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Solar city shows wide array of energy-saving packages

 
30/07/2007 - The Blacktown Solar City project on Friday revealed its range of exclusive energy-saving packages, all of which are now available to help the community's nearly 300,000 residents to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save up to $3 million on electricity bills each year.
Monday 30 July, 2007 10:53 AM
 

High-efficiency energy harvesting

 
A generator that is claimed to be 10 times more powerful than any other similar devices has been developed by engineers at the UK's University of Southampton.
Monday 30 July, 2007 10:40 AM
 

Boeing sees India orders of $86 bn over 20 years

 
 NEW DELHI: US aircraft maker Boeing on Monday raised its market outlook for new plane orders from India to more than $86 billion over the next 20 years, from an earlier estimate of $72 billion.
Monday 30 July, 2007 10:33 AM
 

Swiss votes Toyota’s Prius as greenest car

 
 ZURICH: Switzerland, renowned for its clean Alpine air and pristine ski slopes, has named Toyota’s Prius the world’s greenest car .

The Swiss government gave the Prius the highest green rating in a draft study evaluating the environmental impact of driving around 6,000 different cars, including carbon dioxide (C02) emissions which contribute to global warming.
Monday 30 July, 2007 10:29 AM
 

Indian bicycle industry to lose huge market shares to China

 
The Ludhiana bicycle industry , more than sixty years old and exporting bicycles and cycle parts across the globe, is likely to lose out up to 50 per cent domestic market share and Rs 100 crore worth exports to Chinese bicycles this year, in view of sharp difference between input prices in the two countries.
Monday 30 July, 2007 10:24 AM
 

Copper Project to Trial Dry Separation

 
Water availability is becoming a constraint on copper production in a number of key regions. To address this AMIRA has created P902A to develop a commercially efficient process for the dry separation of copper-bearing material from barren gangue.

Substantial advances have been made in dry separation of other materials most notably coal and some of these processes appear capable of being adapted to treat copper ores. To choose the most suitable target for a development program, AMIRA assessed three known technologies:
Sunday 29 July, 2007 01:16 PM
 

Gold miners want Mittal to be fined R1,4bn

 
South African gold miners Harmony and DRDGold have requested the Competition Tribunal to impose a fine of R1,48-billion - the equivalent of eight percent on Arcelor Mittal Steel South Africa’s R18,5-billion turnover for the year ended December 31, 2003 - after having ruled earlier this year that the company was guilty of charging excessive prices on the flat-steel it sold to domestic customers.
Sunday 29 July, 2007 01:12 PM
 

Tata, Renault`s small cars

 
New Delhi, July 29: Ultra low-cost cars -- be it Tata`s Rs one lakh project or Renault`s USD 3,000 venture -- may have caught the imagination of many, but customers may end up paying much more than they think they would.
Sunday 29 July, 2007 01:06 PM
 

The Way Forward Is Painful

 
Detroit -

This is a crucial week for U.S. automakers and their largest union, the United Auto Workers. The UAW and General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler Group formally kicked off what promises to be the most important round of labor negotiations in the industry's history.
Sunday 29 July, 2007 01:02 PM
 
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