose Friday as investors snapped up some quick bargains following Thursday's selloff. On Wall Street Thursday, stocks fell for the second-straight session on a downgrade of Intel and...

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Gloomy outlook for Jamaica - PIOJ quarterly report forecasts more decline

MOST SECTORS of the Jamaican economy have declined as the country continues to reel from the effects of the global economic crisis, despite the fact that other countries have shown growth."This was reflected in weaker external...

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EDITORIAL - Hoping for a bold Mr Golding

It is good that neither Prime Minister Golding nor Finance Minister Shaw feels it worthwhile to attack Moody's over its downgrade of Jamaica's sovereign debt by two rungs to Caa1. That would be just a case of shooting the...

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Silicon Valley Power Uses 3Ms ACCR to Raise Transmission Capacity Without Tower Construction

Silicon Valley Power (SVP), the Santa Clara, CA, municipal electric utility, has selected the light-weight 3M Aluminum Conductor Composite Reinforced ( 3M ACCR ) to boost transmission capacity on an existing line without having...

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Reportlinker Adds High Performance Alloys - Global Market Opportunities

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Significance 4 Nonferrous Alloys: Largest High Performance Alloy Segment 5 Development of HPA for Gas Turbine Optimizes Mechanical Properties 5 Escalating Demand from Domestic and Leisure...

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Techs, Resources Lead Fall

By MATTHEW ALLEN SINGAPORE -- Japan's Nikkei 225 was 0.5% lower, South Korea's Kospi was down 0.3%, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was off 1.3%, and New Zealand's NZX-50 was 0.8% lower. Technology shares tracked their U.S....

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Alcoa to Idle Smelting Operations in Italy While Appealing EC Ruling on Energy Tariff

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) today announced it will temporarily idle production at its two aluminum smelters in Fusina and Portovesme, Italy. The curtailment is a result of uncertainty in obtaining future power supply for the smelters at...

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Nanotech in Space: Rensselaer Experiment To Weather the Trials of Orbit

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Thursday, November 19, 2009 Source: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Space Shuttle Atlantis will next week carry a new Rensselaer nanomaterials experiment to the International Space Station....

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Bauxite plans spark farmland fears

The State Opposition has raised concern about the impact of bauxite exploration in southern Queensland and the need to protect farmland. Volcan Holdings has applied for permits to explore for bauxite on land around Pittsworth...

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