South China Sea Arbitration limited impact on copper trading chain
Since South China Sea arbitration tribunal makes the so-called final ruling, copper recent price performance mainly reflect market concerns about the trade channel. However, t...
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Aluminum Foil Container
Aluminum’s high thermal conductivity can help minimise the time and energy taken to process, chill and reheat foodstuffs and to chill drinks in cans and pouches. Aluminum foil dishe...
Architects’ notes: the differences between galvalume and galvanized in metal roofing projects
According to Englert, the team of architects tried to answer what are the differences between Galvalume and Galvanized Steel when used in roofing. First, a little bit ...
This shopping mall in Seoul is made entirely of shipping containers
According to Insider, there is a recently opened shopping mall that was opened in Seoul. Built in 2015, the Common Ground mall is made up of 200 modular shipping containers that house almost 17,400 sq...
Iron ore skyrockets to nearly $60 per tonne
The iron ore price soared Tuesday on the back of fresh capacity cuts in China and geopolitical risks related to The Hague’s ruling that there is no legal basis for Beijing’s “nine-da...
Jaguar Land Rover to test over 100 autonomous cars in Britain by 2020
According to Reuters, Britain’s biggest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover said it will create a make of more than 100 research vehicles throughout the following four years to test autonomous technology...
Amazon is building indoor tree houses for its employees in downtown Seattle
Amazon is building a greenhouse in downtown Seattle that’s meant to be a refuge for office employees. The greenhouse, constructed as a trio of spheres, will house more than 3,000 species of plan...
China picks seven terminals to undergo cold ironing trials
This article was written by By Lee Hong Liang on www.seatrade-maritime.com. According to Lee, China’s ministry of transport has selected seven terminals across the country to carry out...
MSC reports 100% compliance in France
According to Mediterranean, Shipping Co France, which covers seven terminals in the French metropolitan area, has reported 100% compliance with the new rules requiring containers to have a verified gr...
De Vorm’s Workspace Divider lamp adds privacy to open offices
According to Deezen.com, Dutch brand De Vorm’s combined lamp and desk partition has been designed to bring privacy to crowded open offices. The felt AK 2 Workspace Divider Lamp creates a visual ...
Five lighthouses on Nansha Islands
China has completed the construction of four lighthouses on reefs in the South China Sea, and is building the fifth one, to aid sea navigation in the area, a Ministry of Transport official said on Sun...
China warns of punishment for delaying coal, steel capacity cuts
As it is stated on Bloomberg.com, China has threatened to punish regional governments for failing to close unneeded coal mines and steel mills, adding pressure to carry out reforms as the country shif...
China spot alumina prices fall further as sentiment stays weak
According to www.platts.com, Chinese spot alumina prices fell further Thursday as market sentiment stayed weak due to growing domestic stockpiles, slow demand and talk this week that a major refiner w...
World crude steel output declines further in May, Chinese output exceeds rest of the world
According to the most recent statistics published by the World Steel Association, the crude steel production by 66 member countries was 139.154 million tonnes (Mt) in May this year, down ma...
Alumag’s Asia automotive lightweight procurement symposium 2016, Shanghai, China
The 4th Automotive Lightweight Procurement Symposium focussing on automotive lightweighting, supply/process chain and procurement management, will take place in Shanghai, China on the 11 – 13 Ju...
Placing reinforcing steel reo bar
What‘s important to remember is that the design of the structure is based on having the steel in the right place. Incorrect bb bar placement can and has led to serious concrete structu...
Alibaba is craving a slice of the world’s largest car market
Billionaire Jack Ma is taking the challenge to Apple Inc. and Google by pushing Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. into the car business, joining the global battle to control the automobile dashboard accordin...
Deal soothes union fears of Rotterdam port automation
Regarding Bruce Barnad on joc.com. the Rotterdam port authority, terminal operators and trade unions have reached an agreement on job security for dockworkers in the container sector, lifting the...
Amazing dune-shaped car park by Royal Haskoning
Bending windows peep over the ground to bring light into this underground parking lot in South Holland, which is covered in grassy hillocks to replicate a dune landscape. A team of architects and engi...
Aston Martin to build new hypercar to beat the world’s fastest
Regarding Bloomberg, Aston Martin Lagonda is collaborating with Red Bull Racing to manufacture what may turn into the world’s fastest production car. Codenamed AM-RB 001, between 99 ...
Global metal forming machine tools market to exceed USD 16 billion by 2020, according to Technavio
According to Technavio’s latest report, the global metal forming machine tools market is expected to exceed USD 16 billion by 2020, growing at a CAGR of almost 4% during the forecast period. The...
Legendary car designer Henrik Fisker created a $37 million luxury yacht lined with solar panels
According to Insider, Henri Fisker collaborated with custom yacht fashioner Benetti to make a superyacht with solar panels. Fisker told Tech Insider he decided to des...
Egypt seeks stimulus from investors to spur economy
Egypt is looking for jolt from outside financial specialists to help monetary development and President Sisi has affirmed to set up an exceptional committee for retaining abroad ventures. He said that...
New ‘exciting’ rail product set to boost British Steel works
As stated by Nickcole on cunthorpetelegraph.com, progressive new rail item called Zinoco is set to help the fortunes of the British Steel works in Scunthorpe and the 3,500 representatives.Contracts fo...
Hong Kong’s port is suffering, creating an existential crisis for the city
Falling volumes and provincial rivalry have realized an existentialist emergency in a city distinguished, most importantly, with its acclaimed harbor Chan Yum-wo did not know anything about the sea bu...
Solar-powered POD-Idladla is a tiny flat-pack home for two that lets you live almost anywhere
According to Inhabitat, if simple living means living happier, you’ll find bliss in the 186-square-foot POD-Idladla, a compactprefab home for two that can move almost anywhere you wish. South Af...
Google just plugged into Japan with its own undersea cable
This week, another undersea fiber-optic link financed by Google and a consortium of Asian information transfers organizations went on the web. Named Faster, the cable extends around 5,600 miles from O...
Brexit to have minimal impact on container shipping, Alphaliner says
U.K. ports’ offer of worldwide holder activity shrank to 1.2 percent in 2013 from 3 percent in 2000, however they organized a little recuperation in 2015 with throughput of 9.7 million twenty-fo...
Salary negotiations of Anglo American PLC’s Los Bronces mine in Chile get progress
According to the announced on June 24, global miners Anglo American Plc said on Friday, salary negotiations of Anglo American PLC’s Los Bronces mine located in Chile get progress, also hop...
An unique curtains walls
Curtain wall systems are a non-structural cladding systems for the external walls of buildings. They are generally associated with large, multi-storey buildings. Curtain walls separate the inte...
Solar panels 100 times thinner than a human hair could power wearable technology revolution
According to Ian Johnston, science correspondent , solar panels so flexible and thin that they can be wrapped around the frame of a pair of glasses have been developed by scientists in a potenti...
Medical applications of stainless steel
By their exceptionally nature, gadgets intended for restorative uses must meet amazingly stringent configuration and manufacture criteria. In a world progressively centered around claims and requital ...
Will China’s new 5 year plan reform its stainless steel industry?
The new five year plan promises moderate growth and reforms of the stainless industry which currently suffers from massive over capacity. In March the National People’s Congress adopted China’s ...
Where to use syringes and needles ?
According to Surgery encyclopedia, syringes and needles are sterile devices used to inject solutions into or withdraw secretions from the body. A syringe is a calibrated glass or plastic cylinder with...
LSMtron supply copper foil for Tesla Motors
South Korea parts supplier LSMtron declares supply copper foil to American Tesla electric car for the lithium ion battery. The copper foil thickness less than 10 μm, is the core material of the cathod...
Pharmaceutical Foil For Packing
The hygienic and protective properties of aluminium used in pharmaceutical blisters packs or tubes provide a barrier against external factors such as heat, moisture, bacteria and odours. Because it is...