Resource: Lanka Business Online Sept 20, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Haycarb, a unit of listed Hayleys group said it had bought a Thailand based activate carbon maker that will increase group manufacturing capacity by 10 percent.
Resource: ChinaDaily BEIJING -- China's coal output in the first eight months hit 2.57 billion tons, up 4.4 percent, although its coal output growth rate fell 7.9 percentage points year on year during the period, the China National Coal Association announced Wednesday.
During the same period, sales reached 2.47 billion tons, up 4 percent. However, the growth rate also slumped 10.7 percentage points, according to CNCA data. Resource: The Marlborough Express Blenheim-based carbon-refining company CarbonScape beat 502 entrants to be named as one of six finalists in an international environmental competition.
The company, headed by Picton resident Nick Gerritsen, was selected in the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge for its work turning biomass into fuel. Resource: Battle Creek Enquirer If you’re like a lot of other hunters, you’re breaking out your hunting clothing or buying new duds in preparation for archery deer season. This year we witnessed an explosion in the technologies used in scent-control clothing. Manufacturers are putting everything from revamped carbon to synthetic zeolites into fabrics to trap human odors and prevent them from reaching game.
Resource:Philippine Daily Inquirer BAGUIO CITY—The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is going back to the basics to protect mountain roads.
They are turning to cheap, natural solutions to prevent soil erosion that perennially damages roads, drainage systems, bridges and mountainsides in the upland region, said Edilberto Carabbacan, DPWH Cordillera director. Resource: ZACKS By: Zacks Equity Research Calgon Carbon Corporation ( CCC ) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Calgon Carbon Japan has won a contract to supply about 5.3 million pounds of activated carbon to BlueScope Steel in Australia for removal of sulfur oxide (SOx) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) from exhaust gases at one of its steel manufacturing facilities. The companies did not disclose the terms of the deal.
Resource: Appliance Magazine.com A new report describes how GE Appliances chose to use activated carbon from burned coconut shells as the media in refrigerator water filters that are intended to remove pharmaceuticals from tap water.
Resource: THE TIMES OF INDIA Coconut farmers in the district are seriously contemplating to raze down their standing crops, frustrated over the minimum prices offered for their produce. They also don't see any prospective of the prices going up in near future. One of the growers, N Palanisamy from Melur, who has more than 1,000 trees in his farm stopped harvesting coconuts for the last few months due to low prices. "What is the point in harvesting when the workers demand Rs 15 to 20 per tree when a coconut is sold for just Rs 1.50? I may end up just paying the labour costs of harvesting, so I left the coconuts on the trees for last four months," he rues.
Resource: Yahoo Finace By Zacks Equity Research Zacks – Wed, Sep 5, 2012 4:39 PM EDT We are retaining our Neutral recommendation on Calgon Carbon Corporation (CCC) following its mixed second-quarter 2012 results. Earnings narrowly missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate while sales beat the forecast. Profit dipped 3.5% year over year on account of higher costs. Improved demand for activated carbon products and services aided to the top line growth (up nearly 10%). The company saw growth across the board in the quarter with its equipment business leading the way. Resource: PRWeb ReportsnReports.com adds new market research reports on China Carbon-Carbon Composite Material Industry & World Activated Carbon Market to its store.(PRWEB) August 09, 2012
2012 Market Research Report on China Carbon-Carbon Composite Material Industry is a professional and in-depth research report on China Carbon-Carbon Composite Material (use in industrial high temperature furnace) market. The report introduces Carbon-Carbon Composite Material basic information including definition, classification, application, industry chain structure, industry overview, international market analysis, China domestic market analysis, Macroeconomic environment and economic situation analysis and influence, Carbon-Carbon Composite Material industry policy and plan, product specification, manufacturing process, product cost structure etc. Statistics of China’s key manufacturers of Carbon-Carbon Composite Material with their capacity, production cost, price, profit, production value, gross margin and other details and information are covered. At the same time, statistics of these manufacturers covering their products, customers, application capacity market position company contact information and other company related information are included. |
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