Natural gas demand in the United States has been increasing for the last 15 years and is projected to grow substantially in the next 20 years. Meeting this growing demand will require an accompanying increase in supply, which is expected to come mostly from additional production in the United States. The prospect of increased U.S. production has led to ongoing efforts both to better assess our ...

economic development's driving force in each country is usually industrial development based on the advantages of the country. iran is ranked number two globally in oil and gas resources. aluminum industry is the most important energy consuming industry. aluminum is one of the strategic metals which is produced through electrolysis and is named as energy storage. due to its outstanding pr...

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this paper is analysing the role of economic reforms on the labour market in iranian industry in economic reform period (1990-2005), and in turn, it is comparing it with closed economic period (1979-1989). in order to do the above comparative analysis, the manufacturing industry has been categorized based on hecksher-ohlin and gause methodology. accordingly, we have some industrial groups, incl...

s teel industries play a key role in the national economy and welfare of the society in many steel manufacturer countries. it is found that manufacturing and consuming of steel products would be a key indicator to measure and evaluate economic and industrial performance of a country. nowadays, countries with the large natural oil and gas resources (e.g. iran) attempt to select an alternative ec...