Volume 2, Issue 10 (Summer 2007)
The light duty market in North America is broadly defined as vehicles with a gross weight of 14,000 lb 96,350 kg) or less. Around 17 million of these are sold annually in the US alone, but only about 500,000 are powered by diesel engines. Global Emissions Management looks at the reasons for the imbalance...
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http://www.jm-gem.com/2007/07/diesel-cars-set-to-increase-share-of-north-american-market/
Volume 2, Issue 10 (Summer 2007)
Net rhodium demand rose by 1.2% in 2006 to a record 837,000 troy ounces (oz), compared to 827,000 oz in 2005, driven largely by growth in the autocatalyst sector. At the same time, supplies onto the market increased by 9%, to 824,000 oz.The net effect is that the rhodium market was still in deficit...
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http://www.jm-gem.com/2007/07/rhodium-demand-pushes-prices-to-sustained-high-levels/
Volume 2, Issue 10 (Summer 2007)
Low Emission Zones are increasingly being used throughout Europe to reduce emissions of particulate matter (PM) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and to stimulate the use of cleaner technologies.
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http://www.jm-gem.com/2007/07/meeting-eu-emissions-targets-the-rise-of-the-low-emission-zone-in-europe/
Volume 2, Issue 10 (Summer 2007)
With increasing concerns about levels of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) in the atmosphere, retrofit NOx reduction technology is now also being sought to provide a cost-effective means of achieving lower emissions levels from operators’ existing vehicles. GEM looks at a real-world field trial in London, where combined NOx and particulate matter (PM) abatement technologies...
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http://www.jm-gem.com/2007/07/retrofit-scrt-field-trial-proves-successful-in-reducing-nox-as-well-as-particulate-emissions/
