Copper end use trends

According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 291.6 million units during the first quarter of 2008, down 11.6% from the 330.8 million units shipped during the previous quarter (4Q 2007) and up 14.3% from the 255.0 million units shipped during 1Q 2007.

The European Commission is currently in the process of dreaming up an offshore wind power action plan and it's put a shout out for anyone with an opinion to come forward.

Thinking of throwing out your old cell phone? Think again. Maybe you should mine it first for gold, silver, copper and a host of other metals embedded in the electronics -- many of which are enjoying near-record prices.

NEW DELHI: India has surpassed the US to to have the world's second largest wireless network in the world after China with the addition of 10.16 million wireless subscribers at the end of March.

l Write to Editor NEW DELHI: The government on Friday said the fixed line telephony will be exempted from the licence fee to encourage service providers especially in the private sector to go to rural areas.

Tokyo, Japan, Apr 25, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (JVC) plans to end production activities at JVC Manufacturing UK LTD. (JMUK) at the end of July 2008 as part of restructuring television business operations. JMUK has manufactured cathode-ray tube (CRT) televisions, liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions and related products primarily for UK and other European markets as a UK subsidiary of JVC.

Main Energy Projects in Chile Map

MUMBAI: Bogged down by rising costs of key inputs like steel and plastics, makers of consumer appliances have begun hiking prices, with some companies even eyeing a 5-10% increase.

China's color TV production sector grew steadily with exports expanding rapidly and production cost increasing in the first quarter of this year, a source with China Video Industry Association said on Wednesday.

We are way over our heads trying to catch up to all the wonderful new plastics on the market to find out which ones might be toxic to marine and other organisms.

If you don't know what an OLED is by now, we're here to help, because it's time you informed yourself. It stands for Organic Light-Emitting Diode, and it's one of the biggest up and coming technologies. You may also have heard it refered to as a Light Emitting Polymer (LEP) or Organic Electro-Luminescence (OEL).

It was necessarily a brief overview, but one thing that came through for me loud and clear (yet again) was how short the Innovation Cycle is in many of these sectors.

If you're worried about dependence on fossil fuels, the RuralZed timber-frame kit house can make you self-sufficient.

Minerals ingredients in cosmetics are clearly in vogue

OTTAWA - Nalgene, the brand that popularized water bottles made from hard, clear and nearly unbreakable polycarbonate, will stop using the plastic because of growing concern over one of its ingredients.

Greentech Media has a series of excellent articles today profiling a few companies trying to tap wind energy in a different way than what we see from conventional wind farms. Companies mentioned in the pieces included Magenn Power (read here), Mariah Power (read here) and Southwest Windpower (read here). Another I've written about the in past is WhalePower.

(Washington, DC) Some of the most influential and competitive organizations in the renewable energy industry have now joined together to create the first trade association for organizations that market renewable energy. The Renewable Energy Marketers Association (REMA) has formed to vigorously promote the economic and national security benefits of domestic renewable energy.