China's steel product output rebounded 1.38 percent month-on-month in December to 71.07 million tons as mills ramped up production after prices recovered from their September slump, Umetal analyst Hu Yanping told Interfax. Output...
The thorny issue of planning and nimbyism is once again on the rural agenda, with the recent approval of a new high-speed rail link. The go-ahead for HS2, a £33bn rail route between...
NEW YORK -- Fitch believes that U.S. high speed rail (HSR) networks and other regional rail solutions are likely to proceed despite the difficulties faced by proposed projects in California and Florida. We...
The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded Hauppauge-based Norchem a $275,000 federal grant for the development of a high-performance concrete mixture suitable for freight, intercity passenger and high-speed rail. Norchem will use the grant...
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS UK airport operator BAA on Tuesday said that it welcomed the news that the UK government is to go ahead with plans for a high speed rail network....
M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS UK airport operator BAA on Tuesday said that it welcomed the news that the UK government is to go ahead with plans for a high speed rail network....
Associated Press LOS ANGELES - Business, labor and public officials fear expansion of the Panama Canal could cut cargo business by a quarter at the twin Los AngelesLong Beach ports, which currently handle...
* BUSINESS ONGOING * Cable Business Journal with Richard Reisman Check local listings Guest: Jim McCluney, chief executive of Emulex Corp. * SoCaI Insider hosted by Rick Reiff (KOCE-TV/PBS SoCal) Thursday 1 p.m....
CHICAGO -- The Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC) commends Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood for awarding more than $186 million to the Illinois Department of Transportation for work on the extension of the...
HEADNOTE Abstract Formwork pressures and concrete flow behaviour of Self Consolidating Concrete were measured at four construction sites during 2005 and 2008. The maximum, recorded, lateral formwork pressures varied from 45% of hydrostatic...
To celebrate Workforce Management's 90th anniversary, we're running a series of articles looking at important workforce-related issues with a now-and-then theme. The first installment deals with workplace safety in the 1920s and today....
Operation Iraqi Freedom, or OIF, began March 19, 2003. On Dec. 31, 2011, the final day of the Status of Forces Agreement, or SOFA, with the government of Iraq, the war ended. Iraqis...
Thirty years old in 2012, Board of Education v. Rowley^ remains the Supreme Court's sole pronouncement on the meaning of the duty to provide appropriate education for children with disabilities. This duty is...
Commercial real estate owner/operator Prism Capital Partners, LLC, has broken ground for Phase 1 at The Parkway Lofts, a high-profile, multi-family adaptive reuse in Bloomfield and East Orange. The milestone marks the launch...
DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/32e067/analyzing_base_met) has announced the addition of the "Analyzing Base Metals in China" report to their offering. China is the world's biggest consumer of copper, aluminum, and zinc, and...
The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the West Virginia Public Port Authority $12 million to help construct the long-proposed intermodal terminal along the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks near the community of Prichard...
A Monthly Dispatch From Citizens Against Government Waste WASHINGTON -- Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW): Minibus Drives Savings By Sean Kennedy On November 18, 2011, President Obama signed the "minibus" appropriations legislation, which...
* Business to offer integrated carbon fiber composite solutions to growing energy, transportation and infrastructure markets globally * JV expected to invest up to $1 billion U.S. dollars within 5 years; potential to...
Premier will deliver keynote speech during the opening ceremony ABU DHABI, Unites Arab Emirates -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will be attending the 5th annual World Future Energy Summit (WFES) that will be...
Despite having its own antiquated rail system, Long Island just may become a national leader in the rail manufacturing and supply chain - if a new venture by the Long Island Forum for...