Britain and China to forge closer ties
British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has publically stated her desire to forge a closer economic relationship with China, the world’s second largest economy. Britain is already the number 1 source of ...
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Tesla makes its move on Europe
In a move that perhaps gives the indication that Tesla is about to set its sights on European penetration, the clean-energy automobile manufacturer has announced they have agreed a deal to acqui...
European Union to fund huge Moroccan project
The European Union has agreed to fund a gigantic solar park, set to be constructed in the renewable energy orientated country of Morocco. Due to be named the ‘Noor plant’, it is expected to be the siz...
Hyperloop One to debut in the UAE
Hyperloop One, the firm who have carried and developed the brain child of tech-innovator Elon Musk, has signed a deal with the Dubai’s head of transport. On the 8th November, the company announced tha...
Chinese Mills are reducing steel production
An unexpected surge in coal prices has led to Chinese steel mills being forced to reduce output. Chinese steel companies have this year been under constant pressure to reduce their steel production bu...
Positively clean sweep from Base Metals
Monday was predicted to be a quiet day for the stocks of base metals ahead of the highly anticipated US elections; however, it was anything but quiet. London Metal Exchange (LME) trading on Monday 7th...
Africa is becoming a renewable energies headquarters!
The West-African country of Senegal has recently begun the construction of a major solar farm in the sub-Saharan desert, it is a 20MW project located in Bokhol and is called ‘Senergy2’. The project is...
More mergers expected in the shipping industry?
Last month saw the merging of Japan’s three biggest shipping lines, in response to an increasingly competitive industry, which earlier this year saw the collapse of South Korean giant, Hanjin Shipping...
Iran to reduce dependence on fossil fuels
Iran, historically a nation highly dependent on crude-based fuels is looking to alter the countries regulations in a bid to attract foreign investment into renewable energies. Recent years have seen I...
Copper responds to positive US and Chinese economic data
Copper prices have displayed positive trends in response to recent releases of Chinese and US economic data. Copper for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange ti...
£400 million shipping terminal opens in the UK
Liverpool2, one of the worlds’s most advanced shipping terminals, officially opened on Friday 4th November at the Port of Liverpool. The project has been funded by ‘Peel Ports’, one of the biggest por...
Uber publicises their approval for flying cars
On the 3rd of November, car sharing giant Uber released a 98 page report detailing their support for a future with flying cars. Uber cited that the increasingly congested cities and technological impa...
Buyers of steel in emerging markets remain cautious
The world’s emerging economies are seeing the price of steel slowly rise; however, their buyers remain sensitive to purchasing. Brazil – The Brazilian steel industry has seriously struggled to a...
Hotel developments to lead the way for growth in African tourism
A number of the world’s largest hotel chains are betting on Africa being their next big investment opportunity. Africa’s tourism sector is already on a momentous upwards slope and this is the obvious ...
How drones are revolutionizing the construction industry
Drones have been one of the fastest growing phenomenons in the last few years, both in terms of private and commercial use. To be the expansion into context, back in 2012 the Federal Aviation Administ...
Panama Canal to offer green incentives
The recently expanded and highly lauded Panama Canal has launched a new initiative named ‘Environmental Premium Ranking’, a scheme that aims to reward customers whom try their best to uphold hig...
Are bladeless wind-turbines the next big thing?
Spanish company ‘Vortex’ are potentially about to revolutionize the renewable energies industry and more specifically, wind-energy. Vortex is an adaptation from the original wind-turbines, basically i...
Man regains ‘sense of touch’ courtesy of robotic arm
Nathan Copeland, a 28 year old man from Pennsylvania, has managed to regain his sense of touch after being left paralyzed in 2004 from the chest down. Ten years later, Nathan was asked to partic...
Is Renewable Energy always sustainable?
A recent thesis published by the Swedish Uppsala University has questioned whether the rapid expansion of renewable energies enables them to be sustainable. The study found that if the materials being...
Kuala Lumpur is going underground
In the least surprising news of 2016, China is going to be providing further investment overseas. Kuala Lumpur is about to become home to the largest underground city in Malaysia, named the Bandar Mal...
Chu Jiang new material: to enhance copper processing business profitability
Chu Jiang new material company semi-annual report released, the first half of 2016 achieve operating income of 3.64 billion RMB, an increase by 9%, net profit of 78.98 million RMB, an increase of 114%...
Cold Rolled Grain Oriented Silicon Steel
Cold Rolled Grain Oriented (CRGO) silicon steels are used for laminations of the Power Transformers. Cold Rolled Grain Oriented (CRGO) sheets will have superior magnetic properties in the direction of...
Japanese shipping industry hits ‘survival’ mode
Japan’s three largest shipping companies have said ‘enough is enough’ with regards to the global decline in the shipping industry and are aiming to turnaround their countries fortunes. Nippon Yusen K....
Tesla is looking to make solar panels aesthetically appealing
On October 28th, Tesla made a new revelation on their next innovative move, which in truth was predicted by very few. Elon Musk, the man whom is viewed by many as the global flag bearer for green ener...
Base Metals collectively rise, again
Ahead of the big industry event being held in London next week, base metals have had a predominantly encouraging week. Metals were supported across the board by a drop in the US dollar after third-qua...
Controversy over Jerusalem construction work
Jerusalem, one of the most sacred and religious cities in the world is about to get a slightly modern makeover. Due to a surge in housing demand and the quickly increasing housing prices within the ci...
Aluminum Prices Surge Thanks to Logjam in China
A pile up of aluminum in corners of the Chinese market is leading to a surge in prices and worries over a shortage in available supply. Aluminum futures rose to a two-year high on Wednesday on the Sha...
Expanded Metal is a versatile and economical product.
Made from a sheet of metal uniformly slit and stretched, forming diamond-shaped openings in the sheet – Expanded is a one piece construction that won’t unravel and under normal circumstances and...
The Egyptian capital is an expensive makeover
The Egyptian capital of Cairo is about to get a $45billion makeover, in a bid to combat the level of congestion and overpopulation within the dense city, boosting the local economy, employment and inc...
Nissan reaffirms its loyalty to Britain
Japanese automaker, Nissan Motors Co, have committed their future production to the United Kingdom, a move that has boosted the countries confidence amid Brexit fears. Nissan are the biggest auto prod...
Ever bought something and really, really regretted it?
In 2012, the Polish mining company KGHM acquired 55% of the Sierra Gorda mine in Chile, after it bought out Canadian rival Quadra FNX in what was the largest ever foreign acquisition by a Polish compa...
Tata Steel enhances its Canadian influence
Tata Steel has today announced they will be investing C$175 million into Canadian mining operations. The Quebec-Newfoundland and Labrador-peninsula, both of which are located on the Eastern side of Ca...
Strong manufacturing pushes up Base Metals price
London Metal Exchange (LME) premarket trading on Tuesday saw a strong performance from Base Metals, which market participants largely put down to a solid global performance in manufacturing. The...
Renewable energy now has the most capacity in the world
Although coal still produces the majority of the world’s electricity, renewables such as wind and solar have now overtaken it as the world’s largest source of power capacity. Last year an incredible 5...
London’s busiest airport is about to get a lot busier
Yesterday saw the British government vote in favour of an expansion to the London Heathrow airport, in terms of passenger traffic, the airport is the biggest in Europe and the 6th largest in the world...
The Positives and Negatives of a container home
For Travis Price, a highly-recommended and sought after architect in Washington D.C, container homes ‘are the great new building block of the 21st century’. Price and his appropriately named ‘Tr...