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RIO TINTO, the world's third largest mining company , says iron ore production has hit a record to meet strong demand for the steelmaking raw material.
Iron ore output rose 11 per cent to 37.1 million tonnes in the three months to June 30, the London-based company said in a statement. Refined copper output gained 20 per cent and aluminium increased 5 per cent. |
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Thursday 19 July, 2007 12:02 PM |
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Consumers’ appetite for car navigation and Global Position Systems (GPSs) has become voracious, causing worldwide shipments of automotive navigation systems to more than triple from 2006 to 2012, iSuppli Corp predicts.
Since 2001, the automotive navigation market has transformed from being dominated by embedded systems installed in cars to being virtually taken over by Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs), which are handheld devices users can carry with them, as well as use in their vehicles. |
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Wednesday 18 July, 2007 12:12 PM |
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Toyota Motor's Hybrid Prius is a big success. In June, the company sold 17,756 of these cars, bringing sales to 94,503 units for the first half of the year.
The Prius is a winner; but that's not the case for Toyota's (nyse: TM - news - people )other hybrids. Prius accounts for two-thirds of Toyota's sales volume in hybrids, even though the company makes five other hybrid vehicles, three of which it sells under its luxury Lexus brand. |
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Wednesday 18 July, 2007 12:00 PM |
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Incident
A driver delivering concrete tilt-up panels suffered serious injuries when crushed between two panels. He suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung after walking between two panels on the trailer unit following the removal of the horizontal transport props. The props supported the panels back against the stanchions. |
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Tuesday 17 July, 2007 12:51 PM |
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16/07/2007 - Though the US is still the world's leading oil consumer, its might in the global petroleum business is dwindling.
Developing countries are locking up a bigger share of the world's oil and gas resources to profit from high prices and fuel industrial growth. Some experts view the shift as an emerging threat to the US economy, while others see benefits for consumers, saying an expanding list of suppliers diminishes the impact of any single disruption. |
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Tuesday 17 July, 2007 10:41 AM |
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Using solar power to drive turbines could become much more affordable following the development of a solar energy system with cheaper components by Germany's Fraunhofer Institute.
The prototype system, set up for testing in Almeria, Spain, last week, will be trialled until the end of next year. Designed to be more cost-effective than traditional solar energy systems, it uses linear Fresnel mirrors to collect the sun's radiation, and water instead of thermal oil is heated to produce the steam to power turbines. |
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Tuesday 17 July, 2007 10:27 AM |
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The governments of the UK and Germany signed a contract in November 1999 for the collaborative development and initial production of the family of next generation armoured utility vehicles.
The programme is known as the MRAV Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle (MRAV) in the UK, the Gepanzertes Transport-Kraftfahrzeug (GTK) in Germany. |
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Tuesday 17 July, 2007 10:13 AM |
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Something was rumbling at Virgin Galactic — Sir Richard Branson’s public spaceliner enterprise
The curtain has now been lifted. Pratt & Whitney Canada has been picked to provide their PW308 turbofan engine to power the suborbital spaceship launcher . Pratt & Whitney Canada is a United Technologies company. |
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Tuesday 17 July, 2007 10:05 AM |
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