Cold heading quality steel wire rod
Cold Heading Quality Steel Wire Rod, also referred to as CHQ, may be used for heading, forging and cold extrusion. These rods are produced by closely controlled manufacturing practices and a...
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Australia sees green-power savings in adding solar to wind farms
Australian clean-power developers looking for sites to build new http://www.shanghaimetal.com/SolarPowerSystem-199.html#mce_temp_url#parks should consider locations already occupied by wind farms, acc...
Stainless steel prices are rising, make sure you have volumes covered
Base prices have increased three times since the beginning of 2016. Stainless buyers have already been paying a steady increase in base prices in the transactional market. By now, most contract stainl...
Shipping containers could be the farms of the future thanks to student design
Every year millions of tonnes of goods are shipped across the world in shipping containers. Global trade patterns mean that whilst these 20,000,000 containers set off packed full of goods, many make t...
Aluminum wire & cable 2016, Detroit, Usa
Aluminum Wire & Cable 2016 Exhibition & Conference where aluminum suppliers, wire and cable manufacturers, and a multitude of end users will meet in Detroit to explore aluminum-based wire and ...
What are the main advantages of aluminium foil?
Aluminium foil sampler sachets are tested to withstand a pressure of 1.5 tons, in order to cope with the rigours of magazine and mail distribution. The graphic design of a sample sachet can ...
China sends environmental teams to inspect steel mill pollution
According to David Stanway on Reuters, China has ordered special teams to begin inspecting steel mills across the country to see how well they are complying with tough new pollution rules, its en...
Paging doctor copper: metal wins fans in health care
According to Stephanie Yang on WSJ, copper is used in everything from construction to electrical wiring, but it also has antimicrobial properties that kill 99.9% of bacteria on its surface w...
Solar Impulse 2 completes historic flight by landing in Abu Dhabi
The Solar Impulse 2 plane has landed in Abu Dhabi more than a year after its initial take off, completing the first round-the-world flight to be powered solely by the sun’s energy. The pre-dawn ...
JCB shows resilience in the face of continued market uncertainty
JCB achieved underlying earnings of £214 million during 2015 despite difficult market conditions in most developing markets around the world and slower than expected growth in North American and...
A brand new super hard metal which is four times tougher than titanium
A super-hard metal has been made in the laboratory by melting together titanium and gold. The alloy is the hardest known metallic substance compatible with living tissues, s...
FDA to consider banning most powdered medical gloves in the U.S.
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a proposal to ban most powdered gloves in the United States. While the use of these gloves is decreasing, they pose an unreasonable and...
The installation of construction steel
In the installation process of steel structure workshop, high altitude falling is the focus of construction safety management, especially in the construction of large steel structure plant, plant heig...
What is a bollard?
A bollard is a short post designed to guide traffic and protect from vehicle intrusions. Bollards can be manufactured and installed to withstand significant vehicle impacts, but they can also be used ...
Flat first half for China’s ports as economy slows
China’s steadily slowing economy is doing little for the country’s major ports, most of which recorded flat or slightly declining container throughput in the first half and, with little si...
These huge offshore wind farms in Europe will power 1 million houses
There has been an increasing demand for renewable energy sources owing to the depletion of non-renewable oil reserves. The title of ‘world’s largest offshore wind farm‘ has been batt...
Pre-painted aluminum is used for the roofing of Hangzhou Olympic Stadium in China
Like many cities in China, Hangzhou is undergoing rapid urban change. NBBJ, in collaboration and partnership with CCDI, have designed the Hangzhou Sports Park: A vibrant, pedestrian-centric sports and...
Brussels prepares market economy compromise for China
The European Commission is looking for a center route between China’s clatter to be dealt with the same as cutting edge economies and grumblings from European part states and modern gatherings t...
The world’s first “Tesla Town” with solar roofs and Powerwalls is coming to Australia
According to Inhabitat, developers in Australia just announced plans to build the world’s first “Tesla town” – a small suburb off Melbourne’s business district where every house will have a&...
Merged Cosco-CSCL: Shipper contracts valid until new alliance launches
Shipper contracts signed with Cosco Container Lines and China Shipping Container Lines will be honored until March 31, 2017, when the newly merged China Cosco Shipping Corporation joins the Ocean Alli...
China is making the world’s highest and longest glass bridge and it will have giant swings and a bungee jump
Crossing over a deep ravine can be terrifying enough if you’re afraid of heights. But a new bridge across China’s Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon will take that thrill to another level with a gla...
Method for hot-dip galvanizing a steel sheet
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention can provide a galvanization method for hot-rolled steel sheet, cold-rolled steel sheet, or plating sheet of various composi...
Watercube creates drinking water from air using solar energy
According to Elizabeth Montalbano, contributing writer, A Dutch inventor is working on ways to help resolve more or less of the world’s environmental problems by making clean drinking water from...
Rio Tinto boss shelves giant iron ore project – report
Conakry – Rio Tinto has shelved its $20bn Simandou iron ore project in Guinea because of a sustained slump in prices, the company’s new chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques sai...
Daniel Libeskind creates stack of glass volumes for downtown tower in Lithuania
Daniel Libeskind’s new design ‘Downtown Tower’ for Vilnius, Lithuania is composed of stack of glass volumes, arranged irregularly at site. Called the Downtown Tower-k18B, new pr...
Arcelor Mittal sheet price boost shocks mart
ArcelorMittal SA has shocked the U.S. market by opening its July order books for hot-rolled, cold-rolled and coated sheet products at dramatically higher prices. The Luxembourg-based steelmaker set th...
How simulation software, 3D modelling lead to sustainable construction
According to Guruprakash Sastry, globally, buildings consume about 40% of energy, 25% of water, and 40% of resources, and also contribute to one third of the global GHG emissions. Building sector is g...
Advantage for stainless steel straight tube, bright annealed tube
1. Superior surface finish The traditional annealing method is performed in a so called open furnace, where the atmospheric oxygen causes scaling of the heat treated ma...
The man creating homes out of ship containers
Regarding Jill Herron on stuff.co.nz, Darryl Taylor has made a tiny shipping container houses Taylor does admit it requires a mental leap in many people’s thinking to see a big metal box a...
Tackling food and water waste with stainless steel
According to the World Health Organization an estimated 600 million people fall ill after eating contaminated food and 420,000 die every year. Foodborne illnesses are usually infectious or t...
European shippers attack EU-liner pricing deal
According to Bruce Barnard, the European Shippers Council today claimed container lines’ recent commitments to the European Commission over general rate increase announcements “does n...
The development of steel structure reflects the economic
Construction steel structure industry is embodied the development of China’s economic strength and the rapid development of science and technology level. In recent years, at the t...
What do you know about bright annealing?
Annealing is an integral part of making materials soft as possible, increase ductility and less brittle. The annealing process reduces the hardness and makes the material easier to machine and can be ...
To make the best use of it – vegetable peelings and fruit pits
In daily life, vegetable peelings and fruit pits are usually discarded in garbage cans. But actually, they can be well used to remove grease. For example, you can make good use of them to brighten&nbs...
What is physical vapor deposition?
Physical vapor deposition (PVD) describes a variety of vacuum deposition methods which can be used to produce thin films. PVD uses physical process (such as heating or sputtering) to produce a vapor o...
Why are OEMs suddenly interested in economical, eco-friendly tubes for ACR coils?
While energy efficiency has always been a high priority of HVAC manufacturers, the continual drive for higher efficiencies combined with environmental changes to refrigerants used calls for a n...