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President visits Alcoa plant

President Obama highlighted the role of advanced manufacturing to the US economy yesterday with a visit to Alcoa’s aerospace component plant in Davenport, Iowa.

EnerSys announces lithium-ion battery joint venture in Germany

US battery manufacturer EnerSys announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to launch a joint venture in Germany to produce large format lithium-ion battery cells

Amatola Water

Amatola Water operates over an area of approximately 47,500 square kilometres in the central region of South Africa’s Eastern Cape province.

China dangles a financial carrot in front of foreign investors

In a bid to spur a fresh wave of economic growth in the country, China has announced that it will give foreign investors more access to its financial markets.

Value of iron ore springboards to a six week high

The benchmark price of iron ore hit a six week this week

Thames Water

Jane Bordenave discovers how Thames Water, the UK’s biggest water company, is turning its customers’ flushes into energy and cost savings via its Poo Power initiative.

African Minerals

The first ore shipment left the Sierra Leone’s port of Pepel in 2011, marking the start of an enterprise that will not only be a major resource for the global steel industry thr

Hampson wins record tooling contract

British aero engineer Hampson Industries has received its largest ever tooling contract, worth $53 million (£34 million).

SothebyÔÇÖs tickled pink by record diamond sale

History was made this week with record price for a gemstone shattered in Geneva

SOS Safety International

For more than 20 years SOS Safety International has been committed to providing quality products and service to its ever-growing list of clients

Vestas plans new jobs for Kent

Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has signed an agreement for 70 hectares of land at the Port of Sheerness in Kent, UK, on which it hopes to build a facility to manufactur

BP to revive Alaskan asset sale

UK oil giant BP has revived the sale of its Alaskan assets after failing to sell them to US oil and gas company Apache in July, according to a report in the Financial Times<

City of Cape Town: Transport, Roads and Stormwater