Industry News

• Steel group sees 'distant' recovery May 18, 2012Construction market recovery in the UK “remains distant”, structural steel group Severfield-Rowen has said in its interim manageme
• SIG beats rain to put on sales May 18, 2012Specialist building products distributor SIG saw sales rise despite wet weather in April.
• Investors urged to buy Keller shares May 18, 2012Investec Bank has urged investors to buy shares in Keller, whose revenue and profit is ahead of last year.
• Banks refuse lending to speculative office projects May 18, 2012Not a single bank or lender that took part in the UK’s largest commercial lending survey would be prepared to lend against specula
• Interserve looks to new infrastructure and commercial markets May 17, 2012Chief executive Adrian Ringrose tells CN that ‘flexibility’ is key to retaining skills despite delays in public sector work.

• Smoke Over the Bering Sea May 18, 2012“A plume of smoke stretched across the Bering Sea on May 11, 2012, just off of far eastern Russia. [...] The smoke may have
• Survey of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids May 18, 2012“Potentially hazardous asteroids, or PHAs, are a subset of the larger group of near-Earth asteroids. The PHAs have the close
• Solar Eclipse: Sunday, May 20th May 17, 2012An annular solar eclipse will occur on Sunday, May 20th. Some of the best viewing areas will be in the southwestern United States.
• Hydraulic Fracturing Banned in Vermont May 17, 2012Although Vermont is one of the last places that might be drilled for oil or natural gas, Governor Peter Shumlin signed a bill that
• Super Solar Flares May 17, 2012Solar flares from our Sun erupt with enormous power. However, solar flares on other stars can be 10 million times more powerful.