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...
Vietnam steel industry to reduce dependence on China
Two of the largest steelmakers in Vietnam are on the verge of multi-billion dollar investment bids, in an attempt to reduce the countries dependence on Chinese imports. Second largest, Hoa Sen Group i...
Shanghai to Beijing in 2 hours… impressive
As the Chinese momentum in rail innovation continues to roll forward, we could soon see trains transiting between Shanghai and Beijing reaching 600km/h and completing the journey in just 2 hours, the ...
Renewable energies are about to take off in India
India, a country with the world’s second largest population is looking to provide every one of its citizen’s with electricity, whilst also removing millions from the depths of poverty. However, to do ...
That’s $152,941 per student…
As far as infrastructure investments go, we are not sure that this will go down as one of the smartest. Uganda’s newly constructed $2.6million technical college has not exactly been a success thus far...
Why is Chinese Steel so prevalent in the US presidential debates?
Two consecutive debates between Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump, the two presidential nominees, have now seen the topic of Chinese steel crop up. It can be viewed as quite surprising that the nominees...
The shipping industry will improve, but slowly
According to London based shipping consultancy firm, Drewry, the shipping industry is set to start its path to recovery but positive results won’t be reached anytime soon. The second quarter of this y...
World’s largest copper producing nation is in trouble
It was announced last week that one of the leading producers of copper in Chile, Antofagasta, is in trouble with environmental regulators of the South American country. The mine of Los Pelambres ...
Hudson Yard is a mammoth project in New York
The big apple is currently home to the biggest development of a private real-estate in the entire history of the United States; it’s also the biggest project to be undertaken in New York since the con...
IHS Markit: Productivity Slows Down at World’s Top 30 Container Ports
Productivity levels at the world’s top 30 container ports have demonstrated little sign of improvement over the past two years, and ports in several world regions are showing worrying levels of declin...
Shipping companies… which road will you pick?
The president of Cosco China Shipping Corporation, Wan Min, has called on operators of the shipping industry to make one of two choices. He says Structural changes in the global economy and trade deve...
Is China cutting its steel output? No
Sanctions and pleas for a reduction in steel production do appear to have been listened to in China. September saw the country’s output levels rise by 3.9% from a year previous but was down slightly o...
UK manufacturing defies Post-Brexit concerns
Everyone knows the Brexit story; it’s been captivating every media source since the decision was made in June. The general consensus around the world is that it was a bad decision and that the British...
Getting to know more about Carbon Steels.
Steel is considered to be carbon steel when no minimum content is specified or required for chromium, cobalt, columbium [niobium], molybdenum, nickel, titanium, tungsten, vanadium or zirconium, or any...
Oldendorff are a breath of fresh air in the shipping industry
2016 has most certainly been a year to forget thus far for the shipping industry, with the Hanjin Shipping filing for bankruptcy, a number of companies have record breaking losses and a general black ...
2017 is expected to increase ASEAN steel industry
The steel sector in the five biggest ASEAN countries is expected to increase in 2017. The countries included in this sector are Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand. These...
Fears over China’s next move see Aluminium hit a 2-week low
Fears around the world are growing over China’s next move with regards to its output of Aluminium, in addition to the surplus being created by semi-finished products being re-melted. Benchmark a...
New York is about to get a whole lot more fun
New York is set to construct the world’s largest Ferris wheel, edging out their national counterpart, Las Vegas. The structure is being built as a part of the cities $1.2-billion-dollar investment to ...
Elon Musk – how influential is he?
Let’s get the answer out the way quickly; Elon Musk is incredibly influential. Musk is leading the way for clean energy. He is arguably the most talked about CEO in the world right now and there...
Infrastructure development in emerging markets
Zinc is a highly malleable metal, which makes it an important component in several mechanical and product applications such as the manufacture of dry cell batteries. It is also...
Quality Expanded Gratings from Shanghai Metal Corporation
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 ...
Thin-walled Stainless Steel Water Pipe: New Favorite for Hose Decoration
For interior decoration project, water pipe accounts for a small proportion, in terms of either material consumption or price. But once the problem of water pipe occurs, it will cause seve...
World’s biggest solar plant is coming to California
Solar Reserve, the Californian based energy company have announced plans to build the biggest solar plant the world have ever seen, in the state neighbouring Nevada. CEO Kevin Smith announced th...
They say time is money… but this is an absurd amount of money
Let’s say an infrastructure based project gets delayed for one month in the UK… how much do you think this would cost? Well a report that has been constructed by Dutch engineer Arcadis has made claim ...
Why choose stainless steel coiled tubing?
1. Reduce your cost The coiled tubing we produce can reach more than 1000 meters, which highly reduces the tubing unions and connections during installation, making the installation more convenient, h...
Is global finger pointing over steel altering supply patterns?
The United States and the European Union have said enough is enough have begun the fight back against under-cost dumping of steel onto their respective markets, whilst laying the blame at the feet of ...