Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:00:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Julien Lansdorf (L), manager of Lawa Star Industries, operates a new shaking table that uses only water and gravity, as an alternative to the more common mercury method to extract gold from ore, at Aqua Azul gold mine in District Saramacca, November 16, 2011. The Suriname government is working to declare the country's gold mines mercury-free by the end of 2012. REUTERS/Ranu Abhelakh (SURINAME - Tags: ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS COMMODITIES)
The logo of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. is seen on the ...
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:50:02 +0200 (Reuters) - The logo of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. is seen on the company headquarters in Tokyo September 20, 2011. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan's biggest weapons maker, may have been in breach of contracts to supply billions of dollars of equipment to the military by not telling the defence ministry about a cyber attack on its computers, an official said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: MILITARY BUSINESS)
A man looks at components of Toray Industries' prototype ...
Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:20:02 +0200 (Reuters) - A man looks at components of Toray Industries' prototype electric vehicle TEEWave AR1 during an exhibition showcasing the company's latest technology in Tokyo September 14, 2011. The prototype two-seat sports car made using carbon fibre reinforced plastics and weighing 846kg (1,865 lbs) with battery, is jointly created with UK-based car design agency Gordon Murray. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN - Tags: TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS)
Chairman of Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction (HHIC), Cho ...
Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:20:02 +0200 (Reuters) - Chairman of Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction (HHIC), Cho Nam-ho attends a parliamentary hearing in Seoul August 18, 2011. The company has been criticized over months long labour dispute after it laid off hundreds of workers since 2010. An agreement to go back to work was made between the management and a labour leader of the company in June but some workers refused it. A former worker of HHIC and labour activist Kim Jin-suk has been staging a solo sit-in from atop a 35-metre tower crane at Yeongdo shipyard of HHIC in Busan since January against the company's mass lay-offs. REUTERS/Jeon Soo-young/Yonhap (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT POLITICS HEADSHOT PROFILE) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA
Japanese manufacturing giants Hitachi and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ...
Thu, 04 Aug 2011 01:10:03 +0200 (AFP/File) - Japanese manufacturing giants Hitachi and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have agreed to start merger talks, Hitachi's president was reported as saying Thursday.(AFP/File/John MacDougall)