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Colin Bennett

Newly developed tiger wire changes when melted down - 0 views

  • Industrial railways company Transnet Freight Rail has resorted to using a worthless copper called tiger wire to fight this crime. This copper looks like ordinary copper, but has a contaminant that makes it a brittle metal when it has been melted.
Colin Bennett

Global Insulated Wire and Cable Market to Exceed US$113.9 Billion by 2015 - 0 views

  • The global market for Insulated Wire and Cable is forecast to exceed US$113.9 billion by the year 2015. Factors influencing the market in a major way include resurgence of global construction industry and robust expansion of the energy sector. Further, the rise of smart grids in matured economies, and increased investments in high-speed rail networks are poised to drive market growth in the next few years.
Panos Kotseras

Italy - Prysmian announces 2008 sales results - 0 views

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    Prysmian Cables & Systems said it expects its Chinese sales volumes to increase by 50% by 2010, an increase which has been aided by the opening of the company's fifth production plant in China. The company's sales increased by 16% year-on-year in 2007 and said that further growth opportunities were linked to the development of new infrastructure for energy and communications. Prysmian's new plant will be based in Tianjin and is expected to have an annual capacity of 10,000tpy including special cables for e.g. rail networks, mining and windfarms.
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    Prysmian S.p.A has announced its sales results for 2008. Sales amounted to Euro 5,144 million, exhibiting a 4.2% y-o-y organic growth. Adjusted EBITDA reached Euro 542 million, with a sales margin of 10.5% compared to 10.3% in 2007. Adjusted net income was Euro 332 million, up by 11% y-o-y. The group achieved strong performance in its utilities business, which grew by 12.1% y-o-y. This is attributed to positive performance of high voltage underground and submarine cables. The trade and installers business contracted by 5% due to the slowdown in the construction industry. Industrial cables exhibited organic growth of 5% mainly because of positive performance in the oil and gas, and renewable energy sectors.
Piotr Ortonowski

China - Chongqing Machinery and Electronics Group to develop 100,000t/y copper project - 0 views

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    It was reported that state-owned Chongqing Machinery and Electronics Group Ltd., plans to invest RMB1.5B (US$236M) in a 100,000t/y refined copper project, which is expected to come on stream in 2015. The company predominantly specialises in the automotive sector, the rail sector, electrical appliances and machinery.
Colin Bennett

Siemens announces investments in Russia of €1 billion - 0 views

  • n addition to the energy segment, rail technology is also a very promising market in Russia – and one for which Siemens and its Russian partners can provide high-tech solutions. The joint venture established in Yekaterinburg with Russia's Sinara Group in 2010 has already received more than €3 billion in orders for the production of advanced freight locomotives and regional trains. Local manufacturing capacity – in particular, for the production of regional trains – will now be substantially expanded through investments of several hundred million euros. Siemens' joint venture in St. Petersburg for the production of drives systems for trains will also be expanded through additional investments of over €20 million.
Colin Bennett

China builds first 330 mile high speed rail segment for Turkey, As Turkey and other cou... - 0 views

  • China is also planning to build trillions of dollars of infrastructure for the entire world over the next few decades.
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    " China is also planning to build trillions of dollars of infrastructure for the entire world over the next few decades."
Colin Bennett

China wants to build the world a railway - 0 views

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    "Much of that investment will be geared toward transportation projects like the Nigerian railway, as developing countries seek to put in place the capacity needed to keep up with increased flows of people and goods brought by economic growth."
Colin Bennett

Why aviation needs to address its emissions problem now - 1 views

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    What is the link to copper? * Electrification and hybridisation of air transport? * Substitution of air with high-speed rail? * Digital technology for video-conferencing? * All of the above?
Colin Bennett

Railway applications - Current collection systems - 2 views

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