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Nearly 200-Year-Old Gun Factory Shutting Down
The news was not welcomed by local union officials.
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TK Holdings Inc. headquarters is seen, June 25, 2017, in Auburn Hills, Mich.
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U.S. Agency to Watch Unrecalled Takata Inflators
One of them recently exploded in a BMW and hurled metal fragments that seriously injured a driver in Chicago.
December 5, 2023
Tesla vehicles line a parking lot at the company's Fremont, Calif., factory, on Sept. 18, 2023.
Operations
Tesla's Swedish Union Conflict Spreads to Denmark
Some speculated that Tesla would deliver its cars to Danish ports and transport them on trucks to Sweden.
December 5, 2023
Associated Press reporter Michael Liedtke sits in the back of a Cruise driverless taxi that picked him up in San Francisco's Mission District, Feb. 15, 2023.
Safety
GM's Cruise Robotaxi Service Faces Fine in Alleged Cover-Up
The service allegedly covered up the severity of an accident involving one of its driverless cars.
December 5, 2023
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Maintenance Error Leads to $1.2 Million Fire
On a 600-foot-long chemical tanker.
December 4, 2023
Driller Helper Chris Palmer, right, attaches a core sampling tube to a drilling rig at the Talon Metals Corporation drilling site, June 7, 2023, near Tamarack, Minn.
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Nickel Ore Processing Plant That Will Supply Tesla Strikes Deal to Spend $115M in Federal Funds
The recent agreement was the result of over a year of negotiations.
December 4, 2023
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Firearms Manufacturer Abandons Plans for Florida Facility
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U.S. Steel to Permanently Idle Steelmaking at Ill. Facility
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Honeywell to Help Decarbonization of U.S. Virgin Islands Through Battery Energy Storage
The project will fulfill 30% of the islands' energy consumption through renewable sources.
December 6, 2023
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A Possible Solution to Data Center Power Needs
The energy-intensive nature of generative AI is compounding the data center power predicament.
December 5, 2023
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How to Choose the Most Sustainable Christmas Tree
No matter what it's made of.
December 5, 2023
The first of two new nuclear reactors, left, operates at Plant Vogtle, July 31, 2023, in Burke County near Waynesboro, Ga., while the second reactor, right, awaits completion.
Training & Development
Regulators Begin Hearings On How Much Customers Should Pay for Georgia Nuclear Reactors
The increase would raise the current typical monthly residential bill by almost 6%.
December 5, 2023
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New Balance Breaks Ground on New Hampshire Factory
The $70 million investment in the 102,000-square-foot factory will add more than 150 jobs.
December 5, 2023
From left: Terje Halleland (Progress Party), Aleksander Oren Heen (Center Party), Marianne Sivertsen Naess (Labour Party) and Bard Ludvig Thorheim (Conservative Party) give a joint press conference on the deal on extraction of seabed minerals made between the governing party and two large opposition parties, in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday Dec. 5, 2023.
Training & Development
Deep-Sea Mining in the Arctic Ocean Gets the Green Light
Opponents call it a "a disaster for the sea."
December 5, 2023
In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, Airman 1st Class Jackson Ligon, 341st Missile Maintenance Squadron technician, examines the internals of an intercontinental ballistic missile during a simulated electronic launch Minuteman test Sept. 22, 2020, at a launch facility near Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Mont.
Safety
Air Force Expanding Review of Cancers Caused by Working with Nuclear Missiles
The initial study was launched in response to reports that many who served are now ill.
December 5, 2023
This is an undated photograph of Impala Platinum mine shaft 11, provided by Implats on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, near Rustenburg, South Africa.
Safety
Mining Tragedy Claims Another Victim in South Africa
The worker died from injuries sustained when an elevator plummeted around 650 feet down the shaft of a platinum mine.
December 5, 2023
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Supply Chain Optimization Through Innovation and Evolution
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December 5, 2023
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Softwall Clean Rooms Flexible Design Allows Them to locate Over, Around Equipment
Its structural framework is of aircraft anodized aluminum.
December 4, 2023
A Union Pacific train engine sits in a rail yard on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Commerce, Calif.
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Rail Union Says Union Pacific Layoffs Jeopardize Safety
Union Pacific is delaying nearly 1,200 planned projects and laying off more than 1,000 workers.
December 4, 2023
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OxyContin Maker's Bankruptcy Deal Goes Before Supreme Court
Billions of dollars are at stake.
December 4, 2023
Stratolaunch's Talon-A 1 (TA-1) is fueled with liquid oxygen prior to its maiden captive carry flight on Dec. 21, 2023.
Training & Development
Hypersonic Vehicle Closer to Launch from 'World's Largest Airplane'
Stratolaunch is progressing on the manufacturing of the TA-2 and TA-3 vehicles.
December 4, 2023
Chickens at Rose Acre Farms near Stuart, Iowa, Nov. 16, 2009.
Inventory Management
Egg Suppliers Ordered to Pay $17.7M for Price Gouging
Under federal antitrust law, the damages are automatically tripled, bringing the total over $53 million.
December 4, 2023