Sentences with phrase «significant base metal»

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The commencement of production at a number of large resource projects over the next two years should also provide a significant boost to exports of base metals and oil.

In NAMPA's response to The Post story, also posted on their website, they state,» The use of BPA - based epoxy liners in metal food and beverage cans serves a critical function by preventing a myriad of contaminants from penetrating into the food, affording longer shelf life and significant nutrition, convenience, and economy.

«Organic - conjugated polymers are emerging as a materials class for energy - related applications, enabling a path to a more sustainable energy landscape without the need of energy - intensive, expensive and sometimes toxic metal - based compounds,» the researchers wrote, concluding that «a model polymer, P (NDI2OD - T2), was stably and reversibly n - doped to a high doping level of 2.0, a significant progress for electron - transporting π - conjugated polymers.

Recalling the concern reflected in the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled «The future we want», 1 that the health of oceans and marine biodiversity are negatively affected by marine pollution, including marine debris, especially plastic, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals and nitrogen - based compounds, from numerous marine and land - based sources, and the commitment to take action to significantly reduce the incidence and impacts of such pollution on marine ecosystems, Noting the international action being taken to promote the sound management of chemicals throughout their life cycle and waste in ways that lead to the prevention and minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment, Recalling the Manila Declaration on Furthering the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities adopted by the Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities, which highlighted the relevance of the Honolulu Strategy and the Honolulu Commitment and recommended the establishment of a global partnership on marine litter, Taking note of the decisions adopted by the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on addressing the impacts of marine debris on marine and coastal biodiversity, Recalling that the General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Small Island Developing States and that such States have identified waste management among their priorities for action, Noting with concern the serious impact which marine litter, including plastics stemming from land and sea - based sources, can have on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services, marine natural resources, fisheries, tourism and the economy, as well as the potential risks to human health; 1.

The central design, based on last year's metal and glass offering, is as beautiful as ever — with a few refinements outside and significant changes inside.