New research indicates a positive outlook for the Canadian manufacturing sector in 2013—including business leaders’ expectations of increased revenue growth, profits, orders, as well as plans to invest for growth. However, a more detailed analysis reveals several important calls-to-action if manufacturers are to fully benefit from growth opportunities in the U.S. and emerging markets. [...]
President Barack Obama visited a truck parts plant on Wednesday to highlight the role of U.S. manufacturing in reviving the economy, and follow up on his State of the Union message of strengthening the middle class. "I believe in manufacturing," he said, standing before a backdrop of massive parts made for 400-ton mining trucks. [...]
"We will live within our means, reducing investment to live within cash flow" Talisman Energy Inc , Canada’s fifth-largest independent oil producer, reported a quarterly profit on gains from asset sales and said it was looking at disposing off some natural gas reserves in North America due to weak gas prices. The company said [...]
As US farmers struggling with one of the worst droughts in living memory will tell you, a scarcity of water can be crippling to jobs and livelihoods, even in the richest nation on Earth. Amid the rice paddy fields of south-eastern Texas, the situation looks especially bleak. Last week, the Lower Colorado River Authority [...]
The idea of allowing mobile food vendors on public streets in Saskatoon could invigorate an already bustling downtown but it definitely worked for the City of Regina. “We had the city’s core plaza opening up and we felt food was one way we could attract and support activity,” said Chris Sale, downtown planner with [...]
Eliot Randle, Principal Analyst at IDBS, explains how Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs) benefit the food industry: driving productivity, improving quality and supporting collaboration in new product development. Successful food companies drive for increased efficiency while maintaining safety and quality standards. This puts greater demands on employees responsible for monitoring and reporting business critical information. [...]
A new private company called Deep Space Industries announced today that it intends to send a fleet of small spacecraft to near-Earth asteroids with the aim of mining resources and turning them into products using space-based 3-D printers. Last year was thick with audacious private spaceflight company unveilings, including the announcement from Planetary Resources, [...]
Announces full year 2012 production growth of 10% with total production of 100,895 ounces of gold and strengthening of Segovia's management team Gran Colombia Gold Corp. (TSX: GCM) announced full year 2012 production of 100,895 ounces of gold, a 10% increase over 2011. Gold production at the company's Segovia and Marmato Operations in the fourth quarter [...]
Government regulators say bad weather has kept investigators away from a Nova Scotia offshore platform where fire broke out Saturday and the automated fire suppression system failed. Forty-six of the 115 people aboard the Deep Panuke natural gas production platform were flown back to shore as a precautionary measure early Saturday morning following an [...]
Orbite Aluminae Inc. shares rose more than six per cent in heavy trading Tuesday on news that the Quebec company has produced its first tonne of high-purity alumina. The stock reached $2.82 in midday trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange, up from the previous close of $2.65, with more than 2 million shares changing [...]