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Water-powered drilling technology

The water-powered drilling technology is today more optimal and economical than other drilling technologies. In addition, it has lower energy consumption and significantly lower impact on the environment.

For the Swedish mining company LKAB, the technology means that their blast holes in the production now are twice as long and each blast provides eight times more ore. 20 years of using this technology has helped LKAB to be a world leader in its market.

Now it's time to offer the rest of the world the same opportunity.

Repo rate unchanged at 1.0 per cent

Growth prospects are gradually brightening, but at the same time the forecast is that it will now take longer before inflation attains the target of 2 per cent. The repo rate needs to remain at a low level for a longer period of time to support the recovery to ensure that inflation rises towards the target. The Executive Board of the Riksbank has therefore decided to hold the repo rate unchanged at 1 per cent and to make a downward adjustment to the repo-rate path. Increases in the repo rate are not expected to begin until the second half of 2014.

Increasing Global Imbalance between Grey and Green

New global report finds that time spent in forests and parks has decreased over the past five years.

Byggmax opens in Härnösand in Q2 2013

The low-price retailer Byggmax opens a store in Härnösand in Q2 2013. The new store will employ four people, and one seasonal employee. Byggmax has more than doubled the number of stores in Sweden since 2006. There are currently 63 stores throughout the country. The new store in Härnösand will be situated at Saltviksvägen 9. The company has previously announced the opening of stores in Karlskoga, Torslanda and Sandviken during the same period of time.

What is the ultimate destiny of man and robot?

This and many other questions will be discussed in the next episode of Crosstalks, which takes place on Thursday, February 28. In the programme, which will be broadcast live on the web, some of Sweden's top researchers talk to foreign guests, viewers, studio audience and participants via Skype about grand challenges of our time in physics, robotics and world health.

Acetaminophen OD Fatal for Almost 100 Annually

A large dose of acetaminophen, taken all at once or over a short period of time, may lead to severe liver damage, liver collapse or death, according to the Clinical Center for Liver Diseases at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

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