Aluminum Bottles
Aluminum foil only six one-thousandths of a millimeter thick effectively protects contents against quality-reducing effects of oxygen, light, moisture, micro-organisms or unwanted aromas. “More ...
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METAL BULLETIN’S 23RD BAUXITE AND ALUMINA CONFERENCE, MIAMI, USA
The only event of its kind to analyse both metallurgical and non-metallurgical markets, Metal Bulletin’s 23rd Bauxite & Alumina Conference takes place in Miami, USA on 14 – 16 March 2017. Thi...
Norway look set to build the first ever ‘ship tunnel’
The Norwegian Coastal Administration has set its sights on building the world’s first full-scale tunnel for ships. The motive behind the construction would be prevent ships having to travel on dangero...
Scientists
The University of Cambridge is world renowned for making discoveries that can propel mankind to great advancements and the latest has the potential to do such also. Scientists at the British based uni...
Chinese steel price rises to three year high
Iron ore futures in China surged more than 5 percent on Wednesday as steel prices rose to their strongest in more than three years on hopes of firm demand as Beijing spurs infrastructure spending and ...
U.S. levies Anti-dumping taxes on S.S. Sheet and Strip from China
On Mar. 3rd EST, International Trade Commission issued an announcement. They affirmed that stainless steel sheet and strip imported from China causes real damage on domestic industry.&nb...
Copper steadies as China’s factory growth increases
Tuesday 14th saw London copper underpinned by forecasts of a stronger demand for the metal, amid results from China seeing better than expected industrial output data and fixed-asset investment figure...
Iran has the potential to become a hub of renewable electricity
Researchers at Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) have released a study claiming that countries that rely heavily on oil production have the potential to utilize an abundance of renewable ene...
The world’s largest builder by turnover, is to construct tallest tower in Africa
The state-owned company of China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) has won the rights to build the tallest tower in Africa, in Nairobi, Kenya. It’s hoped that Kenya will soon be...
Container freight rates surge from North Europe to China
The Spot container freight rates from North Europe to China have peaked at a four-year high by jumping 45% last week. The market reading on the route from Rotterdam to Shanghai reached USD 1,076...
Prefab housing could become a symbol of post-Brexit Britain
This month will see Britain formally announce its controversial departure from the European Union and some of Britain’s leading house builders are not waiting around to judge the impacts. Berkeley, Ta...
New technologies could cut the cost of steel production
Henry Bessemer was a British inventor whom was famed for developing a method to mass-produce steel. In the 1850’s the converters invented by Henry blasted air through molten iron to dismiss of impurit...
400 series of stainless steel mature applications
Cold-rolled 400 series stainless steel plate: Automobile exhaust system (US 35%, European Union 40%, Japan 100%), high temperature section above 600 ℃, considering the thermal fatigue, for the exhaust...
Tesla has just made a huge contribution to Hawaii’s energy!
Tesla will soon power the Hawaiian island of Kauai through the use of its enormous new solar farm, consisting of solar panels and large battery packs. The project was officially unveiled on Wednesday ...
Hyperloop transport is closer to becoming a reality
American start-up company Hyperloop One has recently released pictures of its under-construction test track in the Nevada desert. The 500m full-scale Hyperloop test structure weighs over 1,000 t...
US engineering giant to spend big amid Trump announcement
US engineering giant Aecom is set to commence an acquisition spree with a budget of approximately $3.5bn. The announcement comes because of expectation for demand increase in road, rail and energy pro...
Trump might struggle to find a builder for his wall…
German construction company, Hotchief, has countered intense media speculation that it will bid to build Donald Trump’s infamous wall by announcing neither it nor any US subsidiaries will be bidding t...
Africa is not a feasible place for High-speed railways
For the past few years, it’s appeared that China is determined to invest in building infrastructure in any country that is willing to accept such investment. However, perhaps even China has seen that ...
Base metals start the week poorly
Base metals are generally weaker on the London Metal Exchange this week. On Tuesday 7th March, the three-month prices were down at an average of 0.4%; led by a 0.8% fall in nickel prices to $10,985 pe...
China officially announce plans to reduce coal and steel output
In a work report that was published at the opening of the annual meeting of parliament, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the 2nd largest economy in the world announced they will ...
Dutch architect wins right to replace Deutsche bank site in Frankfurt
An architect company from the Netherlands has won the right to redevelop the Deutsche Bank site in Frankfurt, the financial capital in Germany. UNStudio is the name of the winning company and is led b...
Mexico is getting serious about renewable energy
It’s safe to say Mexico and the USA are currently in a rather unfortunate period of their friendship, with the latter about to begin proceedings on building a wall across the border of the two countri...
The usage of stainless steel woven mesh
Stainless steel wire mesh can be used for flood prevention, traffic, building, safe net, infranet, surface wire of water conservancy, and so on. The metal wire mesh is made from stainless steel. ...
EU shipping policies need to be globally focused
A study by Monitor Deloitte stated that in order for the shipping market in the EU to grow, it needs to reconsider its current shipping policy in order to adopt a more globally focused strategy. ...
Will we soon have windows that can collect solar energy?
Researchers from the University of Minnesota and the University of Milano-Bicocca have been working in collaboration to bring the concept of windows that can efficiently collect solar energy to a real...
Dyson shows faith in a post-Brexit Britain
UK based company, Dyson, whom are well renowned for their innovation in the hi-tech market has given its support to a post-Brexit Britain by announcing it will be investing £2.5 billion into an expans...
Strong Chinese manufacturing PMI encourages metal prices
The base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange are for generally on a high this morning, in large part down to the manufacturing data that came out of China. It was expected that the speech to con...
Global steel production increases by 7%
The amount of steel produced globally in January 2017 was 136.5 million metric tons, a 1.75% increase. 136.5 million metric tons was also a 7% year-on-year increase from January 2016. The figures are ...
Hard Brexit could seriously harm London’s construction workforce
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has issued an indirect warning to the government that the capitals construction market is likely to be “crippled” should they opt to push through with ‘hard Brexit’. T...
China Said to Order Steel And Aluminum Curbs to Fight Pollution
China has ordered curbs on steel and aluminum output in as many as 28 northern cities during the winter heating season as it steps up its fight against pollution, according to people with knowledge of...
The Port of Singapore to reap reward from shipping shakeups
The Port of Singapore is due to be the biggest winner in the Asia – Europe trade route, amid the container shipping alliance reshuffles, according to Alphaliner. With both THE Alliance and the O...
India’s steel exports had an impressive January
India saw a remarkable year-on-year increase in January with regards to steel exports. They saw a three-fold increase to 0.0889MT of steel exported in the winter month. The result almost unquestionabl...
Longest transport tunnel in the world is being considered in Europe
Feasibility studies have officially been launched into the prospect of building a 92km rail tunnel under the Gulf of Finland, which would be the longest transport tunnel in the world. The construction...
A US start-up creates solar panel to ‘display any image’
A United States based start-up, Sistine Solar, has announced its created solar panels which can display any image making them more aesthetically appealing and able to adapt to their surroundings. ...
The London Stock Exchange merger now looks unlikely
It appeared that the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Boerse were going to merge, to the tune of $24.5bn, however, the deal looks to be in considerable doubt now after the LSE announced they expect ...
When productivity is increased by 250%, it’s time to take note of automation
It’s a frightening prospect, the idea that one day a vast majority of the world’s jobs will be occupied by robots as opposed to humans. However, it’s difficult to make a case to company owners as to w...