Over the Panama Canal
The expansion of the canal, a lifeline for global trade, is one of the world’s biggest and most important construction projects. Drone footage shows the approach wall to a
U.S. Households’ Demand for Convenience Foods
Over the last four decades, demand for “convenience foods” has grown in the United States, with implications for dietary quality and health. Changes in prices and total food spending drove most food purchasing between 1999 and 2010, but advertising affected purchases of fast-food meals and snacks. The amount of hours worked had little effect on demand.
Memories from the (ferrous) scrap heap of history
We all remember where we were on Sept. 11, 2001. Others are old enough to remember where they were when JFK was shot. These and other historical events changed the world.
Changes in steel production reduce energy intensity
(Fri, 29 Jul 2016) The manufacture of steel and related products is an energy-intensive process. In 2015, the steel industry accounted for 1.5% of all industrial shipments but 6.1% of industrial delivered energy consumption. In EIA's <em>Annual Energy Outlook 2016</em> (AEO2016) Reference case, energy use in the steel industry increases by 11% over 2015–40. Over the same period, the steel industry's energy intensity falls by 27%, compared with an 18% reduction in total industrial energy intensity.
Americans’ Eating Patterns and Time Spent on Food: The 2014 Eating & Health Module Data
This report uses data from the 2014 ERS Eating & Health Module of the American Time Use Survey to describe Americans’ eating and other food-related time-use patterns, including grocery shopping and meal preparation.
Updated Panama Canal opens premium Asian markets to US LNG
The expanded Panama Canal will allow US LNG producers to deliver their cargoes to select destinations in South America and Asia faster and cheaper.
Stripper wells accounted for 11% of U.S. natural gas production in 2015
(Thu, 28 Jul 2016) Stripper wells, also known as marginal wells, individually produce small volumes of natural gas or oil but in total have provided 11% to 15% of total U.S. oil and natural gas production over the past decade. Natural gas stripper wells (so called because they are stripping the remaining natural gas out of the ground) are characterized as producing no more than 90,000 cubic feet per day over a 12-month period.
Where Households Get Food in a Typical Week: Findings from USDA’s FoodAPS
Understanding where U.S. households acquire food, what they acquire, and what they pay is essential to identifying which food and nutrition policies might improve diet quality. This report uses USDA’s National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS) to study where households acquired food during a 7-day period in 2012.
Comparing National Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS) Data With Other National Food Surveys’ Data
Data from USDA's National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS), the first nationally representative household survey to collect data on foods purchased or acquired during a survey week, are compared with data from other national-level, food-related surveys.
Coups, mergers and trade cases take steel center stage
An attempted coup spooked the Turkish steel market, mergers and acquisitions were back in vogue in Europe, while China is looking at some anti-dumping action of its own.