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Globe Specialty Metals Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Shares of Globe Specialty Metals fell as much as 12% today after the company was downgraded by an analyst.  |
The Motley Fool August 24, 2011 Travis Hoium |
Globe Specialty Metals Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Adjusted earnings per share of $0.28 fell short of the $0.31 analysts were expecting, and shares have taken a beating as a result.  |
Geotimes November 2003 Lisa Corathers |
Mineral Resource of the Month: Silicon The Silicon Commodity Specialist for the U.S. Geological Survey has compiled this information about silicon, an extremely versatile mineral with many applications in the manufacture of iron and steel, aluminum alloys, chemicals, and electronic microchips.  |
IndustryWeek February 1, 2007 Traci Purdum |
Cap Ex Predicted To Rise By 8.5% In 2007 Primary metals, machinery and chemical products are some of the industries expected to show increases in 2007.  |
IndustryWeek July 22, 2009 Steve Minter |
Raw Materials: U.S. Files WTO Complaint Against China The materials at issue are bauxite, coke, fluorspar, magnesium, manganese, silicon metal, silicon carbide, yellow phosphorous and zinc -- key metals and chemicals used in steel, aluminum and chemical manufacturing.  |
Chemistry World January 10, 2013 Andrew Turley |
Dow Corning to reduce roster by 500 US silicon products manufacturer Dow Corning is to cut 500 jobs, 4% of its global workforce, in a bid to 'better align the company's cost structure with the realities of today's volatile global economy'.  |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2008 Rich Smith |
Hemlock Will Thrive in the Sun As solar companies founder, Corning affiliate goes full speed ahead.  |
The Motley Fool March 6, 2008 Toby Shute |
A Scrappy Solar Player Canadian Solar says "pshaw" to polysilicon purity.  |
The Motley Fool December 19, 2008 Toby Shute |
This Week in Solar Solar news: Aside from a billion dollar-scale Chinese project getting under way, things were looking pretty gloomy last week in the solar sector.  |
The Motley Fool October 19, 2011 Travis Hoium |
Rockwood Holdings Shares Got Crushed: What You Need to Know Shares of specialty chemical company Rockwood Holdings fell 10% in early trading after the company released earnings.  |
The Motley Fool June 6, 2008 Toby Shute |
The Week in Solar Read on for a weekly rundown of some of the biggest news in the solar space.  |
Chemistry World July 9, 2010 Rebecca Trager |
The US solar push The US Department of Energy is awarding nearly $2 billion ( 1.32 billion) in economic stimulus funds to two solar companies, in a major push to develop alternative energy technologies.  |
BusinessWeek February 6, 2006 John Carey |
What's Raining On Solar's Parade Almost all solar panels are made with silicon - and makers can't buy enough of it.  |
The Motley Fool January 12, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
Aluminum Sides: Shiny and Dull Earnings are evidence that rising commodities aren't always simple. While it's true that the price of Alcoa's product has gone almost straight up since 2002, the prices of two key ingredients -- fuel and caustic soda -- have risen as well.  |
The Motley Fool August 12, 2008 Toby Shute |
LDK Looks A-OK Solar wafer maker LDK blows estimates away.  |
The Motley Fool August 5, 2010 David Lee Smith |
Dow Chemical Appears to Be Cured With outages completed, and revenue climbing, Dow Chemical should be coming back.  |
IndustryWeek January 20, 2010 |
On the Rise -- First Solar Ramps Up for Large-Scale Projects The industry leader predicts continued growth in 2010 but the market faces overcapacity.  |
IEEE Spectrum December 2007 Joshua J Romero |
Japanese Engineers Turn High-k Dielectric Transistor Problem on Its Head One gate metal and two high-k dielectrics could mean a cheaper and easier 45-nanometer CMOS manufacturing process for transistors.  |
The Motley Fool January 23, 2009 Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Corning's Conundrum In advance of quarterly earnings analysts expect Corning Glass to tumble.  |
Chemistry World June 11, 2009 Matt Wilkinson |
Dow Corning emphasises innovation US silicone-materials maker Dow Corning is transforming its business strategy to focus on innovations in sustainability, efficiency and alternative energy.  |
The Motley Fool November 1, 2011 Neha Chamaria |
Wow, Dow!! What a Performance! Why Dow Chemical is a superb chemical stock to have on your stock watchlist.  |
The Motley Fool October 15, 2010 Brian D. Pacampara |
Evergreen Solar Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Shares of solar panel specialist Evergreen Solar tumbled as low as 11% in intraday trading on unusually high volume.  |
The Motley Fool October 21, 2011 Anders Bylund |
Flextronics International's Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Shares of electronics design and manufacturing specialist Flextronics International flexed their silicon muscles today, jumping as much as 11.1% overnight on several times their average trading volume.  |
The Motley Fool October 9, 2009 Toby Shute |
This Week in Solar Solar sector news: SolarWorld announces big U.S. manufacturing expansion... SunPower announces an Italian Photovoltaic plant... Yingli Green Energy looks to increase its footprint in the U.S... more...  |
The Motley Fool January 6, 2012 Neha Chamaria |
Dow's Wow Performance in 2011 Great operational performance and growth moves, but subdued stock performance wraps up the year for Dow Chemical.  |
Chemistry World November 14, 2014 Katrina Kramer |
Dow to sell nitroalkenes unit for $1.2bn Dow Chemical has agreed the sale of its subsidiary, nitroalkane specialist Angus Chemical, for $1.2 billion to investment company Golden Gate Capital.  |
The Motley Fool June 3, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
Are Metals and Materials Stocks a Buy? Materials stocks have been battered so far this year. Is it time to jump in?  |
The Motley Fool June 27, 2011 Travis Hoium |
Taking the Shine Out of Solar Silver prices have taken a bite out of solar stocks.  |
Inc. September 2006 Amy Gunderson |
How I Did It: Noreen King, CEO, Evolve Manufacturing Technologies Noreen King has built her contract manufacturing company, Evolve Manufacturing Technologies, into a $14.8 million-a- year business.  |
The Motley Fool February 11, 2009 Anders Bylund |
Applied Materials Will Run on Solar Power Now that chip giants from Intel to Texas Instruments and everyone in between are cutting back wafer production, Applied is quickly becoming a solar panel specialist.  |
Technology Research News January 12, 2005 |
Silicon Surfaces Speed Circuits Researchers have devised a way to use the chemistry of silicon surfaces to make smaller chip features.  |
The Motley Fool January 9, 2007 Rich Duprey |
Schnitzer Steel's Dull Metal Profits slide, affecting most segments of the scrap metal recycler. That these metals seem to be on the retreat now may mean that the cycle is on the wane, and there may be a time when an investor can get in on Schnitzer at a lower price.  |
The Motley Fool August 19, 2010 Tim Beyers |
Ignore This Chip Stock At Your Own Risk The business of making semiconductors has never been more important.  |
The Motley Fool December 15, 2006 Jack Uldrich |
A Rising Sun? Nanosolar, a privately funded solar energy company, could cause some big disruption in the publicly-traded solar market. After all, the sun has been known to burn people on occasion. There's no reason that it can't do the same to investors.  |
Chemistry World November 18, 2015 Nelly Berg |
A bright future for silicon solar cell recycling South Korean scientists have developed a sustainable process to reclaim silicon wafers from old solar panels and used the salvaged silicon to build new solar cells.  |
The Motley Fool April 9, 2010 Toby Shute |
This Week in Solar The race to grid parity, one week at a time.  |
The Motley Fool January 18, 2012 Keki Fatakia |
MEMC Struggles to Shine in a Gloomy Solar Market MEMC plans to cut 1,300 jobs.  |
The Motley Fool August 17, 2010 Michael Kanellos |
Why Solar Is, and Isn't, Like the Chip Industry Will there be an Intel of solar? Or a lot of Packard-Bells?  |
HBS Working Knowledge March 7, 2005 Loren Gary |
Dow's Big Gamble on Two-Tiered Pricing When Dow Corning noticed a trend toward commoditization, it had two options: panic, or create a sub-brand. Here's how the chemicals giant handled a "strategic inflection point."  |
BusinessWeek December 6, 2004 Michael Arndt |
A Chemist Heats Up Dow Corning CEO Stephanie Burns is drawing on her own experience in the lab to guide Dow Corning Corp.'s rebirth.  |
CRM June 2004 Charles Butler |
Dow Corning's Extreme Makeover After almost 70 years as one of the world's leading makers of silicone-based products, Dow Corning had started to look its age--and customers couldn't help but notice. Thanks to some reconstructive surgery performed on its selling approach, however, the company has dramatically rebounded.  |
Chemistry World March 18, 2009 Sean Milmo |
Merger goes ahead as Dow, Rohm and Haas settle dispute The takeover, which will create the world's largest advanced materials and specialty chemicals business, was initially agreed in July last year and will now go ahead  |
The Motley Fool October 6, 2009 Toby Shute |
A New Powerhouse in Solar Dow Chemical could revolutionize roofing with new solar shingles.  |
The Motley Fool August 30, 2010 Travis Hoium |
Who Will Win if 2011 Gets Tough for Solar? A rough 2011 in solar energy could leave only the strongest solar companies to survive.  |
The Motley Fool April 29, 2010 David Lee Smith |
Don't Tell Dow Chemical the Economy Is Soft Dow Chemical, a short time from its wild 2009, turns in one powerful quarter.  |
National Defense October 2007 Corrigan & Stafford |
Complying With the Berry Amendment Of all domestic preference laws and regulations, the Berry Amendment may concern defense contractors most.  |
Chemistry World March 15, 2013 Andrew Turley |
Dow makes $1.5bn divestiture plans US chemical giant Dow has announced plans to sell more parts of its 'non-core' business, adding that it will target an increased divestiture list of nearly $1.5 billion over the next 18 months.  |
The Motley Fool August 2, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
Can Evergreen Solar Harness Greenbacks? Despite its precarious position, Evergreen Solar could still emerge as a leader in solar power. Investors must do their own due diligence here, but it's possible that this company could be headed for sunnier days.  |
The Motley Fool October 3, 2005 W.D. Crotty |
Good News: Dow's Down Dow Chemical's beat-up share price may be a boon to value investors.  |
The Motley Fool March 23, 2009 Anders Bylund |
Chip Makers Call Market Bottom Taiwanese chip makers and gadget assembly companies restart idled production lines.  |