Members of the Nezavisnost workers union took over the headquarters of Zastava Arms, a weapons manufacturer in Kragujevac, central Serbia. This came because the authorities are refusing to recognize the association as the representative of the workers, the protesters said.
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Boustead units secure $25m deal to design, build demineralisation plant for Tuas Power
January 24th, 2011 |
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Boustead Singapore says wholly-owned subsidiary, Boustead Salcon Water Solutions, the water and wastewater engineering specialist, has won a $25 million contract to design, engineer and construct a demineralisation plant at the Tembusu multi-utilities complex owned by Tuas Power.
Boustead Salcon will partner Boustead Projects, the specialist in industrial real-estate solutions to deliver the Demin plant.
Wanee 2011 Lineup Allmans, WSP, Robert Plant, Ween
January 22nd, 2011 |
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INCREDIBLE LINEUP ANNOUNCED FOR FLORIDA FAVE
The 2011 Wanee Festival will take place April 14-16 at the Spirit of Suwanee Park in Live Oak, FL. Tickets went on sale today here, and the lineup this year is smoking hot:
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Wanee 2011 Lineup
Allman Brothers Band
Robert Plant & The Band of Joy
Widespread Panic
Steve Miller Band
Warren Haynes Band
Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band
Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band
Ween
Stephen Marley
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Mike Gordon
Hot Tuna
7 Walkers
Galactic
Taj Mahal
North Mississippi All-Stars
John Popper & The Duskray Troubadours
Keller Williams
The Radiators
Wanda Jackson
Rusted Root
Oteil Burbridge and The Lee Boys
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Big Gigantic
Melvin Seals & JGB
Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe
Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk
New Deal
Lotus
Tea Leaf Green
DJ Logic
Toubab Krewe
Devon Allman’s Honeytribe
Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio
Soul Rebels Brass Band
Guitar Shorty
Dangermuffin
Honey Island Swamp Band
Kevin Hammond
Death On Two Wheels
The Yeti Trio
Jacob Jeffries Band
Griffin Anthony
Ticket includes: 4 nights of “primitive camping,” 3 full days of music, plus kick-off party on Wednesday from 2 pm-2 am. Pick up tickets here.
GM to invest $540 mn in engine plant in Mexico
January 21st, 2011 |
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The Mexican subsidiary of US automaker General Motors said Thursday it planned to invest $540 million to manufacture two types of low-emission engines at its plant in Toluca. The project will create 500 direct and 500 indirect jobs, and it will allow the plant to produce engines featuring new technologies that consume less fuel and [...]
Rotary wins $14.6m EPC deal to build new plant and upgrade existing facilities on Jurong Island
January 19th, 2011 |
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Mainboard-listed Rotary Engineering has secured a $14.6 million Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract to add new facilities to an existing plant on Jurong Island for chemicals company Stepan Asia Pte Ltd.
Singaore’s Swiss-Asia plans 500m euro China power plant fund
January 19th, 2011 |
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Singapore’s Swiss-Asia Financial Services plans to raise 500 million euros ($861.6 million) for a private equity fund that will invest in combined heat and power plants in China, riding on the country’s efforts to promote clean energy.
The China District Energy Fund, which has gathered US$115 million ($147.3 million) in commitments, will invest in electricity plants that also generate and sell heat to end-users, providing a second source of revenue.
Robert Plant: Spring Tour
January 18th, 2011 |
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TOUR STARTS APRIL 8 IN LOUISVILLE, KY;
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Robert Plant has confirmed a
12-date North American tour. Beginning April 8 in Louisville, KY, this will be the third leg of touring on these
shores in support of the triumphant release of his latest album, Band of Joy. The touring band is the same
that made the record and that is currently touring the States: Patty Griffin, vocals; Darrell Scott,
multi-nstrumentalist/vocals; Byron House, bass/vocals; Marco Giovino, drums and
percussion/vocals, and co-producer Buddy Miller, guitar/vocals. The full itinerary is listed below, along
with a download of “Central Two-O-Nine,” the lone original track off the new album.
ROBERT PLANT SPRING TOUR:
April 8 – Louisville, KY – The Palace
April 9: – Chicago, IL – The Auditorium Theatre
April 11 – Milwaukee, WI – The Riverside Ballroom
April 12 – Minneapolis, MN – The State Theatre
April 15 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live Arena
April 17 – Vancouver, BC – The Queen Elizabeth Theater
April 19 – Portland, OR – The Schnitzer
April 20: – Seattle, WA – The Paramount
April 22 – Berkeley, CA – The Greek
April 23 – Los Angeles, CA – The Greek
April 25 – Santa Barbara, CA – The Santa Barbara Bowl
April 27 – Denver, CO – The Fillmore
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PM unveils new Power Reactor Reprocessing Plant
January 7th, 2011 |
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday dedicated the second Power Reactor Reprocessing Plant at Tarapur here, calling it “a significant milestone in India’s three-stage indigenous nuclear programme”. “I am delighted to be present at the historic occasion of the commissioning,” Manmohan Singh said at a function in Tarapur, around 100 km north of Mumbai. Recalling the [...]
ecoWise Holdings posts full-year net loss of $1.3m
January 3rd, 2011 |
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Mainboard-listed ecoWise Holdings says it registered a loss attributable to equity holders of $1.3 million in FY2010 mainly due to asset disposal in Wuhan related to the conversion of a coal-fired co-generation plant to a biomass co-generation plant, lower used copper slag-related activities and new business/project development costs. Revenue grew by 19.8% year-on-year to $37.59 million, mainly due to acquisition of Malaysia subsidiaries in the business of tyre retreading and rubber compound manufacturing in July 2010.
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Fire put out at central Serbia arms plant
December 28th, 2010 |
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There were several explosions during the night at the arms-manufacturing section of the Sloboda factory in ÄŒaÄak, but the fire at the grounds has been put out. MUP Emergency Situations Sector chief Predrag Marić confirmed that the last strong blast was heard at around 05:30 CET.
Serbia’s nuclear plant plans “unrealistic”
December 27th, 2010 |
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Environment Minister Oliver Dulić says that Serbia’s participation in the construction of the Belene nuclear power plant is “unrealistic at this moment”. Dulić also said that there had been “more debate in the media than in the government” about this issue.
Intel Spinoff SpectraWatt Announces Plant Closing
December 23rd, 2010 |
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SpectraWatt, which makes photovoltaic cells for solar power modules, is blaming a harsh winter in Europe for having to shut down its manufacturing plant less than a year after its opening. – An Intel spinoff company that opened a solar cell manufacturing
plant in New York in May will now shut down the plant and lay off 117
workers.
SpectraWatt, which makes silicon photovoltaic
cells, said in a statement that the cold and snowy winter in Europe,
which has wreaked havoc on the contin…
R H Energy awarded $11.4m in contracts to design plant upgrades
December 23rd, 2010 |
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Mainboard-listed R H Energy says it has won contracts worth US$8.7 million ($11.4 million), to provide process engineering design, technical services and commissioning for the upgrading of a caprolactum plant with an annual production capacity of 200,000 tonnes and a special epoxy plant with an annual production capacity of 50,000 tonnes for the Sinopec group companies.
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OpenBSD Founder: NetSec Probably Contracted to Plant Backdoors
December 22nd, 2010 |
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OpenBSD founder Theo de Raadt wrote that a firm was probably contracted to put backdoors in OpenBSD project code, but it is unlikely the flaws made it very far if they existed. – The founder of the OpenBSD project said he believes a firm was
“probably contracted” by the government to write backdoors in the
OpenBSD Cryptographic Framework (OCF).
The statement was made Dec.
21 by OpenBSD founder Theo de Raadt on the projects mailing list in
response to the ongoing discuss…
Hu An Cable acquires land to build $17.5m copper rod plant
December 22nd, 2010 |
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Mainboard-listed Hu An Cable Holdings, the China-based wire and cable manufacturer, says it recently acquired 61,335 square metres of land in Jiangsu Province for RMB21.2 million ($4.18 million) to build its RMB88.9 million copper rod plant.
The land is located adjacent to the group’s existing production facilities, with a tenure of 50 years. Once completed, the plant will triple its annual production capacity of copper rods from 21,000 tonnes to 75,000 tonnes by September 2011.
XinRen up on plans for 4th smelting plant
December 21st, 2010 |
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Shares of XinRen Aluminum <XIRN.SI>, a Singapore-listed Chinese aluminium producer, rose as much as 3% on Tuesday after a Reuters report that it was looking to build or acquire a fourth smelting plant.
XinRen was up 2% at $0.505 on a volume of 1.4 million shares at 14:25 p.m. It had earlier reached an intraday high of $0.51.
Telluride 2011: R. Plant, Béla, Railroad Earth, Emmitt-Nershi
December 20th, 2010 |
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MORE ARTISTS TO BE ANNOUNCED
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The initial lineup has been announced for the 38th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival, set for June 16-19
2011 in Telluride, Colorado. More acts will be announced in the coming months. Telluride Bluegrass passes
(including a limited number of discounted holiday-priced tickets) and camping are now on-sale at shop.bluegrass.com or 800-624-2422.
Lineup
Robert Plant & Band of Joy
Telluride House Band featuring Sam, Bela, Jerry, Edgar, Bryan & Stuart
Sam Bush Band
Bela Fleck & the Original Flecktones
Emmylou Harris
Yonder Mountain String Band
The Decemberists
Railroad Earth
Tim O’Brien Band
Edgar Meyer
Punch Brothers
Peter Rowan
Emmitt-Nershi Band
Tim O’Brien & Kevin Burke
The Infamous Stringdusters
Cornmeal
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper
Trampled by Turtles
Nora Jane Struthers & the Bootleggers
XinRen Aluminum exploring 4th smelting plant
December 20th, 2010 |
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XinRen Aluminum, a Singapore-listed aluminium producer, is looking to build or acquire a fourth smelting plant in China, Southeast Asia or Saudi Arabia, company officials said.
The China-based firm currently has two smelting plants, which produce primary aluminium such as ingots and plates, with a total production capacity of 275,000 tonnes per year.
C&G starts construction of its 4th waste-to-energy plant this year
December 17th, 2010 |
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C&G Environmental Protection Holdings, the emerging player in China’s renewable waste-to-energy sector, says it has recently started construction of a new WTE plant located in Xiaogan City, Hubei Province.
North Mississippi Allstars: New Dates Announced
December 16th, 2010 |
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NEW DATES ANNOUNCED; KEYS TO THE KINGDOM OUT FEB. 1, 2011
The North Mississippi
Allstars are happy to announce they will be performing at the Dominion Theater in New York on January
27. Tickets for the show will go on sale this Friday at noon. The band is also pleased to announce they will be
performing at the annual SXSW festival in Austin, TX this March. Get more details on both shows at www.nmallstars.com.
In addition to the new shows, the North Mississippi Allstars recently announced a 15-day tour with Robert Plant and The Band of Joy.
This will be the first North American tour for Robert Plant since the triumphant release of his latest album, Band
of Joy. NMA will be performing as a duo, featuring Luther and Cody Dickinson, as support
on all 15 dates. See the complete schedule below and stay tuned for more dates coming soon.
Their upcoming album Keys To The Kingdom is due out Feb. 1, 2011. Check out the video for
“Hear The Hills” below
TOUR DATES
12/28 Birmingham, AL WorkPlay
12/29 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
12/30 Jackson, MS Hal & Mals
12/31 Chicago, IL House of Blues (w/ Robert Randolph & the Family Band)
01/18 Asheville, NC Thomas Wolfe Auditorium (w/ Robert Plant)
01/19 Pittsburgh, PA Peterson Events Center (w/ Robert Plant)
01/21 Ann Arbor, MI Hill Auditorium (w/ Robert Plant)
01/22 Toronto, ONT Sony Centre for the Performing Arts (w/ Robert Plant)
01/23 Toronto, ONT Sony Centre for the Performing Arts (w/ Robert Plant)
01/25 Boston, MA House of Blues (w/ Robert Plant)
01/26 Upper Darby, PA Tower Theatre (w/ Robert Plant)
01/27 New York, NY Dominion Theater
01/28 Mashantucket, CT MGM Grand at Foxwoods (w/ Robert Plant)
01/29 New York, NY Beacon Theatre (w/ Robert Plant)
02/01 Washington, DC Constitution Hall (w/ Robert Plant)
02/02 Raleigh, NC Memorial Auditorium (w/ Robert Plant)
02/04 North Charleston, SC N. Charleston Performing Arts Center (w/ Robert Plant)
02/05 Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre (w/ Robert Plant)
02/07 Charlotte, NC Ovens Auditorium (w/ Robert Plant)
02/08 Nashville, TN War Memorial Auditorium (w/ Robert Plant)
02/09 Nashville, TN War Memorial Auditorium (w/ Robert Plant)
03/16 – 03/20 Austin, TX SXSW
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