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Full commercial production from newly opened fluorspar mine Nokeng expected later this month
The R1.7-billion Nokeng fluorspar mine, which unlisted fluorspar developer Sepfluor has built north-east of Pretoria, in Gauteng, was officially opened on Thursday. The mine is one of only two operating fluorspar mines in South Africa, although there is also a fluorspar tailings operation that produces calcium fluoride. The Nokeng operation was expected to ramp up […]
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Fluoride-free: Oral healthcare brand with focus on kids launched in India
New Delhi: A new oral healthcare brand, Aquawhite, was launched in India on Thursday with a focus on kids’ oral care. Launched by Managing Director of JHS Svendgaard Ltd, Nikhil Nanda, Aquawhite forayed into the market with the launch of a kids toothpaste and toothbrush in popular characters like Chhota Bheem, The Jungle Book, Pokemon, […]
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Gunnedah fluoride treatment system in design phase
A consultant is preparing a concept design for the fluoridation of Gunnedah’s water supply. Gunnedah Shire Council has been working with NSW Health and the state government to add fluoride to the town’s water by 2020, but the type of treatment system is yet to be determined. Council’s infrastructure services director Jeremy Bartlett said the […]
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Defying pushback, Japan set to remove South Korea from ‘white list’ countries
The Cabinet on Friday is expected to approve phase two of tighter export control measures against South Korea, brushing off pleas by both Seoul and Washington to halt further actions that could escalate tensions and rattle alliances. Nearly a month after Tokyo imposed stricter rules on the export of three chemicals — fluorinated polyimide, hydrogen […]
South Korea Electronics Industry -
South Korean chip giants face ‘strangling’ from Japanese export curbs
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean chipmakers are hitting a dead end in their quest to find alternatives for key Japanese materials that have been slapped with export restrictions, raising the prospect of major disruption to their operations in the coming months. Japan is now requiring special approval for sales of three high-tech materials, including two […]
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The day Grafton’s water fluoridation fight descended into bloodshed
It was perhaps the last thing Burt Ernest Dawes expected when he pushed for fluoride in his city’s water supply more than 50 years ago. It was 1964, to be precise, and the people of Grafton in northern New South Wales were gearing up for the annual Jacaranda Festival. But what should have been a […]
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The Japan-Korea Semiconductor Flap
South Korean companies (Samsung and SK Hynix) produce about 17% of the world’s semiconductors. To manufacture these, they’re dependent on imports of Japanese hydrogen fluoride gas, fluorinated polyimide, and photoresists. Japanese firms control 90% of the polyimide market needed for screen applications, so the relationship between these neighboring prosperous northeast Asian countries is crucial to […]
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Spring Hope: Towns’ water susceptible to contamination
Spring Hope, Bailey and Middlesex received no violations in recent annual state-issued water reports, but seven of the 10 wells supplying water to the towns were listed as being highly susceptible to potential contamination. The N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources conducts yearly assessments of all drinking water sources across the state, listing all […]
United States, North Carolina Aluminum Industry -
Photofabrication Engineering, Inc. of Milford receives $7,562 penalty
Excerpts: BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced settlements with three companies that resolve alleged violations of Clean Air Act requirements for the safe handling of certain chemicals and substances at facilities in New England. The three companies—Elliott Auto Supply Company, which does business as Splash Products; SUEZ Water Environmental Services; and […]
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The Best Natural and Organic Toothpastes
Considering it goes in your mouth two or more times a day, it’s probably a good idea to consider the ingredients in your toothpaste. Natural and organic versions have come a long way in the last five years. Though they don’t contain parabens, fluoride, sulfates, triclosan, or other nasty ingredients, these 10 formulas are every […]
United States, National USA Toothpaste