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A foundry is a factory that produces metal castings from either ferrous or non-ferrous alloys. Metals are turned into parts by melting them into a liquid, pouring the metal in a mold, and removing the mold material or casting after the metal has solidified as it cools. The most common metal processed are aluminum and cast iron. However, other metals, such as steel, magnesium, copper, tin, and zinc, are also used to produce castings in foundries.
Aluminum   Industry   Mining   Photos   Saudi  
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Alcoa, Saudi Arabia to invest $11B in venture
Mon 21 Dec 2009
| (AP) - NEW YORK - Alcoa Inc. said Monday it and the Saudi Arabian mining company, Ma'aden, will invest $10.8 billion in a joint venture to develop an aluminum industrial complex in Saudi Arabia. | T... (photo: Creative Commons / Jean-Pol GRANDMONT)
President Barack Obama pauses as he delivers a eulogy during the Roman Catholic Funeral Mass for Sen. Edward Kennedy at Our Lady of Perpetual Hope Basilica in Boston, Saturday, Aug., 29, 2009. Kennedy died late Tuesday after a battle with cancer. He was 77.
Economy   Inauguration   Millions   Obama   Photos  
 WPXI 
Economy, Obama Inauguration: Year's Top Stories
Mon 21 Dec 2009
NEW YORK -- The convoluted American economy -- restoring windfalls to a lucky few while leaving millions jobless and distraught -- was the top news story of 2009, followed closely by the inauguration ... (photo: AP / Brian Snyder, Pool)
Atlantis, the Palm is a resort at Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is a joint venture between Kerzner International Limited and Istithmar PSJC and was opened on 24 September 2008. The resort is modelled after the Atlantis, Paradise Island resort in Nassau, Bahamas.[2]  Khaleej Times  Mon 21 Dec 2009
UAE economy set to grow 3.2 per cent in 2010 : Mansouri
ABU DHABI - The UAE economy is set to post a real growth of 1.3 per cent in 2009, rising to 3.2 per cent in 2010, according to UAE Minister of Economy Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri.. | Delivering a key... (photo: Creative Commons / Nepenthes)
Economy   Market   Photos   Trade   UAE  
Two boys collect recyclables from piles of debris from Typhoon Ketsana in Marikina town, east of Manila, Philippines, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.  The Siasat Daily  Mon 21 Dec 2009
Students Promote Waste Recycling Awareness
| Al Ain, December 21: More than 250 students from universities and secondary schools volunteered to help launch Centre of Waste Management’s new recycling project in the Al Masoudi district in Al A... (photo: AP / Wally Santana)
Awareness   Photos   Recycling   Students   Waste  
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Cow - Cattle - Animal - Livestock Australian Broadcasting Corporation Mon 21 Dec 2009
Live export ship sinks near Lebanon, kills 40 sailors and 30,000 cattle
Australia's live exporters say tighter global regulations should be considered, after one of the industry's worst accidents. | More than 40 sailors are feared dead and al... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Cattle   Export   Lebanon   Livestock   Photos  
Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, March 28, 2009. Wall Street Journal Mon 21 Dec 2009
Afghan Parliament Considers Cabinet

By ANAND GOPAL | KABUL -- Afghanistan's parliament began discussing a new cabinet submitted by President Hamid Karzai, with several lawmakers criticizing as insufficientl... (photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool)
Afghanistan   Elections   Karzai   Photos   Politics  
Mounir Bouaziz, Vice President of Shell Upstream International, left, shakes hand with Abdul-Mehdi Al-Amidi, second right, the Deputy Director-General of the Department contracts and permits, as Abdulkareem Luaibi, the Iraqi deputy Oil Minister, center, looks on during a signing ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009. Daily Star Lebanon Mon 21 Dec 2009
Iraq, Royal Dutch Shell ink deal on supergiant Majnoon field

| Company to invest tens of billions of dollars over next two decades | Monday, December 21, 2009 | - Powered by | Muhanad Mohammed  | Reuters  |   | BAGHD... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban)
Industry   Investment   Iraq   Oil   Photos  
Dubai International is now the world's seventh busiest international airport. Daily Star Lebanon Mon 21 Dec 2009
Dubai World could repay bank loans in full: report

| By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Monday, December 21, 2009 | - Powered by | DUBAI: Top Dubai officials have been in talks with creditors in London on the possible repaym... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)
Bank   Dubai   Economy   Photos   UAE  
Thai police officers and soldiers surround a suspect foreign-registered cargo plane to make a search at Don Muang airport Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. Wall Street Journal Mon 21 Dec 2009
Seized Korea Arms Were Iran-Bound, Report Says

By DANIEL MICHAELS and MARGARET COKER | A plane loaded with weapons from North Korea that was recently impounded in Bangkok was bound for Iran, according to documents obt... (photo: AP)
Intelligence   Iran   N Korea   Photos   Weapons  
A minaret is seen behind a branch of HSBC bank in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. The Times Mon 21 Dec 2009
Pressure mounts on Dubai creditors to reach pact on six-month debt freeze

| Dubai World's leading banking creditors will attempt to force smaller lenders to accept a restructuring of the company's $22 billion (Ł13.6 billion)debt at a meeting to... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili)
Banking   Dubai   Finance   Investment   Photos  
Cars pass by the UAE national flags have been raised for the December 2nd UAE national day on the Sheik Zayed highway in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Nakheel is one of the main companies of Dubai World. Deccan Chronicle Mon 21 Dec 2009
Dubai to ask for more time to repay debt

Dubai to ask for more time to repay debt | Dubai, Dec. 20: Debt-ridden conglomerate Dubai World is expected on Monday to ask key creditors for more time to pay off its lo... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili)
Dubai   Finance   Investment   Markets   Photos  


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