(Thu, 07 Jul 2016) Steel industry energy consumption in 2010 totaled 1,158 trillion British thermal units (Btu), representing 8% of total manufacturing energy consumption. Energy consumption in the steel industry is largely for crude steel production using basic oxygen furnace (BOF) and electric arc furnace (EAF) technologies. Overall energy intensity in EAF, used primarily to melt scrap steel, is significantly lower than in BOF which is used to create virgin steel from iron ore.
MEXICO CITY, July 6 (Reuters) - Delegates of Mexico, the
United States and Cuba met on Wednesday to discuss the limits of
the Western Polygon, an area in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico
that has oil and gas deposits but no clear boundaries, two
sources close to the discussion said.
With regard to solar project development PPA prices, normally, it is local deployment over time that gradually gets solar prices down.
SINGAPORE, July 7 (Reuters) - Oil prices rose in early
trading on Thursday, supported by a report of another fall in
U.S. crude inventories as well as a weaker dollar, although a
glut of refined products and economic growth concerns continue
to weigh on markets.
LEEDS, England, July 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) -
Thanks to the success of Hollywood disaster films, from
"Waterworld" to "The Day After Tomorrow", it's not hard to
imagine an apocalyptic future as climate change takes hold.
HoSt received an order for the construction of a new biogas plant in Suffolk, England. It is the second order with the same customer where HoSt built a plant in 2015.
July 6 (Reuters) - Nigerian militant group the Niger Delta
Avengers denied responsibility for blowing up the NNPC pipeline
in Eleme on Tuesday, adding it was closing all its social
network accounts.
WILMINGTON, Del./WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - Alpha
Natural Resources said on Wednesday it expects to reach a deal
with the U.S. government over responsibility for the cost of
cleaning up mining sites, removing one of the most significant
hurdles to the coal company's exiting bankruptcy.
NEW YORK, July 6 (Reuters) - Bankrupt renewable power plant
developer SunEdison Inc has asked a U.S. bankruptcy
court judge to approve the sale of its stake in a California
solar project to an affiliate of hedge fund D.E. Shaw.
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