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"A short video on the creative development of a breakthrough new high-density fiber optic panel, project named: Iridium, which is now being released under the name 'Osmium'; highlighting the benefits of Design and Engineering departments working collaboratively to achieve technical innovations."

Amid a prolonged economic slump, demand for nonferrous metals and processed products of them is staying below the previous year's level but the consumption of raw materials including scrap is up

It was reported that Abu Dhabi Basic Industries Corporation is planning to build a US$50mln copper tube project at Abu Dhabi's proposed metals park at Taweelah. The company has invited potential contractors to bid by the end of September. It is expected that the project will take 18 months to complete whilst capacity will amount to 30,000-40,000 tonnes of copper tube per annum. The plant aims to meet demand for copper commercial and plumbing tube in the Middle East and North Africa regions which currently rely on imports.

Undisclosed Chinese copper fabricators reported that they plan to increase copper purchases after the summer. A representative from a copper commercial tube fabricator based in Henan province reported that the company is planning to buy more than 10,000 tonnes of copper cathode in September compared to a few thousand in July and August. In addition to term supplies booked late in 2009 for deliveries in 2010, the company will need to buy in the spot market more than 10,000 tonnes of refined copper per month in Q4 2010 because of additional customer orders. The tube maker has seen its best year yet, supported by strong demand from air-conditioner manufacturers. As a result, its copper commercial tube output is expected to rise by 15% y-o-y in 2010. A source from a copper rod producer located in Guangdong province said that some overseas clients were placing additional orders for September and October. The company uses 14,000-15,000 tonnes of refined copper per month and is likely to increase spot imports to meet extra demand. Another fabricator, which uses 70,000 tonnes of refined copper per annum to produce copper rod, plate and strip, mentioned that the Anhui-based company has a full order book for the rest of the year. Thin copper strip, consumed by the electronics industry, registered the strongest growth. Backed by strong demand, the company managed to raise its product prices to cover increased copper costs. In addition, Chinese power cable output has stayed firm and mostly unaffected by Beijing's policy controls on the property sector. Power cable production rose by 23.2% y-o-y to 14.1 million kilometres in the first seven months of the year. It was also reported that copper semis production increased by 14.5% y-o-y to 6.1 million tonnes in the same period.

Jiangxi Copper announced that it will, "cut the production of semi-finished products by 20-30% in August," following a request from the local authorities that it reduce its power consumption. The company has the capacity to produce 700,000tpy of refined copper and 370,000tpy of semis. The company said that it would "try to maintain normal production of refined copper," and that it would, "cut imports of refined copper as production of semi-finished products fell."

measures to encourage the greater use of energy efficient mortgages (EEMs). Such mortgages allow people to purchase or refinance their principal residence and incorporate the cost of energy efficiency improvements into the mortgage.

Of course, consumers can currently invest in energy efficient technology (or anything) using mortgage funds. However, the EEM is an important concept. This is because it may offer funds above a usual individual mortgage limit. Therefore, this additional money can provide guaranteed funds to grow demand/the efficiency market.