MACON, Ga., Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – KaMin LLC announced today that it will increase prices for kaolin clay products for the global paper industry 5 to 7% depending on the product category, effective December 1, 2014, or as contracts allow. KaMin is committed to investing the necessary resources in technology, innovation and people for long-term [...]
MACON, Ga., Nov. 5, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) — KaMin LLC announces that it will increase prices for kaolin clay products for global industrial markets 5 to 7% depending on the product category, effective January 1, 2015, or as contracts allow. KaMin is committed to investing the necessary resources in technology, innovation and people for long-term [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – From now on, public establishments such as factories, large retail stores, commercial buildings, and public baths will be able to sell surplus electricity to an open market. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said on November 3 that it has approved a revised rule on electricity market operations. According to [...]
BARRE, VT, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Northern Power Systems (www.northernpower.com) (TSX: NPS) has commissioned four of its NPS 100 wind turbines in South Korea’s newest and most advanced hybrid energy project, while working in close collaboration with the national grid operator Korean Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), to ensure effective delivery of this hybrid microgrid. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — From now on, apartment builders will have to cut the energy consumption level of new buildings by 30-40 percent from that in 2009. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport said on November 3 that it would notify new standards on environmentally friendly housing units for three weeks between November [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – As the voice of smokers becomes louder for their smoking rights in Korea, the number of patent applications related to smoking rooms which can be a compromising alternative for both smokers and non-smokers is skyrocketing, according to the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO). The KIPO announced that the number of patent [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea Water Resources Corp. (K-Water) took the operational control of Angat Dam in the Philippines and began its operation on October 31. It is the first instance for a Korean firm to run an overseas dam. Located 58 kilometers northeast of Metro Manila, the multi-purpose dam has a hydroelectric power [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – As people across the world realize the finite nature of water resources, more water-saving patents have been applied lately. The per-person water consumption level in Korea is one of the highest in the world at 278 liters. This figure contrasts well with that of some developed nations such as Germany (150 [...]
TORONTO, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Enirgi Group Corporation (“Enirgi Group”) today announced that its new proprietary lithium extraction technology has exceeded expectations. KEY FEATURES OF THIS REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY — Produces lithium directly from unconcentrated raw brine at commercial volumes; — Radically reduces processing time from the conventional 500+ days [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Waterworks Research Institute has succeeded in developing a new technology to prevent stainless steel corrosion after four years of research efforts. It has already applied for a patent for the technology and will soon begin a research project for commercialization jointly with POSCO. Using a nitric and hydrofluoric acid-based [...]