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Shaker visitors lend voices to vigil -- 03 Apr 2005
He had promised the students a tour of the Vatican and a performance at Mass in St. Peter's Ba silica Sunday evening. Schneider ... (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Silica Dust Exposure Again Linked to Esophageal Cancer -- Mar 25, 2005
NEW YORK MAR 25, 2005 (Reuters Health) - Research in China provides further evidence that exposure to silica dust raises the risk of esophageal cancer. ... (Cancerpage.com)
Florida Panel Approves Asbestos Suit Reforms -- Apr 1, 2005
Florida House committee has given its approval to legislation aimed at revising civil litigation rules for cases involving asbestos and silica exposure lawsuits ... (National Underwriter)
Nanotech Gadgets to Be Built by Algae? -- Mar 29, 2005
In addition, diatoms have a unique ability to pull silica from seawater and mill it into intricately-structured, rigid shells, Rorrer said. ... (National Geographic)
Unsurpassed Performance With Unmatched Control: Yokohama ... -- Apr 1, 2005
The unique micro silica compound adds a different level of performance to the ADVAN Neova. Smaller silica particles and high-grip ... (Business Wire (press release))
Texas can provide model for healthy asbestos laws -- Mar 27, 2005
Serious questions of the validity of testing and suspicions of manufactured evidence also have emerged recently in a similar silica lawsuit being heard in a ... (Houston Chronicle)
Asbestos issue is coming to a head -- Apr 1, 2005
...this year, the Judiciary chairman said he was pleased to learn that "double-dipping" by people claiming to be victims of both asbestos and silica exposure is ... (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
High-chem for hot kisses / -- Mar 30, 2005
Yet during the hot months of the year the opposite effect may occur, with the lipstick becoming too soft.The fumed silica AEROSIL(r), an extremely versatile ... (Presseportal (Pressemitteilung))
Artists create safe environment -- Apr 1, 2005
...but it cannot expel all," Hark said. "Some fibers are harder than others, like asbestos and silica. Once this gets into the aveoli ... (Florida Today)
The fast-growing, graceful sunflower comes in increasingly diverse ... -- Apr 1, 2005
Placing the cut stems in a box and filling all around the flowers with silica gel or kitty litter - making sure the material works into all the crevices - is ... (Winston-Salem Journal)
North American RailNet to Join OmniTRAX Family of Rail Business ... -- Apr 1, 2005
...what is often called "the Sand Capital of the World" in northern Illinois, and serves such leading industrial mineral producers as US Silica, Wedron Silica ... (Business Wire (press release))
Spring Game moved to Portland -- Apr 1, 2005
...indoor center.". FieldTurf starts with cryogenic rubber as fake grass blades with an infill of silica and sand, which is layered. It ... (Corvallis Gazette Times)
Oregon State Selects Industry Leader FieldTurf for Reser Stadium -- Apr 1, 2005
FieldTurf is the result of years of research - evident in the patented FieldTurf infill mix of silica sand and cryogenic rubber and patented layering process ... (PrimeZone (press release))
Mass Injury Diagnosis in Personal-Injury Lawsuits -- Mar 28, 2005
...concern. NPR's John Burnett reports. Silicosis is a disabling and often fatal lung disease caused by inhaling dust containing silica. A ... (NPR (audio))
Service prepares windows for assembly into viewports. -- Mar 28, 2005
If you need sapphire and fused silica window blanks that you can metallize and then return for final polishing, check with Meller Optics, Inc. ... (Industrial News Room)
Nanotech Gadgets to Be Built by Algae? -- Mar 30, 2005
Diatoms have a unique ability to pull silica from seawater and mill it into intricately-structured, rigid shells. The organisms ... (PhysOrg.com)
Big Hopes For Tiny, New Hydrogen Storage Material -- Mar 31, 2005
The PNNL team used a nanoscale mesoporous silica material as scaffolding for ammonia borane to achieve a high rate of hydrogen release at a lower temperature ... (News Target)
NAMIC Gives Georgia Lawmakers Credit For Major Tort Initiatives -- Apr 1, 2005
...include House Bill 416, which sets criteria for individuals to follow in filing legal actions seeking compensation over asbestos and silica claims; Senate Bill ... (Insurance Journal)
April Flowers -- Apr 1, 2005
...writes precisely and without inflation about memory, family, travel, and art, looking for small revelations in subjects as ordinary as "Silica": "This beach is ... (New York Sun (subscription))
Timminco announces unaudited financial highlights of 2004 -- Mar 31, 2005
...in 2003. In the fourth quarter, sales of silica fume were below expectations and a strong Canadian dollar lowered sales. For the ... (Canada NewsWire (press release))
Royal BodyCare Reports Higher Annual Earnings -- Mar 29, 2005
We utilize a special form of silica less than 10 nanometers in size (a nanometer is one billionth of a meter). It is processed to ... (Business Wire (press release))
Boffins recruit algae for top nanotech jobs -- Mar 30, 2005
...says. As well as hanging out in the sea and feeding on carbon dioxide, diatoms also make their little shells out of sea silica. ... (Inquirer)
CO2 Solution and SiliCycle Qualify for a Pre-Competitive Research ... -- Mar 30, 2005
...("CO2 Solution") and SiliCycle inc. ("SiliCycle") are combining their technologies to develop an industrial enzyme attachment technique on silica carriers. ... (Canada NewsWire (press release))
Abcourt reports a significant increase in zinc and silver measured ... -- Mar 31, 2005
...with felsic volcanoclastic rocks within a strong carbonate (siderite, ankerite and calcite), sericite ((+/- pyrophyllite) and silica alteration zone. ... (Canada NewsWire (press release))
HANKOOK VENTUS TIRE “GETAWAY� GIVEAWAY -- Mar 30, 2005
...typical summer UHP tire. Silica blend compounds create this ability to perform in all driving conditions. For winter traction, kerfs ... (Car Audio)
Reporter's notebook A 'dynamite' tale from 100 years ago -- Mar 31, 2005
...nitroglycerin safer to use. Mixing the substance with silica made it into a paste which could be formed into handy cylinders. He called the ... (Columbus This Week Newspapers)
Grace Acquires Concrete Admixture Business of Perstorp Peramin AB ... -- Mar 31, 2005
...leading global supplier of catalysts and other products and services to petroleum refiners; catalysts for the manufacture of plastics; silica-based engineered ... (Business Wire (press release))
Island's buried treasures emerge as sands of time erode away -- Apr 1, 2005
...with another stone. The tinkle, Lowery said, comes from silica in the rock and is called young coastal plain chert. Given 100 million ... (The Chesapeake Bay Journal)
Residual fallout -- Mar 25, 2005
The Perry Street couple who live behind Bradford Industries in Lower Belvidere have been dealing with flakes of white silica from the manufacturing plant ... (Lowell Sun)
Report details wasting of water at LANL -- Mar 24, 2005
Silica -- a white compound found in quartz, sand and flint -- is a huge problem in volcanic-rich soils. "Parts of Northern New Mexico ... (Santa Fe New Mexican)
Roadway bridges may turn to 'jelly' -- Mar 21, 2005
The Highways Agency is quoted as saying, "We are aware that there is a risk in the future of 'alkali silica reaction' (ASR) due to the higher alkali levels ... (Transport News Network)
Texas Asbestos Bill Passage Likely -- Mar 22, 2005
NU Online News Service, March 22, 4 pm EST—A Texas bill aimed at curbing asbestos and silica injury lawsuits will likely see favorable action before the ... (National Underwriter)
Singing sand losing its voice to pollution, technology -- Mar 24, 2005
...pollution, dams built upstream on feeder rivers and coastal development projects have damaged the rare beaches whose sand is filled with silica particles that ... (Asahi Shimbun)
Lawyer to release silicosis suit files -- Mar 5, 2005
Mulholland is defending dozens of industry clients in the lawsuit, in which nearly 10,000 workers claimed to be sickened by exposure to silica dust. ... (Corpus Christi Caller Times)
Sylvania Township: Oak may lose barrier -- Mar 24, 2005
But some of those vehicles are now taking Silica and San Luis Rey Adrives south to Brint Road, and residents of those streets are not happy about it. ... (Toledo Blade)
March Beauty Makeover -- Mar 23, 2005
...o Silica: The mineral silica helps to give hair shine, strength and beauty. Add silica-rich foods to your diet, such as whole grains ... (Christian Post)
Judge orders screener to appear today -- Mar 3, 2005
...was supposed to deliver the records to Jack's court as part of a lawsuit filed by thousands of workers who claim to have been sickened by inhaling silica dust. ... (Corpus Christi Caller Times)
Mining contract back to beginning -- Mar 7, 2005
By JEAN JONES. MAURICE RIVER TWP. -- It was back to square one for US Silica and the township's Land Use Board last week, as both parties agreed to revert to ... (Bridgeton News)
Fla. Asbestos Bill Gains Initial Committee Approval -- Mar 30, 2005
The Asbestos and Silica Compensation Fairness Act of 2005 (HB 1019) received its initial legislative hearing by the House of Representatives' Civil Justice ... (Insurance Journal)
DOE Says LANL Wasting Water -- Mar 24, 2005
Silica, which is found in quartz, sand and flint, is a huge problem in volcanic-rich soils such as those around Los Alamos. "Parts ... (Albuquerque Journal (subscription))
Filter That Makes Viruses Adhere -- Mar 29, 2005
Virology and Biotechnology) have developed a biologically active sorbent of a new generation based on cotton pulp, modified 1-percent silica slip containing ... (Innovations-Report)
Nu. 250 million ‘start off’ bid for dolomite mining license -- Mar 29, 2005
Silica content is less than 1.5 percent which makes it burn at a lower temperature and therefore less quantity of dolomite is required to achieve the desired ... (Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper)
Silicosis attorneys want sanctions -- Mar 15, 2005
...legal context in which they determined thousands of workers suffered from silicosis, a chronic and potentially fatal lung disease caused by exposure to silica. ... (Corpus Christi Caller Times)
Synthetic greens offer realistic way to sharpen putting -- Mar 29, 2005
A dressing of silica sand is rolled into the turf fibers and measured carefully to produce the desired speed, which can be as slow as those at a public course ... (Houston Chronicle)
Health scare -- Mar 4, 2005
...“Professional opinion suggests that the rubber-chip covering will offer little or no protection against the regular churning up of the silica sub-surface by ... (East Lothian Courier)
Diesel fumes in school prompt changes -- Mar 25, 2005
Fugitive dust comes from demolition and construction materials, many of which contain silica, he said. “That can cause breathing ... (Aurora Journal Press)
Tournigan Acquires New Gold Project in Slovakia -- Mar 30, 2005
Gold mineralization appears to occur with epigenetic stockwork silica veins and silicified hydrothermal breccias hosted by felsic sub-volcanic intrusives ... (Canada NewsWire (press release))
FAMILY FUN IN CENTRAL COUNTY -- Mar 30, 2005
For ages 8 to 12. Registration required. $6 to $8. 925-757-2620. "Hazel-Atlas Silica-Sand Mine Tour," March through November. Explore ... (Contra Costa Sun)
Mayoral contenders argue over spending, compensation -- Mar 30, 2005
Williams also told the assembly that while he does have a time-consuming job as plant manager of Wedron Silica, he recently filed for retirement and will be ... (LaSalle News Tribune)
Gemfire Acquires NOI Assets -- Mar 7, 2005
...can be manufactured using planar wafer-scale processes, enhances Gemfire's production capabilities, which include operations for passive silica Planar Light ... (Light Reading)
High-intensity Ultrasound Creates Hollow Nanospheres And ... -- Mar 8, 2005
An SEM of a hollow nanocrystal of molybdenum oxide prepared using high intensity ultrasound to form a layer of amorphous material around a silica nanosphere. ... (Science Daily (press release))
Gemfire Broadens Planar Process Portfolio With Acquisition of ... -- Mar 7, 2005
...can be manufactured using planar wafer-scale processes, enhances Gemfire’s production capabilities, which include operations for passive silica Planar Light ... (mysan.de (Pressemitteilung))
Janek submits abestos bill -- Mar 9, 2005
Gov. David Dewhurst to announce the filing of SB 15, aimed at assisting real victims of asbestos and silica exposure while reducing frivolous, baseless asbestos ... (News 8 Austin)
Senator's bill would limit asbestos lawsuits -- Mar 10, 2005
People who aren't sick are taking money from real asbestos and silica victims, clogging the Texas legal system with frivolous lawsuits and driving companies to ... (Austin American-Statesman (subscription))
Exploration Progress Report: Noranda Inc. and Falconbridge Limited -- Mar 4, 2005
The alteration is dominated by pervasive silca-alunite-pyrite and vuggy silica breccia zones associated with the Nena Cu-Au deposit. ... (Business Wire (press release))
WR Grace to keep investing in Malaysia -- Mar 17, 2005
SILICA-based goods producer Grace Davidson has pledged to continuously expand its investment in Malaysia through its subsidiary, WR Grace Speciality Chemicals ... (New Straits Times)
Doctor's testimony ignites legal storm -- Mar 13, 2005
Asbestosis and silicosis are both occupational lung diseases, one caused by inhalation of asbestos, the other by inhalation of silica, such as can occur during ... (Moblie Register)
Alcoa to Cut 2,000 Jobs, Sell Elkem Stake to Orkla (Update3) -- Mar 22, 2005
...shares. Oslo-based Elkem produces aluminum in a joint venture with Alcoa, and also makes silica and operates hydropower plants. ... (Bloomberg)
Top to bottom, old SkyDome gets a new look -- Mar 26, 2005
...that the five-inch-long fibres are threaded through porous plastic tile and anchored by 3½ pounds of cryogenic rubber and 6½ pounds of silica sand per square ... (Globe and Mail)
Rites of spring: Feasts for eyes, ears, heart and soul -- Mar 25, 2005
Gorge Amphitheatre, 754 Silica Road NW, George , Grant County, $55 (206-628-0888, www.ticketmaster.com or www.sasquatchfestival.com). ... (Seattle Times)
Benign separation process being advanced for pharmaceutical ... -- Mar 17, 2005
The additives studied were alkylammonium acetates. Conventional and Deltabond cyanopropyl and bare silica were the stationary phases. ... (Medical News Today)
Catalyst could hasten hydrogen cars -- Mar 23, 2005
The PNNL team used a nanoscale porous silica as a scaffolding to hold a hydrogen-holding compound called ammonia borane.They achieved a high rate of hydrogen ... (New Kerala)
By Courtney Sherwood -- Mar 12, 2005
Dacite is a form of lava rich in silica. ... If the magma had been stewing since the 1980s, it would contain less silica, Driedger said. ... (Longview Daily News)
Highlights Wednesday from Texas Legislature -- Mar 10, 2005
People who aren't sick are taking money from real asbestos and silica victims, clogging the Texas legal system with frivolous lawsuits and driving companies to ... (Sherman Denison Herald Democrat)
Local measures continue to move through Legislature -- Mar 26, 2005
Referred to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Labor. SB 1133 — An act concerning Asbestos and Silica Claims Priorities. ... (Baxter Bulletin)
Tambov Region -- Mar 11, 2005
In addition to the mineral deposits listed above, shows of colored sand, glauconites, bentonite clays, diatomite, and silica clay have been found in Tambov ... (Kommersant)
Dynasil Announces Acquisition of Optometrics LLC -- Mar 9, 2005
BERLIN, NJ--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 2005--Dynasil Corporation of America (OTCBB:DYSL), fabricator of optical blanks from synthetic fused silica, fused quartz ... (Business Wire (press release))
Artificial turf now formally prohibited on Marco -- Mar 21, 2005
...this runoff in canals.". Minozzi suggested the homeowners use a more agreeable, natural filler, such as silica sand. But the issue ... (Naples Daily News (subscription))
OFC/NFOEC 2005 Exhibitor Profiles; Premier Optical Communications ... -- Mar 7, 2005
Fiberguide continues to lead the way by advancing state-of-the-art in designing, prototyping and "packaging" optical fibers, including silica, glass and plastic ... (Business Wire (press release))
Entree Surveys Outline Geophyscial Anomalies at Bayan Ovoo -- Mar 7, 2005
Spectral analysis of these color anomalies suggests the presence of silica and advanced argillic alteration. Petrographic and PIMA ... (Business Wire (press release))
Anti-Piracy Tech Turns Music Into Lecture -- Mar 4, 2005
Kodak's answer is to coat the paper with 0.5-micrometre-wide silica spheres that have been roughened by exposing them to a high-voltage discharge. ... (DVD-Recordable)
Companies hope to hit pay dirt as higher prices fuel resurgence in ... -- Mar 18, 2005
The mines are watered to keep down dust and are well ventilated because dust particles can carry radon and silica, which is known to cause lung cancer and ... (Rocky Mountain News)
Curing Nail Problems with Vitamins and Herbs -- Mar 23, 2005
...growth. Herbs like horsetail, nettle and oatstraw which are rich in silica are known to improve the health of your nails. Amino ... (Khalsa News Network)
Fuel cells go that little bit further -- Mar 23, 2005
When the compound was dissolved and poured into a nanoscale mesoporous silica scaffolding, it emitted hydrogen 100 times faster, and without any other volatile ... (EducationGuardian.co.uk)
Female Herbal Medicine, Herbal Care -- Mar 23, 2005
...enough. For Bone re-construction, You need supplies of Boron, Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Silica, Vitamin D & A and Zinc. Strawberry ... (Khalsa News Network)
New Materials for Hydrogen Storage -- Mar 22, 2005
National Laboratory (PNNL)are investigating ammonia borane (NH 3 BH 3 )and polyammonia borane (-NH 2 BH 2 -) within a scaffold of mesoporous silica templates. ... (Green Car Congress)
Summit on tax-exempt land March 30 -- Mar 23, 2005
...tax- exempt. "A proposed land swap between Green Acres, DEP and US Silica would add 660 acres and bring it up to 70 percent. That ... (Bridgeton News)
Nano-Probes Allow an Inside Look at Cell Nuclei -- Mar 21, 2005
To fit through these tiny slits, Chen and Gerion used an especially compact cadmium selenide/zinc sulfide quantum dot coated with silica. ... (Chemie.de (press release))
Dow Corning introduces new plasma processing technology at ... -- Mar 21, 2005
...the use of plasma to put down functional coatings has historically been limited to elements or low molecular weight compounds such as silica and similarly ... (Chemie.de (press release))
Argentex commences drilling on high-grade Pinguino gold-silver ... -- Mar 17, 2005
...world. Epithermal textures include open space filling, silica flooded hydrothermal breccias, banded silica and vein swarms. Argentex's ... (PR Newswire (press release))
Technological Breakthrough in Pigment Production -- Mar 22, 2005
...dust. The residual wastes are constituted of silica, carbon and mineral salts which can be disposed of without environmental risk. ... (Yahoo News (press release))
The week past -- Mar 25, 2005
...consisted in winding spirally round the cable strands of yarn in opposite directions, and then passing the whole through a mixture of silica and mineral pitch ... (Scotsman)
All about bamboo shoots -- Mar 22, 2005
The stems are coated with a protective screen of wax that contains silica, lignin and pentosans, which contribute to their flexibility. ... (Malaysia Star)
Cutting class -- Mar 25, 2005
English glassmaker George Ravenscroft discovered that by adding lead to the mixture of silica sand, potash and litharge that would become molten glass, the end ... (Ventura County Star (subscription))
High-intensity ultrasound creates hollow nanospheres and ... -- Mar 11, 2005
We use high-intensity ultrasound to generate nanoparticles of molybdenum disulfide or molybdenum oxide, which bind to the surface of tiny silica spheres that ... (Nanotechwire.com (press release))
IUC Reports Fortress Minerals Update -- Mar 21, 2005
...grade structurally related resource. There are extensive zones of vuggy silica, alunite and late stage veining. This style of mineralization ... (ArriveNet (press release))
Gem Birthstones - How Gems Help You, Choosing Gems for Yourself -- Mar 23, 2005
...gems. The stone allowed them to tell the future. October belongs to the opal, a noncrystalline form of the mineral silica. The stone ... (Khalsa News Network)
Isocyanato- and Methacryloxysilanes Promote Bis-GMA Adhesion to ... -- Mar 24, 2005
Statistical analysis (ANOVA) showed that the highest shear bond was achieved with 0.1% 3-isocyanatopropyltriethoxysilane (12.5 MPa) with silica-coating, and ... (Journal of Dental Research)
Drilling commences at Crater Mountain -- Mar 21, 2005
...and trenching is contained within a 5km by 2km region of epithermal alteration containing sulphide and gold mineralization with intense silica, argillic and ... (Canada NewsWire (press release))
Dreamchilde Press Releases QUANTUM #5, explains hiatus. -- Mar 21, 2005
...ride. His quest: to reassemble a magical gemstone—the Quantum Silica—split by a failed, alternate-reality time experiment. During ... (Emediawire (press release))
PARADISE LOST: EARTH 2160 INTERVIEW -- Mar 22, 2005
What resources can be gathered in Earth 2160, and how do they affect your units and base? Tim Wilson: Basic recourses are metals, silica and water. ... (CVG Online)
EMD Chemicals launches SPF enhancer -- Mar 22, 2005
Eusolex T-OLEO, a liquid dispersion of silica-coated titanium dioxide in a light-weight cosmetic ester oil, is an extension to its titanium dioxide UV filter ... (The Cosmetic Site)
Old films find new home -- Mar 24, 2005
Hearn said the museum will clean and inspect each print, make condition reports and store them in new cans with a desiccating silica packet to maintain proper ... (University of Central Oklahoma Vista)
The Latest Litigation 'Crisis' -- Mar 17, 2005
...people who have been hurt … will have their day in court." Under the bill, only people who are seriously ill from inhaling asbestos or silica fibers would be ... (Austin Chronicle)
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Seeing the 'little picture' -- Jan 31, 2004
The cell walls of these plants, which form the basis of copepod blooms (a favorite
snack of baleen whales), are made up of silica, giving them a transparent ... (Agana Pacific Daily News, GU)
My flavorful Martian: Site offers new taste of planet -- Jan 23, 2004
The presence of carbonates, silica and clays, alongside the gray hematite, would
provide strong support for the hot-springs scenario, said Jack Farmer, an ... (Rocky Mountain News, CO)
Iraq Work Lifts Halliburton -- Jan 29, 2004
...(HAL) reported a wider fourth-quarter loss as it booked a big charge for a proposed
settlement with people who say they were harmed by asbestos or silica ... (Smartmoney.com)
Yucca Mountain workers sought for lung disease screening -- Jan 15, 2004
Yucca Mountain project managers began a lung disease screening program Thursday
for current and former workers who may have inhaled airborne silica at the ... (Reno Gazette Journal, NV)
Yucca Mountain workers sought for lung disease screening -- Jan 15, 2004
AP) - Yucca Mountain project managers began a lung disease screening program Thursday
for current and former workers who may have inhaled airborne silica at ... (Las Vegas Sun, NV)
Yucca Mountain workers sought for lung disease screening -- Jan 15, 2004
VEGAS — Yucca Mountain project managers began a lung disease screening program
Thursday for current and former workers who may have inhaled airborne silica ... (Reno Gazette Journal, NV)
TEXT-S&P comments on Halliburton -- Jan 29, 2004
...when Halliburton is granted a final and nonappealable court order discharging the
company and its subsidiaries from its present and future asbestos and silica ... (Forbes)
Arctic lake pollution goes back centuries -- Jan 27, 2004
The Queen's scientist pioneered study of diatoms, single-celled algae living
inside protective silica casings, as a way to reconstruct past ecological ... (Toronto Star, Canada)
Yes, you can brush your teeth too much -- Jan 18, 2004
Toothpaste is more than just fluoride in a tube. Toothpastes also contain an
abrasive (usually hydrated silica), which helps to scrub your teeth clean. ... (Toronto Star, Canada)
TABLE-Halliburton Q4 shr $0.34 -- Jan 29, 2004
Anglo-Dutch lawsuit $--- $77) $(0.11) Restructuring charge --- --17)
(0.02) --- - Engineering and Construction Group: Asbestos and silica ... (Forbes)
Revenues from Iraq augment quarter -- Jan 29, 2004
The fourth quarter included a $1.1 billion charge for the proposed asbestos and
silica settlement, which is currently working its way through a federal ... (Houston Chronicle, TX)
NASA plans tile improvement -- Jan 20, 2004
...at the University of Missouri-Rolla to develop fabrication techniques capable of
creating tiles able to withstand 50 per cent more heat than current silica ... (E4engineering.com, UK)
Corning Reports Fourth-Quarter Results -- Jan 22, 2004
...impairment and other charges of $21 million ($2 million after-tax credit), primarily
related to the consolidation of Corning's high purity fused silica and ... (Business Wire)
Ipswich scientific research facility gets EEDA help -- Jan 27, 2004
...patents. The staff have experience of successful research downstreaming
to industry in semiconductor and planar silica technologies. ... (PublicTechnology.net, UK)
Newsline Impact: Damage Control? -- Jan 21, 2004
...ghostly white. The deadly powder, presumably silica, had already taken
its toll on the village’s canine population on Tuesday. The ... (Mumbai Newsline, India)
Residents still wary of ‘ showers from hell ’ -- Jan 21, 2004
Mumbai, January 21: THE silica dust showers on Monday night, which took the
residents of Gavanpada village at Chembur by surprise, have stopped. ... (Mumbai Newsline, India)
Distributor Extends Renesas Micro Line to Target Industrial -- Jan 14, 2004
Silica has extended its distribution agreement with Renesas Technology Europe
to include the semiconductor supplier’s complete range of microcontrollers ... (Electronic News)
Suspects arrested in tagging spree -- Jan 14, 2004
By MIKE CRUZ/Staff Writer. Four people were arrested Tuesday for graffiti such
as this in the area of Third Avenue and Silica Drive in Victorville. ... (Victorville Daily Press, CA)
Wood Is Petrified but Not Scared -- Jan 27, 2004
As the water evaporates over time, it leaves minerals like silica or calcite
or marcasite behind. Gradually, the tree's structure fills with minerals. ... (Newsday)
Business in Brief -- Jan 27, 2004
The new plant will produce calcium silicate, calcium carbonate and silica
for the cosmetics, rubber and metallurgy industries worldwide. ... (Ha'aretz, Israel)
Chemical Science -- Jan 26, 2004
Chemical Communications); Structural study by transmission and scanning electron
microscopy of the time-dependent structural change in M41S mesoporous silica ... (Newswise)
US Gold Corporation Subsidiary in Mexico Continues Exploration of ... -- Jan 27, 2004
...exists. "Our drilling to date has discovered a near surface, sub-horizontal
silica manto that had not been previously mined. That ... (Business Wire)
Nitpicking Nanotechnology -- Jan 26, 2004
Ordinary silica can cause silicosis if small particles are lodged in the lungs
so it is not unreasonable to think that nanoparticles could be trouble. ... (Tech Central Station)
From Manoa to Mars -- Jan 25, 2004
It was assumed that Mars had basaltic magma similar to the Big Island,
with low silica content, she said. However, orbital data ... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, HI)
Space Program Beats the Heat Thanks to UCSB -- Jan 28, 2004
...composed of SIRCA. SIRCA is made from ceramic fibers and large silica
fibers which are embedded into a silicone matrix. The fibers ... (Daily Nexus)
New Materials And Techniques Ensure Longer-Lasting Roofs And ... -- Jan 28, 2004
Now, shingles made of eucalyptus cellulose fibers impregnated with silica and Portland
cement are being manufactured to mimic slate at about one-third less cost ... (Realty Times, TX)
Placer Dome and Rubicon Intersect Two New Gold-Bearing Vein Zones ... -- Jan 22, 2004
...collared 100 metres apart have confirmed the presence of at least three separate
quartz veins, two of which contain visible gold, with associated strong silica ... (Business Wire)
Globe-trotting Bedbugs Find Place to Crawl Home -- Jan 26, 2004
Some also use malathion, silica aerogels or other pesticides. For mattresses and
upholstered furniture, Orkin and other companies prefer steam cleaning. ... (Good Housekeeping Magazine)
Ionics Awarded Multiple Wastewater Projects for Taiwan's Largest ... -- Jan 26, 2004
...process incorporates a patented membrane technology which has been evaluated and
installed at semiconductor facilities for the treatment of copper CMP, silica ... (Business Wire)
Homing Instinct -- Jan 27, 2004
The interiors of the shop have also been done keeping in mind the collection
on display. A black stone wall and silica walls create a natural look. ... (Delhi Newsline, India)
Veteran Ralph's stroke of history -- Jan 27, 2004
...surface in Queensland. The Supergreen system consists of a patented underlay,
a specially woven bent grass and graded silica. The bent ... (Yorke Peninsula Country Times, Australia)
Brother team sees future of glass business half full -- Jan 29, 2004
The area used to have a rich natural resource of silica sand--a major ingredient
of glass that attracted many entrepreneurs to the area to set up glass ... (Taipei Journal, Taiwan)
Yucca Mtn. Workers Sought for Screening -- Jan 16, 2004
LAS VEGAS - A lung disease screening program has begun for current and former
workers who may have inhaled airborne silica at a federal nuclear waste ... (Miami Herald, FL)
Crack the Code for a Message from Mars! -- Jan 8, 2004
The DVDs are constructed from silica glass to withstand the high temperatures required
to sterilize them of Earth microbes prior to their launch for Mars. ... (Mars Today)
Why couldn't the anthrax be replicated? -- Jan 13, 2004
The Army-test anthrax lacked two elements found in the attack anthrax:
an electrostatic charge and “polymerized glass” silica. ... (Indymedia Belgium, Belgium)
US Gold Corporation Subsidiary in Mexico Continues Drilling High ... -- Jan 8, 2004
...our expectations in establishing a high-grade gold system at El Aguila and the drilling
has also demonstrated excellent continuity of the mineralized silica ... (Business Wire)
TEXT-S&P rates Halliburton notes, may still change rtgs -- Jan 21, 2004
...when Halliburton is granted a final and nonappealable court order discharging the
company and its subsidiaries from its present and future asbestos- and silica ... (Forbes)
Judge OKs loans from Halliburton -- Jan 13, 2004
11 protection last month to gain court approval of a $4.2 billion settlement with
more than 400,000 people claiming injuries caused by asbestos or silica ... (Houston Chronicle, TX)
The right bait to catch a comet -- Jan 21, 2004
On a quiet afternoon at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Tsou showed off a three-centimeter
cube of silica aerogel, the substance that he used to catch the ... (International Herald Tribune, France)
Using the Right Bait to Catch a Comet -- Jan 19, 2004
On a quiet afternoon at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Dr. Tsou showed off a three-centimeter
cube of silica aerogel, the substance that he used to catch the ... (New York Times)
Penn State Board of Trustees meets today; President Spanier's ... -- Jan 23, 2004
Many inventions in thin film technology for deposited silica and other materials
were invented by Stephen Fonash, the Bayard D. Kunkle professor of engineering ... (Penn State Live, PA)
LightPath Technologies Announces Seven New Ruggedized Collimators ... -- Jan 21, 2004
Vice President, Marketing. "Our patented fiber fusion technology allows
us to fuse the fiber directly to a silica rod. That allows ... (Yahoo News)
Mena Resources Inc.: Drilling Underway at Carrizalillo Project, ... -- Jan 23, 2004
The three main targets are: Vetarron, a 600m by 150m surface gold anomaly with values
up to 2.87 g/t coinciding with a large body of vuggy silica; Cerro Barraza ... (Business Wire)
This PSU spews venom on village -- Jan 21, 2004
The shower was very heavy,” said 45-year-old Mohammed Azhar. The deadly
powder is silica dust, used by the refinery to break down hydrocarbons. ... (Indian Express, India)
Eco-friendly facelift for island -- Jan 21, 2004
The white silica sands of Whitehaven Beach, which hs been rated among the
world's top ten beaches, would be little more than ten minutes by boat. ... (Nzoom.com, New Zealand)
Jenny Ruth : Pure NZ - free from profits or dividends -- Jan 22, 2004
The company got into the vending machines business through a joint venture with
Malaysian interests, then talked about developing silica-based technologies ... (New Zealand Herald, New Zealand)
CD-R Lifespan - Is It The Label? -- Jan 24, 2004
I also put a little silica gel pack in my CD-R binders although honestly I have
no systematic evidence that this helps control the humidity and makes a ... (Slashdot)
Bush's 'New Environmentalism' -- Jan 20, 2004
A mere 65 pounds of silica can create a fiber-optic cable that carries
40 times the messages of a cable made from one ton of copper. ... (AlterNet)
General Electric Quartz still going strong in Hebron -- Jan 25, 2004
...stadium lights. Crucibles are like big bowls up to 24 inches in which
they pour the poly silica to make chips for electronics. They ... (Newark Advocate, OH)
Haines City fire chief wins LH address -- Jan 22, 2004
Meanwhile, commissioners approved a $28,000 settlement offer to Standard Sand &
Silica for a 4.17 acres needed to move along the city's now $3.3 million 2.8 ... (News Chief, FL)
Zambian study shows dried blood spots can be used to monitor ... -- Jan 19, 2004
...the likely conditions in which samples could be stored and transported, the cards
were labeled and placed into a bond paper ziplock envelope with a silica ... (Aidsmap, UK)
Canyon Resources Announces Dril . . . -- Jan 9, 2004
This exploration drilling at El Aguila has focused on one relatively small area
of silica alteration and gold/silver mineralization within the large 3,728 ... (boerse.de (Pressemitteilung), Germany)
Newfoundland and Labrador Geological Survey Reports 'Bonanza ... -- Jan 12, 2004
Grab samples collected from multidirectional, crustiform-banded silica-hematite
veins and vein-breccia that intrude silica-altered rhyolite and rhyolite ... (Business Wire)
Around the Nation -- Jan 20, 2004
Silicosis, a chronic and progressive lung disease with symptoms including coughing
and shortness of breath, can be caused by long-term exposure to silica, a ... (Washington Times, DC)
Gossan to Conduct Airborne Survey at Angelina -- Jan 22, 2004
...chromium, titanium and vanadium. The Company also has large deposits
of magnesium-rich dolomite and silica sands. Gossan trades on ... (Business Wire)
What's worth saving? You can decide -- Jan 23, 2004
There is suspicion that at least part of the building was made with high silica
cement which has caused concern over buildings safety in recent years.". ... (Banbury Guardian, UK)
GLASSWARE: Bangkok Crystal after local market -- Jan 25, 2004
Somporn Temudomsomboon, a factory manager at Bangkok Crystal, said the company's
long-term problem was the quality of silica sand from Rayong. ... (The Nation, Thailand, Thailand)
Pre-9/11 "Risk Assessment of Anthrax Threat Letters" -- Jan 18, 2004
So the specifications provided by Dugway involving treated fumed silica and a spraydryer
(with a last critical step reserved to be done at Dugway) likely were ... (PHXNews, United States)
Players Turf International Is Official Synthetic Turf Provider ... -- Jan 21, 2004
Our state-of-the-art turf products have more tips per square inch than any other
product on the market," Payne said, "and instead of sand and silica, which ... (Yahoo News)
New conductor guides data along the fiber-optic route -- Jan 29, 2004
If you pull fast, it is very thin," he said. Slower pulling produced
a thicker fiber. Others have created silica nanowires, Mazur said. ... (CNET News.com)
Bankruptcy judge considers insurers' challenge to Halliburton ... -- Jan 13, 2004
...last month filed a long-awaited, pre-negotiated bankruptcy petition in Pittsburgh
for eight subsidiaries to settle about 400,000 asbestos and 21,000 silica ... (Miami Herald, FL)
Santos to increase Moomba output -- Jan 7, 2004
...while the plan was being progressed the plant was also being reconfigured, involving
the installation of additional pipe work and the increased use of silica ... (The Age, Australia)
Yucca Mtn. Workers Sought for Screening -- Jan 16, 2004
LAS VEGAS (AP)--A lung disease screening program has begun for current and former
workers who may have inhaled airborne silica at a federal nuclear waste ... (Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA)
Yucca Mtn. Workers Sought for Screening -- Jan 16, 2004
16 — A lung disease screening program has begun for current and former workers
who may have inhaled airborne silica at a federal nuclear waste depository in ... (ABC News)
Yucca Mtn. Workers Sought for Screening -- Jan 16, 2004
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A lung disease screening program has begun for current and former
workers who may have inhaled airborne silica at a federal nuclear waste ... (Guardian, UK)
Yucca Mtn. Workers Sought for Screening -- Jan 16, 2004
LAS VEGAS -- A lung disease screening program has begun for current and former
workers who may have inhaled airborne silica at a federal nuclear waste ... (Newsday)
OmniGuide Communications Inc. Closes $15M Series C -- Jan 12, 2004
...early revenue growth, OmniGuide continues to focus on the development of hollow core
fibers for telecommunications where it expects to displace current silica ... (Yahoo News)
Indoor Rock Climbing Wall Opens at Boise State University -- Jan 16, 2004
This has steel mesh with fiberglass over the front of it. There is silica
sand to give it texture, and in different places the texture changes. ... (KBCI, ID)
Earth, Wind and Fire: What's Missing? -- Jan 9, 2004
What sediments and smoother rocks might represent as supporting observations
for the water hypothesis, then glassy shards rich in silica might point to ... (Astrobiology Magazine)
Sapphire taper spawns silica nanowire -- Dec 18, 2003
A nanowire manufacturing method has yielded 50-nm optical cables &3151; one-thousandth
the thickness of a human hair — by drawing a millimeter-sized silica ... (EE Times Online)
Halliburton Takes Major Step to Resolve Asbestos and Silica ... -- Dec 16, 2003
FirstCall/ -- Halliburton (NYSE: HAL - News) announced today that it is moving
ahead with its previously announced plan to resolve its asbestos and silica ... (Yahoo News)
Corning Incorporated to Consolidate High Purity Fused Silica and ... -- Dec 4, 2003
Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) today announced that it will consolidate the manufacturing
operations of its high purity fused silica (HPFS(R)) and fluoride ... (Business Wire)
Corning to merge silica, crystal production line -- Dec 7, 2003
...will consolidate the manufacturing operations of its high purity fused silica
(HPFS) and fluoride crystal materials production into its Canton, New York ... (Eetasia.com)
Wires Thinner than Light Created -- Dec 23, 2003
The silica wires are so small—50 nanometers thick—that they are
actually thinner than the wavelengths of light they transport. ... (Betterhumans, Canada)
Anthrax - State of the Art -- Dec 22, 2003
The anthrax used in the attacks of 2001 was a highly sophisticated dry powder bioweapon
containing silica coatings that were processed with the aid of a super ... (Indymedia Belgium, Belgium)
Insurers Sue to Stop Halliburton Bankruptcy -- Dec 24, 2003
16 in Pittsburgh for Kellogg, Brown & Root Inc., DII Industries LLC and six other
subsidiaries in an effort to settle about 400,000 asbestos and 21,000 silica ... (Insurance Journal)
Road Ready -- Dec 24, 2003
...current retail network to 17. The new year will also see more tyres
launched with a silica compound. These tyres will help reduce ... (Business Times Singapore, Singapore)
Naked nanofibres stretch optical properties -- Dec 18, 2003
...surrounded by cladding. But the new fibres have an ultra-thin silica
core, with the atmosphere acting as the cladding. These fibres ... (New Scientist, UK)
Researchers develop nanofibers thinner than wavelengths of light ... -- Dec 18, 2003
...of a meter) thick. Made from silica, the same mineral found in quartz,
the wires carry light in an unusual way. Because the wires ... (ScienceBlog.com)
Halliburton Sued to Block Bankruptcy -- Dec 22, 2003
...bankruptcy petition in Pittsburgh for Kellogg, Brown & Root, DII Industries and
six other subsidiaries to settle about 400,000 asbestos and 21,000 silica ... (Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA)
Halliburton battling with insurers -- Dec 22, 2003
Kellogg Brown & Root -- filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week as part
of a plan to limit the parent company's liability for asbestos and silica ... (CNN)
Insurers sue Halliburton to block units' bankruptcy -- Dec 22, 2003
...filed a bankruptcy petition in for Kellogg, Brown & Root, DII Industries and six
other subsidiaries to settle about 400,000 asbestos and 21,000 silica claims ... (Bizjournals.com)
FTC Grants Early Termination Of Review Of St. Paul Companies/ ... -- Dec 23, 2003
...related litigation; the impact of claims related to exposure to potentially harmful
products or substances, including, but not limited to, lead paint, silica ... (Business Wire)
Queensland rocks! -- Dec 19, 2003
By SB.Toh. FANCY a mouthful of sand with your orange juice? You might want to give
it a try some time, crunchy silica and tangy citrus. Quite a combination. ... (The Star, Malaysia)
The Environmental Challenge of Developing the Niger Delta -- Dec 22, 2003
Other non- renewable natural resources include clay pits for burnt brick making
in the construction industry, and silica sand for the glass manufacturing ... (AllAfrica.com, Africa)
'Message in a bottle' to Mars takes on form of mini-DVDs -- Dec 21, 2003
Bruce Betts, project director for the Planetary Society, said the DVDs, which are
made of silica glass rather than plastic like commercial DVDs, could last ... (Houston Chronicle, TX)
Pucker up: it's time to kiss and tell about mistletoe -- Dec 22, 2003
You can accelerate the drying process by placing sprigs of mistletoe upon a layer
of borax, silica gel or even cat litter in a shoebox or other covered ... (Orlando Sentinel, FL)
Natural thrills near Vegas -- Dec 21, 2003
After spotting a pair of folks standing on top of a huge white knob
called Silica Dome, Joyzelle and I headed toward that peak. ... (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
Halliburton Units File for Bankruptcy -- Dec 16, 2003
...in the world, negotiated details of a plan to settle hundreds of thousands of claims
by workers who say they were injured by cancer-causing asbestos and silica ... (Reuters, United States)
A deep look into China's facelift industry -- Dec 10, 2003
In fact, the purchasing price of home-made silica gel used for narrowing the nose
is usually 10 yuan or so a packet, but the after-tariff price of imported ... (Xinhua, China)
Alamos Gold Announces More High Grade Oxides Over+ 100 m ... -- Dec 12, 2003
...unoxidized. 79.85- 110m Rhyodacite porphyry, strong Includes: 3.05 29.06
26.01 6.47 vuggy silica (uncut) alteration, strongly oxidized. ... (Business Wire)
Nanowires offer low-loss connection -- Dec 17, 2003
Super smooth silica nanowire could be the way to wire optical circuits
of the future. Low-loss silica nanowires that can guide light ... (Optics.org, UK)
Alamos Gold Intersects High Grade Zone at Mulatos Deposit -- Dec 2, 2003
NP03-02 237.33 0 31.93 31.93 1.47 0-139m Rhyodacite porphyry, strong vuggy (050/0)
56.25 230.68 174.43 1.995 silica alteration, moderately to strongly oxidized ... (Business Wire)
Going where no telescope has gone before -- Dec 18, 2003
The ultimate goal is to follow its chemical evolution to find out
how hydrocarbons, silica and the other matter in space evolve. ... (Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN)
Sheikh to import 3,000 tons of sand from Lancashire -- Dec 19, 2003
...fine sand unsuitable. Far superior are the pure silica grains used
by Equestrian Surfaces in Padiham, near Burnley, Lancs. It takes ... (Telegraph.co.uk, UK)
Halliburton units seek bankruptcy -- Dec 17, 2003
...for bankruptcy protection to gain court approval of a $4.2 billion settlement with
more than 400,000 people claiming injuries caused by asbestos or silica ... (International Herald Tribune, France)
TEXT-S&P comments on Halliburton -- Dec 12, 2003
...news - people) (BBB/Watch Neg/A-3) is close to filing certain subsidiaries into
bankruptcy as part of its proposed settlement with its asbestos and silica ... (Forbes)
Claimants Approve Halliburton Revamping -- Dec 12, 2003
Preliminary results of a vote that ended Thursday showed more than 97 percent of
asbestos claimants and 99 percent of silica claimants approved the revamping ... (New York Times)
Halliburton files KBR bankruptcy -- Dec 16, 2003
The filing in the federal bankruptcy court in Pittsburgh is a key component in the
company's $4.2 billion deal with persons exposed to asbestos and silica, who ... (Houston Chronicle, TX)
Halliburton Rating Affirmed -- Dec 16, 2003
The prepackaged bankruptcy filing is related to the company's settlement
with asbestos and silica claimants outlined in December,2002. ... (BusinessWeek)
Business Glance -- Dec 18, 2003
The petition was to settle more than 370,000 asbestos and 21,000 silica
claims as part of the settlement first announced a year ago. ... (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)
Settlement on asbestos advances -- Dec 12, 2003
The company said more than 97 percent of those claimants exposed to asbestos
and 99 percent of silica claimants voted to approve the reorganization plan ... (Houston Chronicle, TX)
Optical fibres cut their losses -- Dec 17, 2003
Most commercial optical fibres are made of glass - silicon dioxide, or
silica - drawn into fibres by heating thicker rods and pulling them. ... (Nature.com, UK)
Enter ticker for Halliburton: HAL -- Dec 17, 2003
...get their day in court, but the company doesn't expect they'll succeed in fighting
the deal to settle more than 400,000 pending and future asbestos and silica ... (Houston Chronicle, TX)
Akzo Nobel builds paper chemicals plant in Brazil -- Dec 11, 2003
The plant has a capacity of 12,000 tonnes per year and will produce silica sol, a
chemical which strengthens paper and speeds up its manufacturing, the company ... (Forbes)
Halliburton Expects Fast Asbestos Deal -- Dec 17, 2003
...petition for subsidiaries DII Industries and Kellogg, Brown & Root and some of their
subsidiaries to settle more than 370,000 asbestos and 21,000 silica claims ... (Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA)
Halliburton bankrupts own units -- Dec 17, 2003
...for DII and KBR. There also were separate law suits from people who
had inhaled another compound called silica. Almost all of the ... (BBC News, UK)
Insurance Cos. Trying to Block Halliburton Asbestos Deal -- Dec 19, 2003
After nearly two years hashing out the settlement with plaintiff attorneys, Halliburton
obtained the consent of more than 98% of the asbestos and silica ... (Quicken)
UK firm shows you can sell coals to Newcastle -- Dec 20, 2003
...sand unsuitable. Far superior are the pure silica grains used by Equestrian
Surfaces in Padiham, near Burnley, Lancashire. It takes ... (The Age, Australia)
Lancaster awarded $3 million grant -- Dec 10, 2003
...operations for glassware. The cleanup would remove silica, metals, petroleum
and other solvents that may be in the soil. The assessment ... (Lancaster Eagle Gazette, OH)
Interview with Halliburton CEO David Lesar -- Dec 18, 2003
First for allegations a company subsidiary over-charged the US government for fuel
in Iraq, and then for bankruptcy proceedings to resolve asbestos and silica ... (News 24 Houston, TX)
Science digest -- Dec 18, 2003
...works best when the ratio of gold and silver stands at 5-to-1. According to the
researchers, the bimetallic nanoparticles are supported by mesoporous silica ... (Taipei Journal, Taiwan)
Sheik importing sand from . . . England ? -- Dec 21, 2003
...fine sand unsuitable. Far superior are the pure silica grains used
by Equestrian Surfaces in Padiham, Lancashire. It takes material ... (Chicago Sun Times, IL)
Halliburton's Engineering, Construction Unit Placed on Bankruptcy -- Dec 17, 2003
The filing in federal bankruptcy court in Pittsburgh is a key component in the
company's $4.2 billion deal with persons exposed to asbestos and silica, who ... (MENAFN, Middle East)
Halliburton Provides Update On Vote for Subsidiaries' Plan of ... -- Dec 11, 2003
...by the balloting agent that the most recent preliminary results indicate votes have
been received from over 370,000 asbestos claimants and over 21,000 silica ... (Yahoo News)
Sand order like taking coal to Newcastle -- Dec 20, 2003
...unsuitable for his purposes. Far superior are the pure silica grains
used by Lancashire-based Equestrian Surfaces. It takes material ... (Sunday Times, South Africa)
How Shock Waves Change Glass -- Dec 16, 2003
Silica glass used in lasers, fiber-optic cables or other high-technology applications
is often exposed to extremes of temperature or pressure, which can cause ... (Science Daily)
Cabot Superior MicroPowders Names Greg Romney General Manager of ... -- Dec 18, 2003
...headquartered in Boston, MA. Cabot's major products are carbon black, fumed
silica, inkjet colorants, and capacitor materials. Cabot is also ... (Yahoo News)
BlazePhotonics Has Hollow Fiber -- Dec 18, 2003
Hollow core or photonic bandgap fibers guide light in a hollow core, surrounded
by a cladding formed by a periodic arrangement of air holes in fused silica ... (Light Reading)
Scientists make ultrasmall nano fibers -- Dec 17, 2003
The researchers, from Harvard University and institutions in Japan and China, crafted
the so-called nanowires from silica, the same mineral found in quartz. ... (Washington Times, DC)
Unimin receives environmental award -- Dec 18, 2003
...in Portage, which specializes in quarrying silica sand, has been honored by the Wildlife
Habitat Council for its wildlife habitat management and environmental ... (Portage Daily Register, WI)
WACKER Reorganizes Burghausen Plant's Polysilicon Sales -- Dec 8, 2003
WACKER SILTRONIC. In addition to polysilicon production, Polysilicon
& Silica will be in charge of the marketing side, too. The ... (Chemie.de, Germany)
Halliburton now faces ire of the insurers -- Dec 23, 2003
Kellogg Brown & Root - filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week as part
of a plan to limit the parent company’s liability for asbestos and silica ... (Economic Times, India)
Polymicro Technologies and InnovaQuartz Resolve Inner-Lok(TM) ... -- Dec 3, 2003
The Inner-Lok(TM) is Polymicro's trade name for a press fit connector, or splice,
used for coupling of the silica capillary tubing used in gas chromatography. ... (PRNewswire)
C&EN TALKS WITH -- Dec 3, 2003
It's about forcing businesses from new ideas." Among these new businesses are
specialty carbon blacks for ink-jet printers and silica-based particles for ... (Chemical & Engineering News)
Polymicro Technologies and InnovaQuartz Resolve Inner-Lok(TM) ... -- Dec 3, 2003
The Inner-Lok(TM) is Polymicro's trade name for a press fit connector, or splice,
used for coupling of the silica capillary tubing used in gas chromatography. ... (Yahoo News)
Twin Falls marks century with bronze -- Dec 4, 2003
Each wax piece was dipped eight times into a liquid slurry — made from silica flour
and a binding agent — then coated in silica sand before the slurry dried ... (IdahoStatesman.com, ID)
IISCO's at Rs 43-crore loss -- Dec 15, 2003
He said that export ceiling for low silica and chromite ore and chromite lumps
for the year 2003-04 fixed by the government is four lakh tonnes. (Times of India, India)
UPDATE 1-Halliburton asbestos claimants OK settlement plan -- Dec 11, 2003
The No. 2 oilfield services company, based in Houston, also said that more
than 99 percent of silica claimants voted to accept the plan. On Nov. ... (Reuters, United States)
FTC Says KCC Still Qualified to Acquire Hyundai Group -- Dec 11, 2003
20 the incorporation of the three mutual funds _ two set up by Korea
Silica Co., an affiliate of KCC Group, and one established by KCC. ... (Korea Times, South Korea)
Halliburton subsidiaries file bankruptcy -- Dec 16, 2003
The bankruptcy filings are part of Halliburton's previously announced plan to resolve
its asbestos and silica liabilities through a prepackaged bankruptcy ... (Bizjournals.com)
Halliburton units file for bankruptcy -- Dec 16, 2003
Halliburton said Tuesday that several of its subsidiaries have filed for bankruptcy
as part of its previously announced plan to resolve asbestos and silica ... (CBS MarketWatch)
Halliburton subsidiaries file for bankruptcy as part of ... -- Dec 16, 2003
...submitted Tuesday to the US Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
are intended to resolve all present and future asbestos and silica ... (Miami Herald, FL)
TEXT-Moody's affirms Halliburton Baa2 ratings -- Dec 16, 2003
...response to Halliburton's announcement of a proposed global settlement agreement
intended to resolve all present and future personal injury asbestos and silica ... (Forbes)
Costa Rica Leaves Trade Talks -- Dec 16, 2003
...filing for its DII Industries and Kellogg Brown & Root subsidiaries to carry out
an earlier agreement to fund a $4.2 billion plan to settle asbestos and silica ... (Washington Post, DC)
S&P revises Halliburton creditwatch to developing -- Dec 16, 2003
...when Halliburton is granted a final and nonappealable court order discharging the
company and its subsidiaries from its present and future asbestos- and silica ... (Reuters, United States)
Halliburton Unit Seeks Bankruptcy to End Asbestos Suits -- Dec 16, 2003
With the bankruptcy proceedings now in motion, Halliburton said it would increase
its reserves for asbestos and silica claims to reflect the full amount of the ... (Quicken)
IISCO H1 loss down 133 % , Chiria output to be hiked -- Dec 15, 2003
He added that the export ceiling for low silica frable/fine chromite ore and chromite
lumps for the year 2003-04 fixed by the government is four lakh tonnes. ... (Business Standard, India)
Local cars get dirty deal from Southwest -- Dec 16, 2003
Laboratory of Hygiene in Madison. The results showed it was clay,
shale, some potassium and some silica. Particulate matter is a ... (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI)
Sand Mountain Reporter -- Dec 17, 2003
Carolyn Chandler, whose farm borders the quarry land, said there is nothing to
protect her from silica lime dust that would be stirred up by operations. ... (Sand Mountain Reporter, AL)
Halliburton gets nod to move on reorganization plans -- Dec 12, 2003
The Houston-based oilfield services firm said more than 97 percent of the 370,000
voting asbestos claimants and 99 percent of the 21,000 voting silica ... (Houston Business Journal, TX)
Bubbling wonders of Waimangu -- Dec 2, 2003
And it's not hard to imagine soaking in one of the basins of hot, silica-rich water
that rewarded Victorian travellers after an intrepid journey inland from ... (New Zealand Herald, New Zealand)
Clean-up of rubble begins at Beacon site -- Dec 10, 2003
...hygenist and consultant for the project. “There’s asbestos dust,
lead dust, and silica dust. The majority of the hazardous asbestos ... (Black Mountain News, NC)
K&L Files Long-Anticipated Chapter 11 for Halliburton Affiliates -- Dec 16, 2003
...were made in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
and are intended to resolve all present and future asbestos and silica ... (Yahoo News)
Photo courtesy of NASA -- Dec 16, 2003
...level. The volcano’s lava is extremely fluid because of its low content
of silica and gases and its very high temperature. During ... (gohawaii.about.com, United States)
A new possibility for amending clay soils -- Dec 11, 2003
As it progresses through the kiln for 40 minutes at 2,000 degrees C, certain chemical
processes take place in the silica content (60-70%) causing the material ... (East Texas Review, TX)
Combined laboratory testing workstation -- Dec 10, 2003
...wet chemistry methods include pH, conductivity, alkalinity, fluoride, ammonia, phosphate,
chloride, sulphate, sulphite, cyanide, nitrate, hardness and silica. ... (Dial Infolink Manufacturing, Australia)
City Briefs -- Dec 12, 2003
Call 9821455267. SILICA Studios is organising an animation study tour and workshop
on December 13. For registration and further details, call 25379610. (Mumbai Newsline, India)
Light Spots Sort Particles -- Dec 10, 2003
The researchers were able to sort a mix of similar-sized silica spheres and
polymer spheres using the device because the two materials have different ... (Technology Review)
Chinese component group is thinking global -- Dec 12, 2003
Sandgy also supplies a range of optical accessories, including fused silica mounts,
glass tubes and glass capillaries, as well as various antireflective ... (Compound Semiconductor, UK)
Concord museum rocks on! -- Dec 10, 2003
She was especially interested in the quartz and silica stones of all kinds,
such as rock crystal, amethyst, blue feldspar, garnet and onyx. ... (Heber Springs Sun, AR)
Dow Corning Announces Increase in Silanes Capacity -- Dec 11, 2003
...in improvements to the company's manufacturing processes in the past two years,
according to Ken Kaufman, global product line manager, silanes and silica. ... (Chemie.de, Germany)
Installing slate requires planning -- Dec 11, 2003
...thinset. This powder contains Portland cement, ultra-fine grains of
silica sand and, frequently, special powdered acrylic resins. ... (Staten Island Advance, NY)
Halliburton expects to wrap up asbestos deal quickly -- Dec 17, 2003
...bankruptcy for subsidiaries DII Industries and Kellogg, Brown & Root and some of
their subsidiaries to settle more than 370,000 asbestos and 21,000 silica ... (Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX)
Hyundai Elevator Not Classified as KCC Family -- Dec 1, 2003
It said the three mutual funds _ two set up by Korea Silica Co., an affiliate
of KCC Group, and one established by KCC _ that played core roles in KCC's ... (Korea Times, South Korea)
UPDATE 2-Corning to close two US plants due to chip weakness -- Dec 4, 2003
The company said it will consolidate its fused silica and fluoride crystal operations
into plants in Canton and Fairport, New York, resulting in the closure of ... (Forbes)
UPDATE 1-Corning to close two US plants due to chip weakness -- Dec 4, 2003
Corning said it will consolidate its fused silica and fluoride crystal operations
into plants in Canton and Fairport, New York, resulting in the closure of ... (Forbes)
Corning Closes Two Plants -- Dec 5, 2003
CORNING, NY -- Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) today announced that it will consolidate
the manufacturing operations of its high purity fused silica (HPFS ... (Light Reading)
Rochester Business Journal -- Dec 4, 2003
Corning Tropel. Its high-purity fused silica and fluoride crystal
materials manufacturing will move to the Canton site. Corning ... (Rochester Business Journal, NY)
Fitch Affirms CVRD's 'BBB' Structured Ratings; Removes From ... -- Dec 8, 2003
The fully integrated nature, from mine to port, of CVRD's operations, as well as
the high iron content (approximately 67%, with low impurity levels of silica ... (Business Wire)
Corning jobs may come here -- Dec 5, 2003
...jobs. Corning said it will move its manufacturing of fused-silica
lenses and fluoride crystal lenses to its Canton, St. Lawrence ... (Democrat and Chronicle, NY)
Penn State technological strength ranking soars -- Dec 1, 2003
Many inventions in thin film technology for deposited silica and other materials
were invented by Dr. Stephen Fonash, the Bayard D. Kunkle professor of ... (Penn State Live, PA)
December Geology and GSA Today Media Highlights -- Dec 2, 2003
Pages 1089-1092. Shallow earthquakes occur in silica-rich volcanoes just prior
to explosions, and are a vital monitoring tool used to save lives worldwide. ... (EurekAlert, DC)
Corning to Close Two US Plants -- Dec 4, 2003
Corning said Thursday that it will consolidate its fused silica and fluoride crystal
operations into plants in Canton and Fairport, New York, resulting in the ... (America's Network)
Vacant building could get rebirth -- Dec 3, 2003
The 109,000-square-foot building at Boswell Energy Center was to be used by Technimar
Industries to produce a synthetic stone product made of silica sand ... (Duluth News Tribune, MN)
Corning to close two plants -- Dec 5, 2003
Corning said it will transfer the production of high purity fused silica and fluoride
crystal components from the plants to other locations in Canton and ... (Electronic Buyers News)
Winter fire peril possible at pumps -- Nov 29, 2003
Other theories include the use of cold weather-formulated fuels that are more volatile,
tires made with less carbon and more silica, and automobile parts made ... (AL.com, AL)
Out of sight -- Dec 4, 2003
The Barcelona Institute of Materials Science has information on its research into
aerogels. Aerogels are commonly made of silica, the main ingredient in sand. ... (Economist, UK)
Turning Northeast Wyoming Upside Down in the Hunt for Coal-Bed ... -- Nov 30, 2003
After half a decade of drought, the pasture grasses by mid-November
seem utterly bleached, as if they had been reduced to silica. ... (New York Times)
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