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2021-06-22 Other Comments Off on China Witnesses 30% Increase in NEV Sales

Last month, sales of NEVs in China rose by 30%. Chinese NEV sales added up to around 92,000 units for the month of May, illustrating a 140% increase year on year while also showing a 30% month on mont...

2021-06-22 Other Comments Off on Copper – The Investment Even Wall Street Drools Over

As global development continues at a rapid pace, investors are flocking to the industrial metal industry, the metal of focus being copper. This increase in attention has led to copper achieving its hi...

2021-06-22 Other Comments Off on CANADA Port Expansions Face an Uncertain Future

Canada is one of the world’s hottest container shipping markets. TEU important volume has been increasing dramatically in Canada’s largest shipping terminals such as Montreal, Vancouver, Halifax, and ...

2021-06-21 Other Comments Off on U.N. Pushes World to Make a Switch

               The United Nations recently released a statement addressing the current environmental and health conditions around the world. This...

2021-06-21 Other Comments Off on The Replacement for Displacement

As nations worldwide call for more environmental protection and regulation, the automotive industry has been focused on, seemingly by a magnifying glass. With the use of large 8 cylinder engines rapid...

2021-06-21 Other Comments Off on Medtec China Expo opens for registration

Registration for the 14th annual Medtec China has just opened. Medtec China is a leading medical technology exposition. Over 400 exhibitors will be present to showcase their latest projects. In additi...

2021-06-20 Other Comments Off on Increasing Demand for Nickel Sulphate Carries Nickel Prices

Since the beginning of 2018, prices of nickel have soared. This is largely due to the increasing global demand for electric vehicles. Prices are expected to rise to nearly 125,000 yuan/mt by the end o...

2021-06-20 Other Comments Off on Potential Alaskan Pipeline to China Controversial

The State of Alaska has recently been pursuing a plan to bridge the gap between Alaska’s untapped oil reserves and the emerging Chinese market. The 42-inch diameter pipeline would begin in Prudhoe Bay...

2021-06-20 Other Comments Off on Shanghai Steel Futures Hit One-Week High

Shanghai steel futures hit a one-week high on Monday following a wave of strong profit growth and boosted overall earnings at China’s industrial firms. April showed a 22% rise in profits from a ...

2021-06-20 Other Comments Off on Can solar panels harness the power from rain?

The cost of commercial solar panels has fallen substantially in recent years; in fact, it has fallen by half since 2012. The International Energy Agency predicts that by 2040, renewable energy sources...

2021-06-19 Other Comments Off on China Lowers Tariffs on Automobiles

China’s Finance Ministry has announced that it will slash import tariffs on certain vehicles down to 15 percent, from 25 percent. Tariffs on more than 79 different automotive parts such as bumpers and...

2021-06-19 Other Comments Off on Recent Experiments in Elevator Sustainability

Elevators use a lot of energy. The energy used increases with the weight of the elevator, and the height of the building. A typical elevator weighs 80 000 pounds, and every additional floor requires a...

2021-06-19 Other Comments Off on Apple and Alcoa Collaborate to Eliminate Direction Emissions from Aluminum Production

Alcoa and Rio Tinto are working together on a manufacturing process for aluminum that releases oxygen, by using an inert anode that does not rely on carbon. They have announced a joint venture, Elysis...

2021-06-19 Other Comments Off on China: Manufacturing growth up, but export orders down.

China’s manufacturing output saw a marginal increase in April, due to the output speed increasing slightly. However, declining export orders also caused inventories to rise and firms to shed staff. Th...

2021-06-18 Other Comments Off on Kewazo has developed a smart robotics delivery system.

Scaffolding assembly is inefficient now because 80% of time is dedicated to transportation of scaffolding parts during assembly. Kewazo’s Smart Robotics Delivery System seeks to mitigate this problem ...

2021-06-18 Other Comments Off on Air Conditioning Demand Set to Increase Dramatically Over the Coming Decades

Global warming, coupled with the global rise in living standards in developing countries is causing the demand for air conditioning to rise just as rapidly. Global temperatures are expected to rise by...

2021-06-18 Other Comments Off on China’s Increasing Population Will Require Water System Upgrade

According to World Bank Statistics, China’s urban population will continue to increase, from 49% in 2005, to 57% in 2017. If the same rate is maintained, then by 2025, 70% of Chinese people may be liv...

2021-06-18 Other Comments Off on World Copper Supply Expected to Rebound after a Turbulent 2017

The International Copper Study Group stated in their April 27th press release that they expect world copper mine production to grow 3% by the end of 2018, despite a 1.5% decrease in 2017. 2019 mine pr...

2021-06-17 Other Comments Off on Innovative Dutch Startup Hub Made of Shipping Containers

Dutch Architect Julius Thaminiau has designed a startup hub primarily made of shipping containers in Amsterdam’s Science Park. Shipping containers are popular in the current architecture scene, becaus...

2021-06-17 Other Comments Off on Alabama Power Unveils Innovative Power System in Reynolds Landing ‘Smart Neighborhood’

Alabama Power has unveiled an innovative power system to power Alabama’s first “smart neighborhood”.  The company has unveiled its innovative microgrid in the town of Ross Bridge, Alabama, which ...

2021-06-17 Other Comments Off on New Photosynthesis Machine is Twice as Efficient at Producing Hydrogen.

Researchers at the University of Michigan and the McGill University have created a machine that replicates the process of photosynthesis by effectively splitting fresh or salt water into hydrogen so i...

2021-06-17 Other Comments Off on Stainless Steel：How is it made?

Stainless steel is well known for its excellent corrosion resistance, and is used in a large variety of appliances ranging from kitchenwares to surgical tools and buildings. Stainless steel is an iron...

2021-06-16 Other Comments Off on China is Fast Becoming Russia’s Greatest Oil Customer, at Europe’s Expense

The currently being constructed Russian-Chinese pipeline is expected to supply the China National Petroleum Corporation with more than 38 billion cubic meters (BCM) of natural gas every year for 30 ye...

2021-06-16 Other Comments Off on Blister Packaging: Why it’s important.

The global packaging market is expected to increase at 2.9% every year, and reach $920 billion in 2022. Packaging in the pharmaceutical industry is becoming more and more important as a means of prote...

2021-06-16 Other Comments Off on Stainless steel glut builds in China as Indonesia ups output

Marking a major structural shift, China, which makes and consumes around half of the world’s stainless, became a marginal net importer of hot-rolled stainless coil in December for the first time in mo...

2021-06-15 Other Comments Off on GSL is optimistic about medium and small container ship market

GSL, the Global Ship Lease, announced that revenue for the first quarter of 2017 fell from $6.8 million to $4.2 million. As of March 31, 2018, the company’s operating income in the first three months ...

2021-06-15 Other Comments Off on 200 farm safety inspections to focus on machinery safety

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) will begin a two-week long intensive farm inspection campaign on Tuesday, May 8. Approximately 200 inspections are planned with the focus on safe working with veh...

2021-06-15 Other Comments Off on UL 3030 electrical system safety certifications for Intel® Falcon 8+

Unmanned or automated electric vehicles and systems are now available with UL electrical system safety certification, as UL issues the first UL 3030 certification for unmanned airc...

2021-06-15 Other Comments Off on Residential construction blitz in Ferndale brings new rules for builders

With Ferndale seeing its biggest building boom in decades, city officials have enacted new rules for builders to keep nuisances down as buildings go up. “Every project impacts people’s lives in variou...

2021-06-14 Other Comments Off on Medical Equipment Market Enhancement And Global Demands Analysis 2018 to 2021

Medical equipment devices are designed to aid diagnosis, monitoring or treatment of medical conditions. The medical equipment market in this report is segmented into In-vitro diagnostics, cardiovascul...

2021-06-14 Other Comments Off on Print Email Facebook Twitter More Renowned vintage machinery collection sells for more than $1m

Belonging to the late Tony Pailthorpe, the collection of International Harvester Company agricultural machinery was believed to be the largest in the southern hemisphere. Organised by his three childr...

2021-06-14 Other Comments Off on Cryorig C7 Cu puts a hunk of copper in small spaces

Copper is an excellent material for heatsinks, but its high cost when compared to aluminum means it’s sparingly used in heatsinks and other cooling components. Cryorig’s C7 Cu CPU coo...

2021-06-14 Other Comments Off on ‘Container freight stations set to face existential crisis’

MUMBAI, APRIL 19 The container freight station (CFS) industry will face an existential crisis sooner than later, starting with flat-lining of revenues this fiscal due to a surge in the share of direct...

2021-06-13 Other Comments Off on Landscaping students get taste of heavy machinery Parshall Tree Care Experts, TruNorth Landscaping donate staff time, equipment

BINGHAM — Eleven landscaping students on Friday took a muddy leap into the world of heavy machinery. The Leelanau County air vibrated with the roar of engines and the shrill beep of back-up alarms. Th...

2021-06-13 Other Comments Off on Chile committing on decarbonization of electricity sector providing new hope to geothermal sector

Early last week, the 5th Annual Dinner of the ERNC was held, an event organized by the Chilean Association of Renewable Energies (ACERA). In attendance were various representatives from government aut...

2021-06-13 Other Comments Off on 50 new types of building materials approved for the use in Russia

During the first quarter of 2018, dozens of new building materials received technical approvals from Russian Ministry of Construction and Housing, the department’s press office told Construction.RU on...