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2021-01-01 Other Comments Off on Ford to enter the autonomous vehicle market by 2021

On August 16th, Ford laid out plans stating that by 2021 they will mass produce fully autonomous self-driving cars, without steering wheels. Company President Mark Fields made the announcement at an e...

2020-12-31 Other Comments Off on Most valuable company in the world is Alphabet or Apple, right? Think again.

Aramco, a Saudi Arabian based enterprise is by a considerable margin, the most valuable company in the world. Owned by the national government, this colossus of a company is estimated to be worth more...

2020-12-31 Other Comments Off on U.K.’s Prime Minister is committed to $73 billion project

Recently instated British Prime Minister Theresa May has said that she has absolutely no intention of performing a U-turn on plans for a $73 billion high-speed rail project, that will connect London w...

2020-12-31 Other Comments Off on Aluminium foil-Light yet strong

Light yet strong, aluminium foil has unique deadfold characteristics which make it ideal for wrapping many different products, while minimising the need for sealants. Because it is very malleable it c...

2020-12-31 Other Comments Off on 11TH MMMM 2016, NEW DELHI, INDIA

The 11th MMMM, an International Exhibition & Conference for Minerals, Metals, Metallurgy and Materials, takes place in New Delhi, India on the 10 – 12 August 2016. The event started in 1993 ...

2020-12-30 Other Comments Off on High-Strength Low-Alloy Steels

High-strength low-alloy (HSLA) steels, or microalloyed steels, are designed to provide better mechanical properties and/or greater resistance to atmospheric corrosion than conventional carbon steels i...

2020-12-30 Other Comments Off on Copper-Nickel Automotive Vehicle Brake Tubing

A  vehicle’s braking system is as crucial to a vehicle’s performance as its engine and drive train. The tubing carrying pressurized air or fluid through the system is the vital l...

2020-12-30 Other Comments Off on UK Approves World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm

The UK government has approved the construction of the world’s biggest offshore wind farm, in a $7.8 billion project. Danish utility company ‘Dong Energy’ is going to be the group responsible for carr...

2020-12-30 Other Comments Off on Japan are offering support to their friends in Manila

Japan has offered financial support to the Philippines in the way of $2.4 billion, a capital that is going to be invested into a railway from Manila to Bulacan. The two countries over recent years hav...

2020-12-29 Other Comments Off on Hopes increase for the salvation of Tata Steel in the UK

Tata Steel plays an integral part in the British economy and when earlier this year Tata Steel suggested they were going to be shutting down all of their UK operations, alarm bells went ringing throug...

2020-12-29 Other Comments Off on The Expanded Panama Canal is a Success

The expanded Panama Canal has proved to date, to be nothing but a success. August 15th 1914 saw the ‘SS Ancon’ pass through Panama Canal, a ship that would be the first of thousands in what is it to b...

2020-12-29 Other Comments Off on Nigeria are looking to the future

Nigeria is looking to attain investments of around $7 billion into mining and steel, so they can venture gold and iron ore extraction industries, whilst becoming less dependent on oil for the success ...

2020-12-29 Other Comments Off on Karma Automotive to go head-to-head with Tesla

Karma Automotive, the Chinese-owned car manufacturer is looking to challenge Tesla in the electric automotive industry. The car maker who is in the process of their resurrection since their financial ...

2020-12-28 Other Comments Off on Tesla removes ‘autopilot’ from China website after crash in Beijing

American automotive company Tesla has removed the word ‘autopilot’ from its Chinese website after Beijing crash; the word is believed to have been replaced with ‘Self-assisted driving’.  The car ...

2020-12-28 Other Comments Off on What to do when disputing Islands with your neighbors? Build aircraft hangars to assert authority

The much disputed Spratly chain of Islands has seen tensions rise between China and nearby countries that equally lay claim to said Islands, those being:    – Malaysia – Philippi...

2020-12-28 Other Comments Off on 5’000 toilets constructed in 300 villages… in 28 days, but why?

It’s a concerning statistic that India, a country with the second largest population in the world, still has roughly 600 million people openly defecating (Relieving your bowels outside, not in a toile...

2020-12-28 Other Comments Off on German court to speed up lawsuit against VW

A court in Berlin, Germany, is looking to adopt a rarely used model to process the 170 damage claims made against the automotive giants with regards to the diesel emissions scandal. The claims from pr...

2020-12-27 Other Comments Off on The alliance between a British universities statisticians and Engineers

The School of Mathematics and statistics from the University of Sheffield have collaborated with engineers from the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) to find solutions allowing for the aut...

2020-12-27 Other Comments Off on Axiom of mining plan to exploit nickel ore in the end of this year!

  Because of the supporting of nickel price going up , the independent Group (Independence Group) decided to start  preparing production of  Axiom Mining (Axiom Mining,) in the end...

2020-12-27 Other Comments Off on Impact on Stainless Steel Mesh Belt Industry by Newly Released Emission Standard

Recently, new emission standard was released. A battle of energy saving and environmental protection started vigorously all over the country, which has great impact on certain stainless steel industri...

2020-12-27 Other Comments Off on A high speed rail from south-west China to Laos… it’s happening

Plans to go ahead with the production of a Railway from Kunming of China to Vientiane of Laos have been finalized, with the end goal being for the line to eventually stretch through Thailand, Malaysia...

2020-12-27 Other Comments Off on Bluetooth-connected insulin pen?

Emperra GmbH, a diabetes medical company located in Germany, is claiming to have designed and created the worlds very first Bluetooth operated Insulin pen, named the ESYSTA BT Pen.  As with every...

2020-12-26 Other Comments Off on Steel market update (SMU) analysis of HRC final determination ruling

On Friday the U.S. Department of Commerce announced their final determination findings on hot rolled steel dumping margins and countervailing subsidy rates for Brazil, South Korea, Australia, Turkey, ...

2020-12-26 Other Comments Off on Merseyside looing to introduce hi-tech barges

With the imminent opening of the first berth of ‘liverpool2’, Merseyside is looking to become the gateway to the UK for imported goods. When operating at full capacity, it’s expected that Liverpool2 w...

2020-12-26 Other Comments Off on Apple granted permission to sell energy from solar farm

In hugely positive news for the international fight against global warming, Apple, the largest IT Company in the world has been granted permission to sell energy from their $850 million solar farm in ...

2020-12-25 Other Comments Off on Is the 10th generation Honda civic the best yet?

The 10th generation of the Honda Civic has been released with the goal of recapturing the ‘sporty’ image through the design of its body and chassis, an image that was for so long associate...

2020-12-25 Other Comments Off on High-strength magnesium tube for special application

Recently, Baosteel central research institute magnesium alloy research and development team for the first time made successful trial manufacture of overlength anti-extrusion high-strength magnesium al...

2020-12-25 Other Comments Off on Recyclability and Energy Efficiency:The Case for Copper in Car and Truck Radiators

Introduction   Summarizing coppers advantages, both as primary metal and recycled metal, for brazed, long-life radiators and radiator parts for tomorrows cars and trucks: 1. Virtual 100% recyclab...

2020-12-25 Other Comments Off on Starbucks recalls millions of stainless steel straws

Starbucks recalled more than 2.5 million packs of stainless steel straws on Tuesday, saying the straws had reportedly caused mouth lacerations to four young children.   The straws were sold ...

2020-12-24 Other Comments Off on These affordable tiny homes are made out of shipping containers

The next generation of the tiny house is the live-in shipping container.Imagine stepping through the front door of a crate that once shepherded supplies across oceans and entering a pint-siz...

2020-12-24 Other Comments Off on Tesla opens Gigafactory to the media

  According to Manufacturer.com, an electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors has shown off its so-called ‘Gigafactory’ to the media for the first time.   The Gigafactory is Tes...

2020-12-24 Other Comments Off on Global steel production remained mostly flat

According to Robert Brooks on industry.com, global steel production remained mostly flat as 2016 reached its midpoint. For the month of June, total raw steel production for 66 countries reporting to t...

2020-12-24 Other Comments Off on The future of Rio’s stadium

  Future Arena, the handball venue, will give the material to manufacture four 500-understudy elementary schools in the city’s Jacarepaguá neighborhood. Laborers will dismantle Olymp...

2020-12-24 Other Comments Off on Call to ban use of polystyrene cups and food containers

In the beginning there  was the bid to rid Palmerston North of single-use plastic bags. Now the city has been challenged to be the first in New Zealand to ban the use of polystyrene cups and food...

2020-12-23 Other Comments Off on What does the scaffolding mean?

Scaffolding is a structure used to support a work crew and materials to aid in the construction, maintenance and repair of buildings, bridges and all other manmade structures. Scaffolding is also used...

2020-12-23 Other Comments Off on Why your builder chose solid brass plumbing fixtures

What is a plumbing fitting? Although the kitchen and bathroom faucets and their controls that you see are often referred to as plumbing fixtures, they are really fixture fittings. Other, less visible ...