Is a UK – China Trade Golden Era approaching?
After Theresa May’s visit in China earlier this year, it was recently the turn of the newly appointed British Foreign Minister to held a visit in Beijing on July 30th 2018。 In February, Mrs. May...
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A Brief History of Containerization
The first successful container ship, the Ideal X, sailed on 26 March 1956 from Port Newark to Houston. The vessel, previously a World War II oil tanker, had been acquired by an ingenious entrepreneur ...
Geodesic Domes: the Future of Constructions?
Geodesic Domes were developed in the 20th century by the engineer and architect R. Buckminster Fuller. They are spherical buildings made up of arrangements of polygons -known as geodesics- linked toge...
How China’s One Belt One Road Initiative will Change the Steel Market
China’s One Belt and Road Initiative is the colossal project aiming at recreating the ancient Silk Road, once essential for trade between Europe and Asia. BRI is fundamentally an infrast...
Why is Stainless Steel good for Cutlery?
Although we now take cutlery for granted, it actually took a long time to be developed. The world waited until the 1970s for cutlery to be made out of stainless steel. Yet, what was the deal before th...
A Breakthrough Technology in the Aluminum Market
Aluminum is used to create different products: drinks cans, airplanes parts, automobiles, laptops and mobile phones, etc. Its production process did not change much in the last two centuries, a...
China Leading Solar Industry Expansion
Since 2007, China has been dominating the solar market in both manufacturing and installations. The country has installed a capacity of around 130 GW -beating both the U.S. and Japan. Suitable technol...
Golden Gate Bridge: an Exceptional piece of Steel Engineering
San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge is one of the most iconic bridges in the world. It is a so-called suspension bridge: the deck is supported by vertical cables attached to upper larger cables, which ...
Container Homes for Hong Kong’s Social Housing
Shipping container homes became popular thanks to the ‘tiny home’ and ‘minimalist living’ trend in the US. Yet, such living arrangements may not only result from trends. In Hong Kong, containers may r...
Surrounded by Steel
Steel’s versatility has been hardly beaten by any other metal so far. Thanks to its adaptable composition, malleability and low-cost, steel is a metal that shows little chances of being downgraded. It...
Steel ：the Metal of Economic Development？
Modern Steel industry can be dated back to 1850s. Since then, a new easier way of manufacturing steel was possible. The UK was the main steel worldwide supplier for most of the 19th century. Yet, by t...
Stainless Steel Tanks: a Must in Winemaking
Wine making today is just as much as an art as it was in the past. Yet, even in such a tradition-rooted industry, wine makers always strive for new technologies in order to increase the quality of the...
Basics about Steel
Since the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, Steel has played a primary role in economic development. The metal is still widely used today for many purposes thanks to its characteristics. Stee...
News from the Aluminium Market
Aluminium was just discovered in the 19th century, difficulties existed in refining aluminium from ore –alumina. The industry expanded thanks to developments in chemistry and it now drives the world t...
Aluminium Leading Contemporary Architecture
As many financial districts shows, tall glass buildings are the fashion of contemporary architecture. Yet, is it just a trend? Indeed it isn’t. The shiny look of these ‘glass towers’ is act...
Steel Merger in Europe
Senior City sources said the deal – which has been under negotiation for more than a year – could be concluded in the next few days. It will see Tata Steel’s UK plants merged into a ...
Why did the Statue of Liberty turn green?!
Copper can be seen in some of the most unlikely places, one of them being the famed Statue of Liberty! The Statue itself, a symbol of Democracy given to America by France in 1885, who was fighting for...
Aluminium safeguarding Hygiene and Sustainability of Food Packaging
Aluminium is the most common metal in our everyday life! It makes up for 8% of the Earth crust and it is widely used for a variety of purposes: constructions, aircrafts, bikes and even food packaging....
Trade War makes Copper More Affordable
Copper prices fell to their lowest level in a year Thursday, weighed down by growing trade tensions between the U.S. and China. Copper for September delivery was down 3.1% at $2.8260 a poun...
Car Companies in the Pursuit of High Quality Aluminium Cars
Nowadays, 27% of aluminium consumption goes towards the transport market. Especially in the vehicles’ industry, aluminium has started to play a very significant role and households pay a gre...
The Air Filter That Could Save Your Life
There may be a reason that every other car we see in China just so happens to be a Tesla. With significant air pollution in Beijing and cities in North China, an initiative needs to be taken, and Tesl...
An overview on the Copper Market
There are three major uses of copper in today’s world: constructions, electrical and electronics, motors and engines. Copper is the 3rd most widely used metal worldwide. Hence, many countries play a r...
Recycling Ships
After the Chinese government decided to stop the import of end-of-life ships for scrapping, the shipping industry believes that there will not be enough recycling capacity. The NGO Shipbreak...
China’s Transportation Network: A Story Of Unprecedented Growth
China’s transportation infrastructure has witnessed some unbelievable changes in the past 40 years. As recently as the 1970’s, the main method of transportation around the mainland was the bicycle. Th...
Full Sail Ahead!
Do you get seasick? Worry not, as it plagues many of us on our trips to the lake, the sea, or even on a cruise, depending on the severity of conditions. Producers of Marine equipment have taken note o...
Copper: a key component of our homes
Did you know that your house can contain up to 563.5 pounds of copper? From plumbing to cookware, copper is so versatile that it allows for a variety of uses. Not accidentally, 40% of copper world’s s...
Thailand Due for a Facelift
With the support of Thailand’s military junta, city leaders are giving Bangkok a makeover. Over the past several months, officers from city hall have shooed out vendors from famous markets as they red...
NEV Sales Continue to Rise Within China
Last month, sales of NEVs in China rose by 30%. Chinese NEV sales added up to around 92,000 units for the month of May, illustrating a 140% increase year on year while also showing a 30% month on mont...
The Lifecycle of Copper
Many of us are fairly familiar with the uses of copper, from wiring to providing us with corrosion resistant tubing for plumbing, but do we know how this precious metal comes into our lives? Copper st...
Copper driving China’s railway expansion
Copper has been the primary element used in railway construction so far, and it shows no signs of slowing down in the future. Despite technological innovation, railways have not ceased to rely on copp...
Lighter Cars Lighten the Load on The Environment
An EU-funded cross-border automotive project, entitled Light Vehicle 2025, has been officially started by its six partners Flanders Make, Automotive NL, AMAC GmbH, Technifutur, University of Liège and...
Aluminum taking over auto industry?
As the quest for fuel efficiency goes on, automakers have looked into different metals that can be used to build lighter and more sustainable cars, focusing on aluminum as an option. Aluminum is a stu...
A Surefire Way to Get Rid of Corrosion
The newest wave of revolutionized industrial products is here. The corrosion- resistant Hastelloy alloy series provides an invincible shield to the num...
COPPER: The metal that makes YOUR WORLD go ROUND
What do drinking clean water, washing clothes, cooking, and flushing the toilet all have in common? They all make use of copper pipe in order to provide clean and safe water for consumption. In fact, ...
Whiskey Runs Through Copper Veins
The liquor of the west. From the plains of America to the hills of Scotland, Whisky has a special place in many people’s hearts. The love an American man feels for bourbon or a Scotsman for Scotch Whi...
Gasoline No Longer Fuels Vehicles
A few years ago, a project was confirmed by Robert Bosch GmbH that initiated the plans and construction for a 779 million- Yuan factory to produce advanced regenerative braking systems for electric ve...