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New ISO Standard For Safety Of Consumer Goods
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The future standard is expected to provide guidance to all parties involved in the consumer product supply chain (designers, manufacturers, importers, distributors, retailers, etc). It should result in fewer preventable injuries, promote consumer confidence, provide an international benchmark to facilitate access to international markets, serve as an adjunct to regulatory approaches, offer a systems approach to product safety, level the playing field, educate suppliers, and more.
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Zambia’s Lumwana mine to raise copper output
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LUSAKA, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Zambia’s Lumwana Mining Co. Ltd.,
a unit of Equinox Minerals Ltd. (EQN.TO)(EQN.AX) plans to raise
copper output through greater efficiency and also plans to build
a uranium plant, its managing director said on Wednesday.Adam Wright, who took over from Harry Michael a fortnight
ago, said at a news briefing in Lusaka that the company would in
2010 ramp up production to 170,000 tonnes from a projected
110,000 this year.
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MIT Liquid Battery Inventor Returns With Big Plans for Ultra-High Current Industry
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Back in March, there was everything about a battery that contained antimony, sodium sulfide and magnesium. Because of patenting secrecy, any further public details have not been given, so what we know now of the battery’s components, like then, is that there are two metals and a salt involved.
Update: if you watch the blackboard behind him, you’ll see that the “secret” is about Nickel and Copper.
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Redbank reports new copper discovery at Copperado
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Redbank Copper says it has made a new copper discovery at its Copperado prospect in the Northern Territory.
The company is exploring the prospect as part of a 50/50 joint venture with Glencore.
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Chile to Need 45% More Water for Mining in 2020
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SANTIAGO – Chile will need 540 million cubic meters (19 billion cubic feet) of water for mining in 2020, 45 percent more than it currently requires, to keep pace with plans that call for boosting annual copper production to 7.3 million tons by that year, according to a study released Wednesday by the Chilean Copper Commission, or Cochilco.
More water will be needed because of an expected increase in output by the mining companies, including greater production of copper concentrate, which is more water intensive
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VOLVO TESTS NEW HYBRID REFUSE TRUCK IN LONDON
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After a year and a half of preliminary field testing with excellent results, Volvo Trucks is now launching an upgrade of the world’s first hybrid refuse truck. The upgraded vehicle is now being released with new components and software to be tested by Veolia Environmental Services in central London.
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Hana Mining reveals one of Africa`s largest silver and copper districts
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Canada’s junior explorer Hana Mining CEO Mareck Kreczmer believes his company has on its hands part of one of the largest copper and silver deposits in Africa that can rival the Zambian copper belt.
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New York makes renewables and energy efficiency accessible
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New York State last week passed legislation to make loans available for households and businesses that want to improve their energy efficiency.
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“Leading European industrialists believe the future of manufacturing on the continent will increasingly revolve around green products, often backed by government subsidies.”
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Leading European industrialists believe the future of manufacturing on the continent will increasingly revolve around green products, often backed by government subsidies.
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Solid-State Rechargeable Lithium-Air Battery Reduces Risk of Explosion
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Scientists at the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) claim they’ve developed the first solid-state, rechargeable lithium-air battery that, because it doesn’t contain liquid, can be safe from fire and explosion risks.
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