Oil Giants Investing in Renewable Energy Sources
In an industry and manufacturing driven world, we often look for the easiest and cheapest energy sources not only in industry but in our personal lives as well. Using resources like fossil fuels,...
In an industry and manufacturing driven world, we often look for the easiest and cheapest energy sources not only in industry but in our personal lives as well. Using resources like fossil fuels,...
On October 28, 2016, in the southern province of Hunan, the Chishi Bridge was opened to the public. It is a 2,270 meter long bridge that extends across a deep valley. China dominates in the world of i...
Industrial waste and industrial waste management is a challenge that has plagued the steel and aluminum manufacturing industries for decades. For every ton of alumina produced another ton of bi-produc...
The amount of zinc being processed is not matching up to the rate of mines closing. Recently, two major zinc mines located in Australia and Ireland we closed and production was cut in other various lo...
Properties of Nickel Nickel is a prominent metal used across numerous industries. It has good mechanical properties making it practical in a variety of settings. It is well known for its excellen...
The demand for electrical cars is increasing in China, making them the leading country in electrical automobiles. The idea of shifting towards a green future is currently in the works, with the countr...
The Plan China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC), is China’s main railway vehicle manufacturer. Even though they are China’s leading train manufacturer, they have bigger goals they hope to acco...
Renewable sources of energy have recently been one of China’s main goals. They are in works of reducing their pollution and moving towards a sustainable energy future. They have implemented stricter e...
Implementation The Keystone XL pipeline is a planned pipeline based off an existing pipeline known as the Keystone pipeline. The currently operational Keystone and the planned Keystone XL bo...
Metal is a very broad spectrum with an endless amount of uses. They are essential to our everyday lives and we are continuously surrounded by metal in one way or another. When it comes to metals, ther...
Traditional Asian Decor Traditional Asian décor is a broad term, and it resonates differently with different people and different cultures. Asian inspired décor is often centralized around creating a ...
Currently today, China is the leading sector of electric cars. For the past year, there has been a large increase in demand for electric cars within the country. Clean energy is starting to become ext...
The Cruise Ship Industry The cruise ship industry is one of the worlds most profitable tourist industries. With the US cruise ship industry making a little over $37.8 billion dollars a year it only ma...
OVERVIEW Dating back to the early 1820s, truss bridges are one of the oldest modern bridges still being used. Back when it was first introduced, due to the abundance in timber, truss bridges were comp...
Light Steel Structures What Are They? Light Steel Structures are a versatile and customizable construction method that can be used for a variety of building projects. Light steel structures have ...
Dating back to 1876, William Grylls Adams discovered that when selenium was exposed to sun light, it had the ability to produce electricity. In 1953, a group of three men, Calvin Fuller, Gerald Pearso...
The Problem One of the world’s largest problems is the lack of safe drinking water. Every day, 700 million people drink unsafe water. They are taking a risk of contracting several viruses and diseases...
Anti-microbial Properties of Copper For years the medical industry has used stainless steel as a durable, anti-rust metal for a variety of applications: bed rails, door hardware, operating tables, etc...
During the post World War II era, once the use of aluminum became more widespread, the idea of curtain walls were introduced. Curtain wall is the development of a non-structural cladding system t...
Bronze is one of the earliest metals known to man. It is defined as an alloy made of copper and another metal, usually tin. Compositions vary, but most modern bronze is 88% copper and 12% t...
In order to achieve the high level of precision required, steel shaft manufacturers often use a process called turned, ground and polished. This process involves – as the name implies – three im...
Nearly everyone has heard of stainless steel or has used it in some way, shape or form throughout their life, but not everyone knows what it is, how it’s made, how it’s used and the advanta...
Quite often our customers will ask our team here at Shanghai Metal about the different types of metal, and what to look for when selecting grades, shapes and sizes. A metal is one of the basic element...
In 1912 the first two patents on stainless steels were submitted by Krupp Stahl in Germany. One represented an austenitic stainless steel (ASS), which was a forerunner of what is today known as type 3...
The chromium present in steel forms a protective layer of chromium oxide. This protective layer helps to prevent further corrosion of the metal surface and makes it resistant to staining. Even if the ...
ALLOY DEFINITION: A substance made by melting two or more elements together.An alloy crystallizes upon cooling into a solid solution, mixture, or intermetallic compound. The components of alloys canno...
Lowering Installation Costs When it comes to a compressed air system, more time is needed to install the system when using steel pipe compared to installing a system using other materials. One f...
One of the most frequent questions we get from customers is “What’s the difference between pipe and tube”? Although pipes and tubes may look similar, they are in fact quite different in nomenclature a...
1.What Is Perforated Metal? Perforated metal is a form of sheet metal which has been punched or stamped with a machine to create a pattern of holes. It is also known as perforated sheet, perforated pl...
Air conditioning companies are offering two different types of coils in their home comfort systems, copper and aluminum. For a long time, copper was the only option. This was not because they did not ...
Student accommodation in Glasgow and the UK is currently in a transformation stage with an increasing need to make accommodation cheaper for debt-ridden students. Glasgow has opted for the fashionable...
Due to its location and its lack of interference on the world stage, Australia’s rather impressive integration of solar technology has gone largely unnoticed. However, under the radar, Australia actua...
Base metals prices are consolidating on the London Metal Exchange this morning, Wednesday March 29, with prices off an average of 0.2%. Nickel leads the decline with a 0.6% drop to $9,940 per tonne, t...
2017 has thus far rightfully given the containership industry optimism for moving forwards, with many believing they are on their way to healthier markets with more generous rates and earnings. ...
Japan is quite commonly known around the world as the country which invests most of its time into the development of robots, people from afar and wide often travel to Japan to get a ‘glimpse of the fu...
On March 27th, Copper hit a two-week low as many optimistic funds cut their bets on higher prices amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s failure to gain approval for his reformed health care bill, which h...